Mid-Autumn Festival , or also called Mooncake Festival is a celebration of the Thanksgiving that was celebrated by the Chinese community on the fifteenth day of the eighth month on the ancient Chinese calendar .
Being one of the most important celebration in Chinese culture, the festival is always celebrated in a family as a moment of gratitude for the harvest and invoke for good things. Nowadays the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated by enjoying the mooncake with the whole family , gathering under the moonlight and lit by many lanterns. In the past, lanterns were symbolized as sign of fertility and hope of the sunshine after the winter time. Now it became the symbol of the festival itself and adds the decorative meaning.
Mid-Autumn Festival of a ‘Thousand Lanterns Celebration with Peranakan Cuisine’ in Melati Restaurant at Hotel Tugu Malang offers a diverse menu of Peranakan cuisine, which has a distinctive flavor, resulting from the Chinese mainland cross cultural marriage and the blend of spices and cooking techniques typical from Southeast Asia.
Start with ‘Sate Oedang Teboe’ , followed by the warm ‘Taotjo Belanak Fish Soup’ with chopped fresh chilli and sour kandis. As a main course, enjoy the unique blend of flavors in ‘Green Papaya and Soft Shell Crab’ or ‘Ayam Pongteh Dapoer Babah’ as the right choice to celebrate the Mid- Autumn with your family.
To complete the range of the Mid-Autumn dishes, try our homemade mooncake with three flavors: red bean, green tea, or black beans. For reservations and more information call 0341- 363 891 or malang[at]tuguhotels.com
