From what Michelle's friends said, a lot of the mooncakes in shops here are typical manufactured stuff and not particularly good. If they came from a bakery or someone I knew made them, I'd be more inclined to try it, just to have that good first impression.
Michelle's mother brought some of the food back from the festival that she cooked. One of them was a chilli and pork mince dish. She told me to eat it with rice and cucumber. So I got a bowl of rice, mixed in some of the meat and put some cucumber with it. It was insanely salty. I couldn't bare it! I had to throw it out. I found out later that you're meant to eat the rice by itself and dip the cucumber in the meat. It was a dip. Frankly, after that experience, it will be tricky for me to try it again.
