There is a significant Chinese community in the Philippine capital, as there are in most of Southeast Asia. I would grab a piece or two and enjoy the snack with a Coke. My dad would get a small can from his Chinese friends and the feast would rapidly disappear when he got home as my brother and sister piled in. I can say the same thing about mooncakes.
Forrest Gump would say in the movies that "life is like a box of chocolates". Their packaging was simple, nothing ornate to give them away. I would bite off a chunk, roll them around in my mouth, and savor every morsel. My favorite would be those packed with nuts and a salted egg. When I was growing up in Manila, mooncakes would normally start popping into stores in the late downpours of August as the typhoon season hit full stride in the Philippines. Mooncakes are a happy childhood memory for me.
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