Mooncakes & Lanterns

Yes, another year and the mid autumn mooncake festival is here again. In the Chinese calendar, today is the 15th day of the 8th month.

This year I chose to get the snowskin ones. The oval one (top right) has lotus paste filling with a few whole macadamia nuts and one egg yolk. The remaining round ones are lotus paste with macadamia nuts. Very sweet but perfect with Chinese tea (unsweetened). I had these with Earl Grey tea instead. That was nice too.

   

Traditional cellophane lanterns on the left and modern battery operated plastic inflatable lanterns on the right. 

I bought the crepe paper lanterns for my balcony and these are the lanterns decorating Chinatown.