Eating moon cakes on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the ways to celebrate the night. However, sitting cross-legged on my deck outside isn't my idea of a good time. And my husband and I have been watching Conan the Barbarian & Conan the Destroyer back-to-back and didn't want to really leave the living room.

As such, the celebrations this year is all held indoors. I fished out my delicate Chinese tea set, and prepared some fruits, and pulled out the last moon cake from the tin. After the table was set, and the cat reminded to stay away, I popped some water into the microwave to heat up.

I enjoy my Chinese teas, and back home, I hang out with friends in tea houses from time to time. Since moving across the Pacific, tea houses are replaced with Starbucks and I'm left to enjoy my tea at home. Still, that did not stop me from getting this exquisite gaiwan (盖碗) tea set from the Hong Kong airport last time in transit. I probably overpaid but it was pretty enough and I simply could not resist. See how the dragon shows when light is shone down the cup?

So after the tea's brewed and the table set, there is really not much else to do, except sit back, savor the flavors of the mid-autumn and of course, watch our minimally-clad governor swing that big sword around.