Mooncakes, Fo Guang Shan Temple, Botanic Gardens & Satay Noodle House | South Auckland, NEW ZEALAND

On an unexpected sunny day, we were invited over to our friend's place to enjoy some homemade mooncakes. It was almost mooncake festival then (aka moon festival or mid-autumn festival) and since they were homemade mooncakes by our friend Ting Ting (who is a great cook and baker), we rushed over!

Afterwards we visited New Zealand's largest Buddhist temple - Fo Guang Shan. We were granted special permission to video inside the grounds and even given a private guided tour which was also unexpected but which we were very grateful for. We got to explore and learn about the temple, exhibitions there, Buddhism, customs and even the proper Buddhist way to hold joss sticks.

Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple
Address: 16 Stancombe Road Flat Bush, Manukau, Auckland 2016
Hours: Mondays Closed
Tue–Sun 9am–4pm

After our time at Fo Guang Shan temple, we headed over to Manurewa to see if we could find more cherry blossoms in bloom at the Auckland Botanic Gardens.

Auckland Botanic Gardens
Address: 102 Hill Road, The Gardens, Auckland 2105
Hours: Mon–Sun 8am–6pm

Once we started getting hungry though, we made our way over to Satay Noodle House in Papakura that we had been wanting to try for some time due to rave reviews from others. It definitely didn't disappoint and we enjoyed a delicious and satisfying meal at this awesome South Auckland restaurant.

Satay Noodle House
Address: 183 Great South Road, Papakura, Auckland 2110
Hours: Mon & Tue Closed
Wed–Sun 12–8pm

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VLOG DATE: 26th Sep 2020
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⭐ The beautiful handcrafted minimalist pots we mentioned in the vlog are sold on our friend's online store Copia Ceramics:
https://copiaceramics.co.nz/
  / copiaceramics  

⭐ We bought our washable and reusable made-in-NZ facemasks from our friends at Charlie's Laundry:
https://charlieslaundry.com/
  / charlieslaundry  

⭐ Thanks our awesome supporters realG (Hannah and Peni) as well as our Polytuber friends Dollo and Bobby for recommending Satay Noodle House to us. Dollo's channel:
   / heyitsdollo  

⭐ To learn more and keep up to date with Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple:
  / fgsnz  
http://fgs.org.nz/english/

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