Vietnamese Traditional Mooncakes

My colleague happened to visit Hanoi during the mooncake festival and she brought back a box of traditional Vietnamese mooncakes (consisting of 2 baked and 2 snowskin mooncakes) for us to try. The mooncakes were bought from a very popular shop in Hanoi and apparently according to the locals in Vietnam, you will have to queue for quite sometime to get your hands on a box of mooncakes.

Vietnamese mooncakes are very different from the traditional lotus-paste-fillings mooncakes we have in Singapore. Vietnamese mooncakes are more savory and the fillings consist of toasted nuts, citron, ginger, mung beans, lotus seed etc. It's an acquired taste and I have to admit it was pretty much a cultural shock for most of us. Though we still prefer our local traditional mooncakes as most of us have a sweet tooth, it was definitely an interesting experience and a great "eye opener" for all of us.

Happy Mooncake Festival to All! ^_^

Hawker Food Can Be Awesome Too!

Zichar stall at one of the "hawker centre" in Punggol.

Between S$6 to S$10 per dish. Good food at a reasonable price. Who says one definitely have to spend a bomb to enjoy good food? ^_^

Sakura International Buffet @ Downtown East

Decent variety but quality of food is at most only average. Though NTUC members are entitled to a 10% discount, the quality of the food is definitely not worth the price of close to S$30 for dinner on a weekday. The only plus point would be the Ben & Jerry's promotion that this particular outlet is currently having. Yes, they serve a wide variety of Ben & Jerry's ice cream and it's free flow! How awesome!

Well, I guess the buffet would be worth the price if you are able to gobble down S$30 worth of Ben & Jerry's ice creams. ^_^ 

Credits: http://www.sukigroup.com.sg/suki/sakura.htm