The Chinese mid-autumn Moon Festival, or zhong qiu jie, falls this year on Monday, October 6.

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.

85C Bakery Café

Claremont: Line 480, Indian Hill Blvd and American Ave

Hacienda Heights: Line 185, Colima Rd and Manor Gate Rd

West Covina: Line 281 or Line 480, Citrus Ave and South Garvey Ave

99 Ranch Market

Hacienda Heights: Line 185 or Line 282, Colima Rd and Manor Gate Rd

Rowland Heights: Line 178 or Line 289, Nogales St and Walnut Dr or Nogales St and San Jose Ave

JJ Bakery

Hacienda Heights: Line 185, Line 282, or Line 285, Hacienda Blvd and Halliburton Rd or Hacienda Blvd and Newton St

Rowland Heights: Line 178, Line 289, or Line 482, Nogales St and Colima Rd

Kee Wah Bakery

Arcadia: Line 187, Huntington Dr and Baldwin Ave

Rowland Heights: Lines 178 and 289, Nogales St and Walnut Dr or Nogales St and San Jose Ave

T S Emporium

City of Industry: Line 178, Line 289, or Line 482, Colima Rd and Albatross Rd.

Rowland Heights: Lines 178 and 289, Nogales St and Daisetta St

Wing Hop Fung

Arcadia: Line 187, The Shops at Santa Anita

中秋快乐