mid-autumn festival

Oct 3, 2009 ( sat )

It was Mid- Autumn festival ( chinese lunar calendar 15th day, 8th month )
me and my family were looking forward to the celebration
lined-up that evening, a parade from Gurney Plaza to Gurney drive.

Sadly ...... at 5.00 evening it was raining cats and dogs till 8.00 night.
But this did not dampen our spirits, especially my daughter,
she insisted that we should go,
anyway it's just round the corner of our home she said.

Armed with our umbrellas, we quickly walk over, braving the heavy drizzle.
As we turn the corner of Cantonment road, down the road towards Gurney Drive,
from afar were coloufully lit floats, a band playing, and we were excited .

We quicken our steps as we didn't want to miss anything,
not knowing whether it was the start or the end of the parade.

We took shade under Mr Pots and watched
the band, stilt walkers, Chingay flag bearers, and floats .













After the parade, we walked further down and saw stalls along the way.
It was free hawker flavor of laksa, wantan mee, chee cheong fun,

popiah, chrysanthemum drink, friedn koay teow,

muar chee, curry mee, kueh pie tee, and rojak.

Laksa - is a favourite among tourists visiting Penang.

It is thick rice noodles in a sour fish soup base of shredded fish.

Finely sliced vegetables including cucumber, onions, red chillis,

pineapple, lettuce,common mint, and pink bunga kantan (ginger buds)

are the garnishes that goes with it.

Wantan mee -

wheat noodle ( in soup or dried )
wanton (Chinese ravioli)
barbecued pork
chye sim (sawi, often translated as mustard green)

chee cheong fun

- is steamed rice noodles served with thnee cheo (a sweet dark-red sauce),

hae ko (black, prawn paste sauce), huan cheo chiau (chili sauce), oil,

and sprinkled with sesame seeds.

Popiah - is a thin paper-like crepe or pancake wrapper

stuffed with a filling made of cooked vegetables and meats.

Chrysanthemum drink - one of the Chinese teas that has a cooling effect

Fried koay teow-

very popular stir-fried noodles over very high heat

with light and dark soy sauce, chilli, whole prawns,

deshelled cockles, bean sprouts, and eggs.

Muar Chee - is made from glutinuous rice paste, steamed.

And then cut into small cubes and mixed with

grounded, roasted peanuts and sugar.

Curry mee

is made up of thin yellow egg noodles or/and rice vermicelli

with spicy curry soup, coconut milk, and garnish with

dried tofu, prawns, cuttlefish, and mint leaves.

Kueh Pie Tee ( or ' top hats ' )
is a crispy shell, top with crunchy vegetables ( like the popiah )

with a dash of chilli sauce.

**** description of some of the above food,

are courtesy of search from various source .

At the end of the stretch of stalls was an opera show,and lion dance.

It was an enjoyable night despite the rain.