Mooncakes Again

The whole practice of giving away mooncakes is just a tad annoying like the business of angpows. Each year, we still receive a ton of mooncakes which we merrily pass on to people who enjoy it. This year, many boxes arrived in time to be recycled and given away the next day to a Mid-Autumn Festival community dinner as door gifts. The guests definitely appreciated those assorted boxes from the various hotel restaurants.

In the usual fashion, we put in our orders with a hotel to deliver the mooncakes and tins of a decent grade of bi luo chun or oolong to the family and friends. At least they like mooncakes and will actually eat a couple of pieces for the month, or make an effort to mark the festival.

I've decided to stop getting mooncakes in a box of 4 simply because people don't eat copious amounts anymore. Many confess that they buy their own or get plenty of boxes as gifts as well. Nowadays, a box of 2 mooncakes works better in our circle. While the hotel would sort out delivery for most of the addresses, I still lugged home a couple of boxes to pack and give away to others. What I really like, are those rather pretty 'recyclable' bags that accompany the boxes. Some have told me that they like the bags better than the mooncakes. DOH.