Moon Cake

Few weeks ago was the moon cake festival. We used to have this 'dice game' that is apparently invented here by the Chinese in Manila *according to my professor back in college*. You won't see any kind of dice game in mainland China during their moon cake festival.

I forgot about the lore of the moon cake, it was during my elementary days that my chinese teachers taught me about that. You can just google it and learn about it.

One of my mom's employees in China sent us a huge box of moon cakes instead of just a normal box of 4 for the moon cake festival. Tada!



Let's see what's inside!



Look at that, so many moon cakes! and there is a giant one right in the middle :))

Just so you know the size of the moon cakes, I took a picture of the box with my cellphone so that you get to see the comparison.



Huge right?

Opinion

To be honest, at first, I was a little hesitant eating this gift. I mean, sorry to say this, it came from China! There are many bad stories about their merchandises, more so if it is food! I don't want to have any kind of food poisoning and I rather avoid it than take my chances.

However, the grace of God came along with the sign of the packaging that says ISO! Oh yes, if it's ISO certified, it can never be wrong! So I took one out and ate it.

Taste was good, nothing special actually. It tasted normal. Texture was a little crumbly though. For me, a moon cake must have that stiff sticky texture. This one lacks that distinct texture that I was looking for. After opening a new one, we realized that it has different flavors. The second moon cake was better, at least for me, than the former one. Oh well, it has different flavors, so it is really hard to give my opinion for the whole package. :D

Ultimate Sinless and Guiltless Ice Cream

My mom and I were in Healthy Option the other day and saw an unbelievable product: a 136 calorie pint ice cream.



It comes with strawberries and banana flavors only. The strange part of this product is the packaging. It is packed in a way that you eat the whole thing once only since the cover is nor resealable! Well, for a 136 calories, you can really eat it in one shot, I mean, a serving of wheat bread has more calories to it! Lolz. Anyhow, this is actually a good substitute for those who have sweet cravings during their diets just don't expect that it will taste like the normal ones.

Opinion

The company did very well for an ice cream that is 136 calories a pint. The texture was better than I expected. It had a good mouth feel for something that has no cream at all. You will feel that it melts it your mouth like real ice cream for only 1 second then everything seems like ice melting in your mouth. The taste was pretty subtle. It took me awhile to get the taste of the banana. The only thing that makes it taste like strawberry is because it is a little sour.

At the end of the day, it is a good alternative if you are on a diet, but I think it is not a good substitute for a real ice cream :D