Tropicana September-October 2022 #144 The Home Issue

TROPICANA MAGAZINE
MOONCAKE BITES
• Mooncakes are seasonal and are normally available
one month before the Mid-Autumn Festival, also
known as the Mooncake Festival, which falls on the
15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar
calendar (or sometime from September to October).
• In Chinese culture, the full moon is associated with
prosperity. The round shape of mooncakes is a symbol
of family unity.
• In 2017, Malaysian bakery Leong Yin Pastry made a
massive mooncake tagged at a whopping RM3,888.
The 1.2kg mooncake named Zhen Yue was loaded with
cordyceps, ginseng, saffron, royal jelly, molasses, lotus
seed, jujube, longan, and 24K edible gold, along with
other Chinese herbs.
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