I see there's no tread about moon cakes and was wondering about everybody else.

(01) Do you take the festival seriously?
(02) If you do, how many averagely do you buy for presents a year?
(03) What is your favourite brand?

The production on mooncakes is in full swing now and in some cases they are already in promotions in some supermarkets. The hungry ghost festival has not even started and mooncakes is on sale now. Talk about commercialism . It is getting really unrealistic nowadays. Back in those days, they come in roll form. A packet still holds four cakes just like Ghee Hiang 'tambun biscuits' which is sililiarly packed. Nowadays there is a packaging war amongts the producers and this has made mooncakes really really expensive. I think the most innovative packaging has to be Baker's Cottage.

The main players are Kum Lun Tai (an olde brand), Foh San, Yoke Woo Hin, Overseas Restaurant, Baker's Cottage and a few more I can't recall and even Amway has it. Not only packaging are important, the range is even more challenging, even for buyers. No more the usual, without yolk, with double yolk, sweet bean, 'lin yung' etc. Now there are chocolate flavour,durian flavour, dragon fruit flavour etc.etc. In my opinion we are actually lining the producers pocket with this over hyped event.

Gone are the days when we will buy lanterns and also make 'match guns' to shoot at the lanterns I think younger generations never even seen a 'match gun' before not have they seen self made lantern with Milo tins or the spinning condensed milk tin on a spool powered by rolling the spool on the ground. Great inventions from bored and poor kids like us who don't have the privilege of buying a lantern. Or our lantern got burned and those days, one festival one lantern, no more. Burnt! that's your problem.

I don't really care about the festival nowadays but my MIL will buy a few boxes and called it ours and send to other relatives and relatives will in return get other moon cakes to present and then those she received goes back out into circulation. Doesn't really make sense to me actually. So, what your opinion?

Your 2nd last paragraph make you sound damn old lol. I'm already in my 30's and even I don't know what on earth a match gun is ...

Anyway to me ... moon cake festival is to eat! My favorite are two yolk lotus paste ones ... 1 yolk too sweet (too much lotus), 4 yolk too much yolk

Super duper expensive nowadays...Gone were the days when Mooncake selling at RM3 for double egg yolk during the late eighties.

I was shocked this year another increase...Almost RM15 for 1 pc of dopuble egg yolk. Stop buying Moon cakes for years now..All rely on free hampers from suppliers haha..we shared among the staff

I hardly buy them to eat. Very expensive nowadays. Nowadays many people do not even know the story of the mooncake.

Not forgetting...It's bad for diebetic

Have to point out it is expensive thou as compare to last time.

Nonetheless as a sign of respect for our seniors giving boxes of mooncakes to our relatives is unavoidable and is our Chinese heritage and culture of sharing. We should prolong the values in it which what makes the festival meaningful and valuable.

My best choice of mooncake is still Haagen Dazz for parents and Tai Thong for relatives as their packing is really nice for many years.

If I know how to make it at home, i will make myself and give it out which is more meaningful...

me too

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Added on July 18, 2011, 1:22 pmkesian you man. if i remember i will buy one and gift to you.

This post has been edited by TommyTan: Jul 18 2011, 01:22 PM

Any recommendations for mooncakes?
I've tried Casahana, Tai Tong and and Kum Lun Tai. No big differences among the three. Perhaps KLT is less sweet. Dare I say KLT this year seems a bit smaller than the average mooncake? Double egg yolks lotus are now around RM16!

The crazy power of inflation..A double egg yolk KLT way back in late 80's only ~ RM2.50..darmit..no way I gonna buy a RM16 mooncake

This post has been edited by stimix: Aug 5 2011, 10:02 PM

1. used to take it seriously...rite now, no longer..just buy 1 box of 4pc for my kung2.
2. buy a few boxes for my kung2 and my mother's siblings.
3. my mum bought it...dunno...

ts u make me ,miss my home edi...

First timer, which one should I try? Anyone can recommend a good brand? and a good flavor?

Thanks

I like the classic lotus paste mooncake. and i love the snow skin (Ping Pei) mooncake too

You can always buy mooncake in morning market. Not bad one.

yeah~~nowadays, mooncakes r very expensives~~

so~~ i've decided to made my own bing pei / ping pi mooncake as much of my frens like.

Need not to buy any this year, but of coz the taste won't be the same lol....

There was a year i didnt even have a single bite of mooncake.

This year 100% not gonna miss it again!! lol

(01) Do you take the festival seriously? Nope because no public holiday
(02) If you do, how many averagely do you buy for presents a year? Hardly...
(03) What is your favourite brand? No fav brand

Any nice brands mooncake for recommendation?!

Tested the best seller 2010 mooncake by bakers cottage.
Chocolate flavour but to my dismay, it tasted more like eating chocolate cake instead.

Price at RM15.90 and I wander why they claim it's last year best seller.
I rather go buy a chocolate cake and eat instead.

RM2.50? Now even the mooncake biscuits not RM2.50!

This post has been edited by micyuki: Aug 20 2011, 11:46 PM

Haha gotta buy organic moon cake! Low in sugar but expensive @@"

Where can I get true old-fashioned BLACK-BLACK bean filling, maybe with some lard to make it richer?

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