Mooncakes inward Singapore in addition to Asia
I ate mooncakes inward Singapore. (Cheaper inward Taiwan, I was told.) The terminal fourth dimension I tried them was at a coming together of the Bukit Batok Toastmasters Club at the Bukit Batok Community Club close Bukit Batok MRT station. The Sergeant at Arms asked everybody inward the room to say their best memories of eating Luna cakes in addition to celebrating the mid-autumn festival. The festival is celebrated inward China, Hong Kong, Korea in addition to Vietnam. Also hold off for mooncakes inward Macau.
Lanterns
I had idea that the lanterns lit yesteryear candles were a danger in addition to I was right. One fellow member told us how he in addition to his childhood friends had carefully carried lanterns only a gust of air current blew in addition to as commons the lanterns caught fire. On this occasion the lanterns accidentally gear upward burn to trees, "Fortunately inward ht neighbour's garden - non ours!"
Nostalgically, the speakers regretted that exhibit lanterns are oftentimes lit yesteryear electronic lights. (From a wellness in addition to security betoken of stance the modern method sounds much safer.)
Another speaker recalled how inward the Sixties inward Vietnam you lot oftentimes had ability outages. The whole metropolis neighbourhood was inward darkness. Not solely no lights inward your ain menage in addition to garden. No nearby skyscrapers, nor streets lights - different modern Singapore. So you lot had a spooky or romantic or olde worlde atmosphere. You could clearly consider the large Luna which the festival celebrates.
Get Together
The festival also causes the coming together of families. Like Christian in addition to worldwide Christmas Day in addition to the Jewish Passover or Seder Night, the festival way shared food, singing of traditional songs in addition to reunion of families.
The Toastmasters Club had a mid-meeting interval where nosotros had a peril to elbow grease both a sliver of the traditional baked mooncake in addition to the colourful snowfall peel mooncake. We took a vote on which was preferred in addition to the vote was almost every bit divided.
England in addition to America
I was thinking almost where I could top mooncakes inward London in addition to the American continent in addition to idea of all the Chinese restaurants worldwide in addition to the Chinese restaurants inward Chinese areas of London in addition to Manchester inward England, New York in addition to West Coast America, in addition to Vancouver inward Canada.
Today I looked online for mooncakes inward London in addition to the USA. TripAdvisor told me that a visitor to London establish the London prices 4 times the cost inward Kuala Lumpur inward Malaysia.
Mooncakes Worldwide
Where tin can you lot purchase mooncakes worldwide?
In Alphabetical order: China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, England.
Mooncakes inward the USA
See in addition to purchase online inward flavour inward the USA from Kee Wah bakery inward Los Angeles, California, USA:
https://www.keewah.us
Worldwide orders from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Kee-Wah-Bakery-White-Mooncake/dp/B005F7LXHM
http://www.chinatownology.com/mid_autumn_festival.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooncake
For to a greater extent than data in addition to pictures of mooncakes, consider my previous posts on mooncakes.
Angela Lansbury, locomote author in addition to photographer, author in addition to speaker. Sumber http://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/