Mid Autumn Festival is one the Chinese festival
that filled with happiness and togetherness. In this special day, the family
members and friends will gather together to have fun and have some moncakes,
enjoying delicious food, playing lantern, appreciate the bright and beautiful
full moon. To deliver this wonderful festival, Chang De Temple Miri had
organized the “Mid Autumn Festival Gathering” for a bunch of filial piety
class’ students, the parents and the temple’s members. The gathering was at the
Fan-Shape garden in Miri.
The small notes that record the main ingredients for baking mooncakes (written by Tian Ning's mother)
Buying the ingredients for baking mooncake in KST Bakery Ingredients, Miri
Discussion time between Li Yune and Tian Ning's mother
Yay~~Well mixed ingredients for snowkin mooncake (really suitable for lazy people like me)
Baking class organized by KST Bakery Ingredients, located in the upper ground
Various types of moulds
Please keep quite, discussion time again :)
Hello Kitty???
Merry Christmas decorations
Santa Clause
★★★★★★
Suggestion from Tian Ning to have a drink
Not much people
The signature is Ice Kacang. Apart from Ice Kacang, other tidbits also available.
★★★★★★
Our next stop is Sin Lian Supermarket. I had been told that a lot of import items could be found in here
Considering the lanterns
Laundry bag
★★★★★★
I’m not
really like moon cakes however I like to learn how to make it.
Cutting the black bean paste
Divide the filling
into 100g
Shape into balls and set aside
Dirty hands of Li Yun in when shaping the filling into balls
Ice water from a big packet of ice cubes
The main ingredients of snowskin mooncakes: flour
Pour ice water onto flour with icing sugar in the mixing bowl
Form a dough
Lightly dust hand with flour and Flatten each dough into disc
Wrap it around the filling and shape in into ball
Place into Doreamon mooncake shape mould and press out the mooncake
Taa Daa~~Doreamon mooncake (First attempt)
Qi Qiang wanna try for red colour Doreamon mooncake
Li Yune was willing to offer a helping hand for Qi Qiang
Hai, I'm red colour Doraemon Mooncake
★★★★★★
During the
night, it was schedule making pudding mooncakes. I didn’t involve. I was run
out of energy and body battery since whole day went out for groceries and
making snowskin mooncakes. I just sitting idle in Tian Ning’s home and watching
movies. Li Yune and De Fa were in charge in making pudding mooncakes. I’m quite
impressed with Li Yune that still have
the energy and passion in making the snowskin mooncakes after spending whole
day in making snowskin mooncakes without resting. When one bake without
passion, it kills the bake. She was totally excited about baking the
mooncakes.
★★★★★★
We also made the sushi for the " Mid Autumn Festival Gathering"
One of the ingredients: cucumber
Bamboo and carrot
Fried vegetarian ham
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Seaweed sheet from Taiwan |
All ingredients that need
How to make the mayonnaise for Sushi?
Mayonnaise with Chilli sauce
And mix with the condensed milk
Tian Ning's mother prepared the sushi rice by washing the rice and rinse thoroughly and place rice and water in rice cooker and set until cooked. Then, someone put cooked rice in the mixed bowl, pour the vinegar over the rice. Set aside to cool the rice.
Use the bamboo rolling mat and place one sheet of seaweed. Covered the seaweed with prepared sushi rice.
Place
vegetarian ham, cucumber, fried egg and spread mayonnaise on the rice
Use the
bamboo rolling mat and tightly roll the sushi
Use the sharp knife and slice the sushi
★★★★★★
Togetherness ❤❤❤
The garden
was decorated with beautiful and fancy lantern when the students lighten the
lanterns. It consider as “eye candy “at that night. Seeing the lantern hype up
the mid-autumn spirit. The organizer had
arranged some games for “Mid Autumn Festival Gathering”. This kind of
gathering was a great experience for all the participants because all them were
gathering under one roof. Everyone had a wide smile on their face on that
night.
It was truly
and exciting night that was filled with laughter.
I recalled
those happy moment when I was a child that like to play lantern. And parents
will look after us from here and there. My uncle and auntie (that live in
Roban) would join us too. After strolling for few round with lantern in front
of our house, I will hang the lanterns at the side of the wall with the help of
the wooden sticks. In the temple’s Mid
Autumn Festival Gathering I didn’t play any lanterns but I’m quite enjoy
watching the little angel playing and have fun. Some of the parents bought the electronic lantern for the kids, however I
prefer the traditional lantern with candles. I think those electronic
lantern totally kill the original significance meaning of Mid-Autumn
Festival. I find myself getting
older……Speaking about mooncakes, which is the hallmark of this festival. It is
getting expensive. In fact, I don’t like those expensive and high quality
mooncakes. Nowadays mooncake comes in variety of flavours by mixing fruits,
cheese, coffee and so on. However, I prefer those cheap white and black bean
paste mooncakes especially make in Kuching (the brand of 振香斋). From my
younger age until now, I use to eat振香斋mooncakes.
“May we all be blessed with longevity; though far apart, we are still able to share the beauty of the moon together.” (Tian Ning and Me, taken before have a drink in Sharetea)