Mid-Autumn Festival

Hi everybody,

25/09/2007 is Mid-Autumn Festival- an important festival for Chinese.
I can tell you a little bit about the story behind the festival. Once upon a time, there was hero named as Hau Ngai and he had shot down eight suns on the sky. ( In the story, there were 9 suns on the sky and made the life of Chinese became terrible.)
Hau Ngai loved fighting and his wife-Sheung Or, tried to persuaded her husband for the peace. However, he never listened to her, so she ate some magical pills and flew to moon and left her husband. This day we called Mid-Autumn Festival.
Actually, the story is a long one, but may be next time, I can give you more.

This festival has a significant meaning to me, since the final time I saw my grandmother was at this festival when I was 9 years old. My grandmother suffered liver cancer at that year and my family went to the hospital and celebrated the festival with her. Besides it was near my lunar birthday and my grandmother wanted to see me. I never forget the scence and the lighting at that night.

After over 20 years, I still feel sorrow for losing her. I am deeply sorry that I cannot serve her when I have the ability to do so, I understand my mother gets the same feeling. I know if my grandmother can see I am having my own family and she will be very happy. No matter where you are, grandma, I just want to tell you, your daughter-my mother is fine, and all of your grand children are happy and healthy. Happy Mid Autumn Festival.

I am sorry that I have no time for introducing any dishes this time, since I am really tired because I need to work today but it is a public holiday in HK.

Anyway, wish you all can have a wonderful mid autumn festival, come on look at the full moon. It is beautiful.