Godiva's Chocolate Mooncake 朱古力月餅

The Mid Autumn Festival or August Moon Festival is the second most celebrated holiday in Chinese culture. If you live in an area highly populated with Chinese people, there will be some sort of celebration around this time of the year. This holiday, to the Chinese, is like Thanksgiving to Americans; the first thing that pops up in your head when it is mentioned is, most likely, food.




In my childhood, moon cakes with lotus seed paste was the norm. I remember my parents used to participate in a moon cake program hosted by the local bakeries. Every month they would make a payment and by the time the festival came, they could redeem a certain amount of moon cakes. It worked like a savings program so the customers did not have to come up with a large amount of money to buy boxes of moon cakes for gifting.

Those were the old days when the economy in Asia was bad. But nowadays, Asia's economic success is undeniable. More and more world companies are eyeing this untapped industry. Luxury handbags, watches, automobiles, and wine, are status symbols, but when it comes to the Mid Autumn Festival, those with buying power will not be satisfied with just an ordinary-looking moon cake.

The Belgian chocolatier giant Godiva is one of those companies that are buying in on this opportunity. This limited edition chocolate box of moon cakes is especially crafted with Asian flavors, like ginger spiced mandarin orange mousse, goji berry mousse, and green tea infused chocolate ganache. I especially like the grapefruit black tea one--inside the black tea infused dark chocolate, there is a layer of crunchy grapefruit mousse with hints of lemongrass and vanilla. It provides different textures and at the same time incorporates some bold flavors.

For those chocoholics out there, there is now one more delicious way to celebrate the festival!

(The chocolate moon cakes are complimentary from Godiva. I am not compensated for writing this post.)

除了新年，中秋節可以說是中國人第二大節日，無論你在世界任何一個角落，只要有中國人的地方便會有人慶祝這個節日。就正如美國人慶祝感恩節一樣，食物是不可缺少的一環。

還記得童年時候，用蓮蓉做的月餅是最傳統的。那時家境清貧，父母通常會到餅店供月餅會，每月交些少金錢，到中秋節時便有月餅供自食及送禮。

時移世易，中國及其他亞洲國家經濟起飛，歐美國家都很重視亞洲這塊肥豬肉。而很多富有的中國人都視名牌手袋、名牌手錶、名車及美酒等等為身份象徵。到了中秋節，普普通通的一個蓮蓉月餅又怎可以滿足他們呢？

朱古力名牌Godiva正看中這個市場，推出了高級朱古力月餅，這款限量版出品特別用上亞洲食材--如薑味橘子慕斯，枸杞慕斯以及綠茶味朱古力醬。我就最喜歡那個西柚黑茶香脆黑朱古力月餅--在一層黑朱古力內是香脆又帶有淡淡檸檬草味的西柚慕斯，除了提供不同口感外，又用上特別材料，十分獨特。

喜愛朱古力的你，今個中秋節除了傳統月餅外，又多了一種選擇了!

(朱古力月餅由Godiva免費提供，本人沒有收取任何稿費)