![]() Published in The Express Tribune, October 1 st, 2012. The meal is served to a table of four people, at Rs2,200 per head plus tax. Baked specially for the occasion, the chocolate-lined praline centres are easily any sweet-tooth’s delight. Finally the highlight of the evening, moon cakes are served with jasmine tea. We are talking Hainanese mango pudding with coconut sago reduction (reminiscent of the continental kheer) and lychee ice-cream. Hold on to any food critique, for the dessert more than makes up for it. Dry fried beef with chilli and broccoli, steamed fish on Asian vegetables and black bean sauce complemented by Szechuan-styled stir-fried eggplant and Young Chow fried rice. Light, filling and exotic.Ĭut to the main course. Netflix also has a wonderful movie coming out for this year’s Mid Autumn Festival called Over the Moon Audio available in Mandarin Chinese We’re looking forward to watching this as a family. Next up, there is Wonton Chicken Soup and scallions. This is a fun and silly live action reenactment of the story behind Mid Autumn Festival from one of the popular kid channels in Taiwan. The warm appetisers arrive as steamed pot stickers filled with black mushrooms and chicken vegetarian spring rolls. According to the tale, Hou Yi, a brave archer, was rewarded with the elixir of immortality for shooting down nine of the 10 suns that caused permanent drought. However, that’s just an appetising warm-up, if you will. The Mid-Autumn Festival is also linked to the legend of Chang’e flying to the moon, says Dr Zygado. In the sidelines, the Autumn Salad boasts of cabbage, carrots and bean sprouts in a soy emulsion. Here we have honey-glazed Char Siu Lamb, Beijing Roasted Duck with Hoi Sin Sauce, sesame and ginger-flavoured prawns and crispy chicken. For starters, there are fish crackers and bread, followed by the Pu-Pu Mixed Meat Platter. ![]() Prepared by Chef Wayan Subrata, the dinner’s ingredients make it “authentic yet contemporary”. “ believe that if you wish upon the moon and it comes true, then the moon (a deity in Chinese tradition) made it happen,” says Tania Arandia, the hotel spokesperson as she talks about the festival.Ī seven-course meal awaits. ![]() ![]() The festival began on Friday and ends on Monday (today). Back in Pakistan, some are enjoying similar delicacies at the Mid-Autumn Festival, or Moon Festival at Wild Rice, Serena Hotel. That’s how they welcome the moon for a good harvest, a sort of thanksgiving. Families are rejoicing, lighting bright lanterns and devouring food in Chinese and Vietnamese countries. It’s a lucky weekend, at least in the Chinese tradition. ![]()
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