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I can't understand my sudden attraction to Hello Kitty.
All I knew was...I gotta have this box of Hello Kitty mooncakes from Maxim's.
Extra cheesy, extra cute, extremely adorable.
The box boasts 3D Hello Kitty hologram...each and every moon cake is individually wrapped in cute Hello Kitty packaging...bad for the environment, but good for sharing/giving out to friends/family.
...and what's that Hello Kitty head?
We'll see...
How cute the mooncakes are?
Cuteness to the maxx!!!
Too cute for words!
What's inside? Are they good?
The black one = black sesame with macadamia nuts, very very nutty.
The green one = green tea with chunky chestnut, very subtly flavored, I barely tasted the green tea or the chestnut, but hey...my palate isn't exactly sensitive :DThe chocolate one = tiramisu, chocolatey, coffee-y, creamy. Love it!
The best of four...the eggyolk custard! Slightly savoury, slightly sweet, super rich! Yum!
We haven't tried the rest...mango, fuji apple, rocky road...but judging from these four...they should be pretty good.
Well, if you look this cute...almost everything else's forgivable :D
...and the Hello Kitty head...
It's a carrier bag!
I'll be keeping this in my handbag...and let's see what other cuteness Hong Kong can come up with next year ;)
Happy mid autumn festival, everybody!
PS. My Hello Kitty madness didn't stop there...see more here.
So what's Mid Autumn festival celebration like in Hong Kong?
AAARRRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!! We burnt one of our beautiful lanterns. It was hysterical. We managed to put the fire off before we burnt my tripod...and possibly the whole city ^_^. Others used metal wire & hung their lanterns between two trees. Super creative amateur photographers that we are, we hung our lanterns between two tripods....and we took blurry pictures all through the night! LOL!
Swarms of people poking each other with their lantern sticks on their way to Victoria Park, Causeway Bay
Ah...if only life's all rainbows and butterflies...
The moon, the rabbits...
The front row dominatrix: photographer and model wannabes hehe
More adorable bunny rabbits...
Candles in a can, taro roots with sugar, evil nuts (ram horn nuts), mooncakes, snowy skin mooncakes...This year we came prepared. We were ecstatic seeing people walking past us talking about how jealous they were seeing our ram horn nuts! HA HA! Happiness is about sharing...and making others jealous. Indeed ;)
Bless Sir A and her mooncakes...finally I didn't have to be mooncake deprived this year ;)
...and here are the munchies we had before we were off to the park:
Pork Balls with Mayo and Ketchup ala Sous Chef
Recipe
- 1/2 lb minced pork
- salt, chicken stock powder, sugar, pepper, corn starch, olive oil
- mayo, ketchup
Mix mince pork with salt, chicken stock powder, sugar, pepper, corn starch, a little olive oil. Roll to form small balls. Microwave for 1 minute (high). Pan fry until golden brown, set aside. Heat up mayo & ketchup mix, throw the balls in, mix well, serve.
Pig Stomach with Preserved Vegetables
Recipe
- 1/2 lb frozen pig stomach
- 4 pieces of pork bone with some meat
- 1 pack of preserved vegetables (ham suen choy)
- black pepper, salt, sugar, rice vinegar
Blanch pig stomach and pork bone in boiling water and salt for a few minutes, set aside, cut pig stomach into bite sized pieces. Boil in another pot of water with pepper for about 3 hours with low heat, add preserved vegetables just about 15-20 minutes before serving, season right before serving.
Now, I'm off to Jakarta for a few days to fatten myself up even more (I might as well go all the way, eh?)
I can't believe this is mid autumn in Hong Kong! It feels more like a pressure cooker here. It's balmy, it's super hot, it gets me all soft, although no meat nor fat fell off my bones. Dammit!
Mid Autumn Festival. Yeah. Right. I ain't gonna show you some cute pictures of those adorable mooncakes. I knew you want 'em. Well, ain't gonna give it to ya! (Blame all this bitchiness on the heat & "you're fat" comments, baby!) Hehe.
Instead, it is my pleasure, to introduce these bitchin' nuts. Look at them! Aren't they jusssttt the meanest lookin' nuts ever?
They are called Ram Horn Nuts (Ling Kok). They're black, they look pure evil, and their shell...hard as rock. To enjoy them, simply boil them in salted water for about 15 minutes. By the way, the shell's a pain in the arse to crack open...and once you opened them...you are in for some weird tasting treat. Normally, they are consumed alongside taro roots, which are just boiled, peeled, and dipped in sugar.
I've been living in Hong Kong for more than 6 years, and this is my first mid autumn festival without some egg yolk laden mooncakes! The city went nuts. The mooncakes were almost all sold out! I'll probably have to rob some mooncakes off some people on my way to Victoria Park later.
Now I must prepare my trip to light some candles at the park tonight. Cute lanterns, check. Cute outfit, check. Candles, check. Sous chef with evil lookin' nuts...check and check!
Remember to protect your mooncakes when you see me ^_*