caravanserai: I wish I could bake to sell but no skills lar. Just look at the ‘interesting ones’ I’ve made so far…people see my mooncakes sure run for the hills wan.

Momo: how true. I usually end up with a lot of mooncakes too and most of it end up on my hips! Now, got so many ‘interesting’ home made mooncakes, I think my hips will become wider than the real moon!
Eh, you sure you want those moonrockcakes? Not sked of food poisoning ar?

foongpc: after struggling to make the mooncakes, I can tell you they sell so expensive because of the time factor.
It takes about 16 hours to prepare and bake about 15 mooncakes and about 4 hours to make the non-bake mooncakes. Not easy lar.So the commercial price usually takes into account the time and efforts lor. Time is money mah.
Wah, u also want my weird shaped mooncakes ar? Not sked of food poisoning meh?

So the cost of medium mooncakes is RM3.50 each, now I know how much those selling mooncakes earn when they sell them at exorbitant price of RM10 and above!

I normally buy mooncakes one day before and one day after Mooncake Festival Day. Sure cheaper, but maybe the good varieties gone.

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I usually don’t buy mooncakes,… too expensive. Prefer to eat ice cream. When the festival is over (after the 15th. day), many of my friends would be begging ‘wan mooncakes or not?… I have too many, cannot finish ….. people give one’That’s when I eat mooncakes ….. hahaha ….. free some more!

Those who have elderly parents and in-laws will most times end up with many many mooncakes after the festival because relatives would come by to give these cakes to celebrate the festival and honor the elderly.But they are too sweet(even the reduced sugar types) for the old folks. Can suggest give ang-pows or not?

It isn’t about shapes and sizes
Moon cakes should melt the mouths
Of adults and children
So next year and years after that
Moon cakes dancing for the eyes

I enjoy moon cakes
Years ago when the cost was low
Now I can’t go splashing it
With nice boxes quality poor
It isn’t worth the money
It has lost its quality

Now look for homemade moon cakes
Where the original taste can be made
No more commercialization it
It is back to its origin

Moon cakes
The battle of minds and wits
Of history of oppression
It never ends

p/s do you make to sell too?

But I will not buy from the road side hawkers and pasar malams. They may look good on the outside but taste bloody terrible.

If the budget can stand it I buy the lotus paste with twin yolks. But if the budget is a bit strectched I buy the black “Tao Sar”. My favourite is the century old egg with pickle ginger and in lotus paste. Beautiful, you got sweet, sour and salty flavours exploding in your mouth.

However, old age is creeping up and my GP does not advise I eat too much suger.