Where to find the best mooncakes
The Chinese mid-autumn Moon Festival, or zhong qiu jie, falls this year on Saturday, September 10.
One of the traditions of this holiday is to give mooncakes to friends and loved ones. These are small pastries stuffed with lotus, dates, or red bean, and maybe a salted duck egg yolk. You’re not supposed to buy them for yourself, so if you want to try them, you’ll have to give them to someone you think will share with you!
Luckily for us, we live in one of our country’s delicious mooncake epicenters — the San Gabriel Valley. Our buses can’t take you to the moon, but they can definitely get you to a mooncake or three.
Claremont: Line 480, Indian Hill Blvd and American Ave
Hacienda Heights: Line 185, Colima Rd and Manor Gate Rd
Pasadena: Line 187, Colorado Blvd and Arroyo Pkwy
West Covina: Line 281 or Line 480, Citrus Ave and South Garvey Ave
Hacienda Heights: Line 282, Halliburton Rd and Hacienda Blvd
Rowland Heights: Line 178, Colima Rd and Nogales St
Arcadia: Line 187, Huntington Dr and Baldwin Ave
Arcadia: Line 187, Huntington Dr and Baldwin Ave
Rowland Heights: Lines 178 and 289, Nogales St and Walnut Dr
Pasadena: Line 187, Colorado Blvd and Marengo Ave
City of Industry: Line 178 or Line 482, Colima Rd and Albatross Rd.
Rowland Heights: Line 178, Nogales St and Daisetta St
Arcadia: Line 187, Westfield Mall Santa Anita