Audi TT, Audi RS4, Audi R8, Audi... mooncake?
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Audi has given their customers in China and Hong Kong something they can sink their teeths into. The Mid-Autumn festival, celebrating the maiden in the moon, is accompanied by tasty pastries called mooncakes that people give to each other during the holiday. Audi has baked up a set of treats topped with model names like A6, S5, and R8. If they're as good as they look, it's a nice way to give props to the moonwoman. The festival is on September 14 this year, so if you're an Audi-phile and want to get a piece of R8 mooncake, there's still time... Be sure to check out the gallery below for more photos. Thanks for the tip, Denis!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mike 8:18AM (9/12/2008)
OMFG YES MOONCAKES JUST WHAT I WANTED TO SEE IN AUTOBLOG YAY!!!!!!
srsly though, you coulda added a female dental assistant with drills on her head...might have attracted more attention....
slow news day much?
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Frat Stud 8:37AM (9/12/2008)
This is not car news. Please stop.
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Swede 9:53AM (9/12/2008)
Mooncake? Like spacecake?
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Corey 10:45AM (9/12/2008)
Yes, stop. The cake is a lie.
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meGrimlock 11:19AM (9/12/2008)
i've always wanted to combine my love of mooncake with german engineering!
btw, mooncakes rock.
hey now, this is about as much car news as max moseley's fetishes
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2004m3driver 11:58AM (9/12/2008)
Pandering to the Asian market I see. Where the Audi Tamales at?
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2004m3driver 11:58AM (9/12/2008)
Pandering to the Asian market I see. Where the Audi Tamales at?
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2004m3driver 11:59AM (9/12/2008)
I don't even know how this double post happened, but I am fixing it by adding another completely useless comment.
icu812ru469 1:30PM (9/12/2008)
"rear end" cake... like Audi. These cakes will make you diarrhea and throw up, just like Audi.
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jet 3:47PM (9/12/2008)
So how can I order some Audi moon cakes here in the states?
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tekdemon 4:43PM (9/12/2008)
It was pretty weird when I went to China and saw every luxury brand offering (insanely expensive) mooncakes. Everyone from 5-star hotel chains to Starbucks to Nokia had obscenely expensive mooncakes for sale. And yes, Starbucks is a luxury brand in China since it costs 40RMB for a coffee, which is basically equivalent to paying $15 for a cup of coffee (based on how much other drinks like Coke or Juice cost in China).
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tekdemon 4:46PM (9/12/2008)
By the way when I say obscenely expensive I mean it...these places were charging about $100 (US) for a box of mooncakes, which is friggin' insane.
I mean, they're delicious, but come on. Also, they're insanely high in calories...each mooncake can run you up 1000 calories, lol.
Jon 5:11PM (9/12/2008)
Wow, it even comes with a packet of 鐵觀音 tea :)
hmm, I wonder if they actually sell them, or they only give them to actual TT/RS4/R8 owners?
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Audiphile 3:45AM (9/13/2008)
But it’s still a tin can box!
I was seriously hoping for a bit more exotic materials, something along the line of carbon fiber, Monocoque box design, with each cake individually wrapped in butter-soft, sensous, hand-stitched Valcona leather. Perhaps a little “moon”roof while they’re at it, you know...
Then I’ll bite.
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