It's nearly August Moon festival, despite the fact that it falls on 3 October this year. It's also known as Mid-Autumn festival, which doesn't make much sense for the southern hemispherians, and probably explains why it's also known as mooncake festival. My mum (X's Po-Po) gave us a box of locally-made mooncakes to try.

These came from Tai Pan restaurant in Doncaster East, and we got two each of the Lotus seed paste + salted duck egg, and mixed nuts and seeds and Chinese ham versions. The square one was the nutty seedy one, and the round one was the lotus seed paste and duck egg one.

These came from Tai Pan restaurant in Doncaster East, and we got two each of the Lotus seed paste + salted duck egg, and mixed nuts and seeds and Chinese ham versions. The square one was the nutty seedy one, and the round one was the lotus seed paste and duck egg one.
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