Top Ten Signs That the Mooncake Festival Is Getting Far Too Commercialized

Published by simon on September 11, 2006

Top Ten Signs That the Mooncake Festival Is Getting Far Too Commercialized.

You want to buy lotus paste single yolk but the the neighbourhood shop only sells ‘new‘ flavours like snow skin vanilla with Ipoh white coffee and tiramisu. And low sugar white lotus and cheese.

Mooncakes shaped like Garfield are SO last season. This year’s new trend - shaped like Chairman Mao and the Firefox logo.
Instead of metal or wooden boxes, this year, if you buy 4 mooncakes, they give you a Targus leather bag. (Suitable to be reused for carrying notebook or projector).
The cheapest variation of mooncake on sale costs a “very cheap” price of RM9.75 only. (RM39 for one box of 4, sorry no discount…)
Even your neighbourhood restaurant Mamak Sri Paramalingam has set up a special mooncake stall next to the chicken naan stall.
Buy four boxes of Restoran New Kowloon mooncakes and get a free AirAsia ticket to Langkawi worth RM9.99. Off peak travel only, airport tax not included.
Some big restaurant chains have been selling mooncakes for almost two months now. And Mooncake Festival is still one month away…

…and immediately after the Mooncake Festival, the Chinese New Year sales start again…

“Apply for our new ‘Restoran New Kowloon Platinum Privilege Membership Card‘ and you can enjoy 5% off all mooncakes!****” (Please read fine print carefully)

“What’s does the Mid-Autumn Festival signify? Hmmm, I dunno lah. All I know that there’s mooncake to eat…”

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inevitable Said,
Yep, mooncake is wayyyy toooo commercialised…
Fashionasia Said,
haha..da fella with firefox logo lantern will be the coolest kid in town!!
pelf Said,
Muahahaha - I like the Chaiman Mao and Firefox point!! =)
JoeC Said,
I dun care wat kinda mooncake, just give me the traditional plain lotus and some coffee to go with, the rest is white noise. Cheers!
kennyL1692 Said,
Another sign:
You will eventually see some Managing Director/CEO or some big shots appear in TV ads to promote mooncakes!
wingz Said,
mooncake are so overated!!! i hate mooncake!!
lilian Said,
And that firefox thing got me an idea. You will see mooncakes advertised on Google and it is the highest paying keyword. LOL.
simon Said,
fashionasia & pelf - my mom-in-law makes mooncakes, so i’m trying to sell her the idea…

joeC - yep, same for me. but i don’t mind one egg yolk.

kennyL1692 - i think amber chia will be spokesperson for tai thong next year.

wingz - why??! so nice to eat!

lilian - really ah? mooncakes also so hi tech oredi ah?
Ken Said,
Think we’ll be seeing mooncakes with bitcomet logos or naruto characters?
achang Said,
a list like this is only funny if things on the list actually happen or have happened before–even if they’re exaggerated. please try again.

i personally have never seen garfield mooncakes or been offered discount on flights just for buying mooncakes.

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