Resort World Genting's Moon Cakes 2012

Mid-Autumn Celebration is around the corner. I believe everyone is busy buying moon cakes, visiting relatives and close friends. Some of you are planning for a home party or BBQ and decorating lanterns on the night of 15th August already. The Chinese communities will be celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th of the eight lunar month. There is widely known the mythology story of China 中国神话故事, Chang' e 嫦娥 who lives on the moon with hare.

On here I am sharing with you one of my top ten list Moon Cakes in Malaysia, the Resort World Genting's Moon Cakes. The delectable masterpiece from the mountain. A mouthwatering masterpiece. There are 15 flavours plus 1 Money God cookies for this year menu. There are 4 new flavour from the Resort World's Sifu. 

RWG's Moon Cake Poster

Moon Cake - Traditional Chinese Delicacy

Moon Cake (Yue Ping,月饼) is a Chinese pastries traditional eaten during Mid-Autumn Festival.  The skin is thin and sweet and prepared in the shape of the moon and filled with sesame seed paste, lotus seed paste, red bean paste, five kernel and may contain one or more whole salted egg yolks in the cake center to symbolize the full moon.

Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhong Qiu Jie,中秋节) or more commonly named in Malaysia as Moon Cake Festival and is celebrated on the 15th day of the eight lunar month. Usually, around mid or late September. In recent years, the Mid-Autumn Festival has benefited from a popularity boost. It is now the second most celebrated Chinese Festival in Malaysia, that is, if you measure it by the amount of advertising and promotions dedicated to it.