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Tag Archives: mooncake
Giant Grapes at Chinatown (Mid Autumn Festival 2012)
We were both thrilled to spot the huge grapes at Chinatown and as we drove through, rows and rows of pastel paper lanterns. I refer to this festive period as the lantern or mooncake festival but it’s officially known as … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinatown, decor, Decoration, festival, festive, Lantern, Life, Mid-Autumn, mooncake, photography, Singapore, street
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A Walk through Wheelock Place to Swanky ION
Now that we can’t walk through Borders, we go through the first level instead and always come across the toy store. An adorable huge kewpie doll was displayed in the window. Then on to ION. Being super lazy, I appreciate … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, beautiful, candies, decor, design, Foodcourt, ION, japanese, kewpie, Life, Living, mall, Mid-Autumn, mooncake, photography, photos, Restaurants, shopping, shops, Singapore, swanky, Wheelock
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The Mooncake Festival: VivoCity & Junction 8
Every year there’s an enticing array of mooncakes at all the malls around this time – the Mid-Autumn or Lantern Festival. I overheard a tourist at Vivo say, “I sampled them all, now there’s no need to buy any.” I … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, decor, design, Entertainment, festival, Food, Junction 8, Life, Living, mall, Mid-Autumn Festival, mooncake, Singapore, travel, VivoCity
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Probably My Last Mooncake Post Till Next Year
My sister got the good quality mooncake from her nice bosses – Tung Lok. What a difference from the cheap version, although this did not have egg yolk (which I love for the salty contrast), the white lotus paste was … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged Chinese, culture, festival, Food, Life, Living, Mid-Autumn Festival, mooncake, personal, photography, photos, pretty, Singapore, travel, Tung Lok
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Finally Had My Lotus Mooncake with Egg Yolk
I looked for the cheapest one possible. The Tai Thong brand single yolk mooncakes were just S$11.80 for 2 large pieces and was sold at our subsidized supermarket NTUC. I got it a the branch at junction 8. I had … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged culture, egg yolk, Food, Life, Living, lotus paste, mooncake, NTUC, photography, photos, shopping, Singapore, Tai Thong, travel
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Festivals and Malls
Whenever there’s a festival in Singapore, you’ll know. Hari Raya Puasa is on the 10th of Sepember and there were pretty lights up at Toa Payoh. The lights were for National Day, but I think they might leave them up … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, festival, Lantern, Life, Living, Malls, marketing, Mid-Autumn, mooncake, photography, photos, Singapore, street lights, travel
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The Mooncake Festival
There are so many festivals in Singapore we should call it festival city. I think sometimes I take them for granted but they do make life so much more colourful. An upcoming one is the mooncake festival or lantern festival … Continue reading
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Tagged Begawan Solo, Chinese, culture, Festivals, Food, legend, Life, Living, lotus paste, mooncake, photography, photos, princess, shopping, Singapore, travel
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