Of moon cakes and NZ movies
The other night we had a moon cake party. Yes, you read it correctly. It was all about moon cakes! I missed being home with mum and dad... it was strange, I never felt such an urge to go home and have dinner with them before. Anyway, we invited people over and watched the sky the entire day to see if the clouds would move so we could moon gaze - Nikita got very excited. I cooked green bean dessert for three hours... but it still needed more time, d'oh!
The moon cakes were brilliant. Chris and Gilly made a fantastic effort to find moon cakes in Wellington... they said they took the whole day and drove all around town. Well done, guys :) They even came in a pretty bag and shiny tin - the moon cakes, not Chris and Gilly. We also had Anupa and Hamil put in effort to provide some type of cake. So we had some variations... ;) mud cake and fairy cake. Close enough!
We ended the moon cake party with a movie called Sione's Wedding: a Samoan family in New Zealand organising a wedding for one of their sons but there are trouble makers that need to be taken care of first. The NZ movie was absolutely hilarious and very Kiwi... the slang, the costumes, the actors, the culture of Pacific Islanders living in New Zealand (South Auckland has the largest Polynesian population in the world); we don't see much of that here in Wellington.
The entire evening was great... even though Simone and Kristi didn't like moon cake, Nikita ate enough for both of them! I really enjoyed sharing little parts of mine and Nikita's cultural traditions and hopefully everyone got to learn a little bit more about Chinese and Kiwi culture.
The next parties? Austrian, Indonesian and Estonian festivals and holidays of course! Stay tuned for the dates :)
The moon cakes were brilliant. Chris and Gilly made a fantastic effort to find moon cakes in Wellington... they said they took the whole day and drove all around town. Well done, guys :) They even came in a pretty bag and shiny tin - the moon cakes, not Chris and Gilly. We also had Anupa and Hamil put in effort to provide some type of cake. So we had some variations... ;) mud cake and fairy cake. Close enough!
We ended the moon cake party with a movie called Sione's Wedding: a Samoan family in New Zealand organising a wedding for one of their sons but there are trouble makers that need to be taken care of first. The NZ movie was absolutely hilarious and very Kiwi... the slang, the costumes, the actors, the culture of Pacific Islanders living in New Zealand (South Auckland has the largest Polynesian population in the world); we don't see much of that here in Wellington.
The entire evening was great... even though Simone and Kristi didn't like moon cake, Nikita ate enough for both of them! I really enjoyed sharing little parts of mine and Nikita's cultural traditions and hopefully everyone got to learn a little bit more about Chinese and Kiwi culture.
The next parties? Austrian, Indonesian and Estonian festivals and holidays of course! Stay tuned for the dates :)
posted by Amy at 10:39 PM
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Hey in case you're looking for more chinese stuff:
* mooncakes and other chinese/south east asian sweets - Willis St market on Sundays... I've been enjoying all sorts of mooncakes... red bean, dates, nuts, lotus... I have to pace when I buy them otherwise I'll be a moonface!
* Yans - you know about Yans right? Didn't see you guys mention it in your email. Excellent chinese supermarket for chinese herbs, spices, even mooncake and everything else that you may miss from home!
Hey Sue-Anne! Thanks for the tips, I think I'll have to go and visit Yans and Willis St markets have Chinese food?? I didn't know about that!!
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