My sis gave us a mooncake treat again last week!
Thank you girl!
This time it was GoodWood Park Hotel's Double Egg-Yolk Mooncake. Probably every Singaporean knows that GoodWood Park Hotel is famous for its durian-whatever; be it durian puff or durian pastries or durian mooncake.
But my taste buds still prefer the high cholesterol double egg-yolk goodness. *wink* I had We had no problem finishing them in less than a week! *laugh* Yummy!
***For the benefit of my non-Chinese readers, here's a little background to this festival:
This festival is also known as the Moon Cake Festival because a special kind of sweet cake (yueh ping) prepared in the shape of the moon and filled with sesame seeds, ground lotus seeds and duck eggs is served as a traditional Chung Chiu delicacy. Nobody actually knows when the custom of eating moon cake of celebrate the Moon Festival began, but one relief traces its origin to the 14th century.
At the time, China was in revolt against the Mongols. Chu Yuen-chang, and his senior deputy, Liu Po-wen, discussed battle plan and develops a secret moon cake strategy to take a certain walled city held by the Mongol enemy. Liu dressed up as a Taoist priest and entered the besieged city bearing moon cake. He distributed these to the city's populace. When the time for the year's Chung Chiu festival arrived, people opened their cakes and found hidden messages advising them to coordinate their uprising with the troops outside.
Thus, the emperor-to-be ingeniously took the city and his throne. Moon cake of course, became even more famous. Whether this sweet Chinese version of ancient Europe's "Trojan Horse" story is true, no one really knows.
At the time, China was in revolt against the Mongols. Chu Yuen-chang, and his senior deputy, Liu Po-wen, discussed battle plan and develops a secret moon cake strategy to take a certain walled city held by the Mongol enemy. Liu dressed up as a Taoist priest and entered the besieged city bearing moon cake. He distributed these to the city's populace. When the time for the year's Chung Chiu festival arrived, people opened their cakes and found hidden messages advising them to coordinate their uprising with the troops outside.
Thus, the emperor-to-be ingeniously took the city and his throne. Moon cake of course, became even more famous. Whether this sweet Chinese version of ancient Europe's "Trojan Horse" story is true, no one really knows.
Happy Mooncake eating and Lantern playing, Everyone!!!
2 comments:
i'm opposite from u. i don't fancy the traditional mooncake.
Happy mid-autumn!
My friend also tell me singapore got 1 very famous durian mooncake but she has forgot the name.. Now I know... :)
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