The chief of the school canteen, surnamed Zheng, confirmed that they made the dish with 50 leftover moon cakes after Mid-Autumn Festival. They mixed the moon cakes with sauces and vegetables such as green pepper, chili pepper and an edible black fungus, according to a recipe in the newspaper.

We hope no one had to be anywhere important last night! Yan'an elevated road, among others, saw severe gridlock and huge traffic jams probably due to heavy rain in the afternoon and pre-holiday travel. Or, if you prefer (and we do), there's Shanghai Daily's theory that the gridlock was caused by people rushing to the store to cash in their mooncake coupons before they expired on the 9th! more ›

Any kind of holiday can make people who are away from their loved ones feel isolated, and the Mid-Autumn festival is no exception. With this in mind, we're almost about to be inundated by more mooncakes than we can eat - before you start gorging (or throw them out), spare a thought to all of the elderly folks in Shanghai by donating some of your stash to them this Mid-Autumn festival - the 22nd of September. more ›

• It’s Mid-Autumn Festival time and you know what that means, yes mooncakes! By now you’re probably swimming in them, why not share the wealth and donate some of those delectable morsels to someone who really needs them. [City Weekend]
• If you’ve grown tired of the usual eats or if you have adventurous taste buds, there’s a bunch of new restaurants in town. Bon appétit! [Smart Shanghai]
• Need a good workout after sampling all that food, well waltz your way over to ballroom dance phenomenon Burn the Floor. How can you go wrong with Viennese Waltz, Tango, and Swing thrown into the mix? Simple you can’t. [Shanghai Talk]

If we're going to call a winner on this week, it's not the 60th anniversary on Thursday. It's Yuyintang, banging out three solid nights in a row of electro, punk, and more electro. The kind that looks legit and actually fun, too, not the crappy need-to-be-drunk-to-enjoy-this electro. more ›