Harvest Moon

Every year on Nov. 12th people here celebrate Harvest Moon day. They have carnivals here and it's crazy. They float these things called "Kratong" in the rivers/pools/any surface of water. You're supposed to light a candle, make a wish, and then float it.

 

Some are made out of banana trees/leaves and some are made out of crackers. 

These ones are made out of crackers so it's good for the environment and you get the feed the fish at the same time. Most of these ones catch on fire in the middle of water. Kinda funny to watch. 

So we get there, it was CHAOS. SOOO many people. It looked like an outdoor house party. We couldn't even walk because the streets were so packed. The best part about this was.... they had SOOOOO MUCH FOOD EVERYWHERE!!!! I apologize for poor quality photos, it was very difficult to take photos when people were pushing me from every direction. 

We got these because we were starving when we got there. These were fried rice noodles with vegetables. Eh... it was just too greasy and it wasn't that good. 

I just thought this was some SERIOUS grill action. 

I didn't get this, mainly because these fruit drinks were served from open containers. 

I think these are meatballs, no idea... 

These are like... muffins? Well, the texture is similar but they definitely don't taste like muffins. They're kinda like mini cakes. ...And I don't know why they are green, they don't taste green though, they're good. 

Scallion pancakes. 

Fried fish cakes. 

uhm... birds? 

Grilled squid-- eh this was really bad actually, they didn't grill the squid long enough because I guess they were in a rush since so many people were waiting. This tasted and smelt fishy...REALLY NASTY.

We found these bugs... yeah... don't they look delicious? So yeah I guess people eat these, I couldn't stare for too long because I didn't want people think I was being rude since I wasn't gonna buy any. 

Lots of sushi here, mostly fake ones. These sushi looked totally unnatural. I've never seen the green or yellow sushi before.. hmm... 

These looked a bit more legit. At least they were individually wrapped. 

These are cute, they all have these sweet bean stuffing inside. They coat the outside with gelatin, shaping them in forms of other fruits. These are good. 

These are grilled meatballs, apparently. Would you trust these? I wouldn't... 

This was nuts. Check out how they make these Takoyaki --octopus cakes. They were so fancy they put shrimp and other stuff in them too!