Singapore - Chinatown
新加坡 — 牛车水
It is the Mid-Autumn Festival again.
又是中秋节。
Apart from eating mooncakes during Mid-Autumn Festival, what else do different dialect groups eat?
中秋节除了吃月饼之外，各籍贯还吃些什么呢？
Cantonese / 广东人：
Snails - People believe that eating snails during Mid-Autumn Festival can improve eyesight.
田螺 - 因为民间认为中秋吃田螺可以明目。
Taro - Cantonese "taro" is a homophony of "protecting the head" which means family reunion and peace.
芋头 - 粤语“芋头”与“护头”谐音，寓意合家团圆平安。
Water chestnut - Said that it can make children grow smarter.
菱角 - 据说能让孩子长得聪明伶俐。
Pomelo - The round shape symbolises reunion, "pomelo" and "bless" are homonyms; the good wishes of the moon to protect you.
柚子 - 外形浑圆象征团圆，“柚”与“佑”谐音；希望月亮护佑的美好意愿。
Leaf glutinous rice - Good luck all year round after eating it.
叶子糍 - 吃了能常年行好运。
Putian / 莆田人：
Rice vermicelli - Xinghua rice vermicelli is thin and white like beard, eating rice vermicelli means longevity.
米粉 - 兴化米粉细又白像胡子，象征吃到胡子白高寿的意思。
Taro - "Taro" in Puxian dialect is a homonym for "endure"; in the past, life was hard and eating taro means "endure and bear with it", hoping for a better next year.
芋头 - “芋头的”莆仙话与“熬“谐音；过去生活艰苦吃芋头“熬一熬”就到“头”，寄望来年时来运转，生活更美好。
Chestnut - A traditional folk tonic food.
栗子 - 民间传统的进补食品。
Chaozhou / 潮州人：
Cake - Rice cakes made of glutinous rice flour and mung bean cakes made of mung bean flour, used by Chaosan people to worship Yueniang.
糕仔 - 糯米粉做的米糕和绿豆粉做的绿豆糕，潮汕人用来供奉月娘。
Stir-fry sand taro - a seasonal snack for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
翻砂芋 - 是中秋节的应时小食。
Ringo - Annona squamosa, also known as sugar-apple, is known as a fruit tonic.
林檎 - 即番荔枝又名释迦果，有水果补品之称。
Doufang - Actually is peanut candy, called “shizhi” and “shitian” in Chaoshan dialect, and is regarded as auspicious food.
豆方 - 实为花生糖，潮汕话称为“食知“、”食甜“，被视为吉祥的食品。
