Prelude to Mid Autumn Festival

I really like mooncakes.

I like them so much I am thinking about getting some right now.

But I only like the traditional mooncakes, the ones with the brown skin. I don't really eat the Hokkien mooncakes, which kind of look like Tau Sar Piah, nor the flaky Teochew mooncakes that are usually filled with Yam filling. Soon my mother and I will make our annual pilgrimage to Johor to buy mooncakes. The brand is called Shi Xin Yue Bing. The filling is perfectly moist, and the skin is thin and soft. When we don't have access to any of these mooncakes, we usually settle for Prima Deli mooncakes, which are rather expensive but of acceptable quality.
Some people say the Da Zhong Guo ones are good... I have tried some before a long time ago and don't have much of an impression, so perhaps this year I will get some to do a Taste Test!

I also like the Ju Zai Bengs very much. Perhaps because they are more or less made of the mooncake skin material but do not contain any lotus paste at all. I wonder why they are made in the shape of piglets... time to do some research!! They used to sell these Ju Zais at the mama shops, in the neon green, pink or yellow baskets. Now after some upgrading works, the pigs now live in luxurious plastic transparent boxes decorated with lace or ribbons. They even have plastic black eyes now!

Last but not least are the Pomelos! I always enjoy sitting around the dinner table sharing a big plate of pomelo with my family. The reddish-flesh ones are usually sweeter than the whitish-flesh ones, but the whites are usually more juicy.