Mooncake Index 2012

Somehow I missed compiling last year’s mooncake index. What happened? I can’t seem to remember why. Anyway, this year economy is supposed to be better which usually means that come this time of the year I will get a lot of moon cakes from vendors but interestingly, this year the number actually drop.  Maybe it…

Mooncake Index 2011

It’s that time of the year for the Mooncake Index, first stated in 2007. For the life of me, I can’t remember why there wasn’t one last year. Maybe I didn’t get any moon cakes? Not very likely though. Anyway, the MCI reflects the state of my expenditure and the business given out and the…

Mooncake Index

Okay the moon cake eating spree is over and this year definitely the economy is doing very very well never mind what the gahmen is trying to tell us. No need to look at the ridiculous prices of properties or the rise of the stock market. The best indicator is the my moon cake index.…

Mooncake 2008

Reflecting the not so good economy, the moon cake count this year has dropped compared to last year. First box was from Pine Court restaurant. The usual stuff. Not fantastically great.The second box was a box of snow skin moon cakes from Bakerzin called Magic. This was good. Each mooncake, there were 4 different favours…

Mooncakes

Mooncakes Mooncakes. This year economy must be real good. First time in my life that we get flooded with so many boxes of them. It started small though. First M bought home this small box of a single moon cake from the famous Kee Wah of Hongkong.   Than Alvin’s teacher came with another single…