No Mid-Autumn Festival would be complete without the signature mooncake. Here’s where you can savour some of the best
Mid-Autumn Festival is in full swing in Kuala Lumpur with masterful chefs creating an exquisite collection of meticulously crafted mooncakes. Offered in baked and snow skin varieties and freshly made from the finest ingredients, each mooncake is undoubtedly a delectable masterpiece of homemade goodness. And there’s no short supply of these signature treats, especially here in the Malaysian capital.
Hilton Kuala Lumpur
Award winning Executive Chinese Chef for Chynna and TV personality, Lam Hock Hin, and his dim sum masterchef, Chef Ng Meng Loong, have created a new mooncake selection for guests to purchase from now till 18 September 2016. The Imperial by Chynna, which is a gourmet and fig mooncake filled with Valrhona chocolate filling arrives as this year’s signature mooncake whilst the Heavenly Gold Mooncake inspired by Musang King Durian makes a return to entice fans.
For those who love the classics, Hilton KL also offers halal-certified baked mooncakes filled with lotus paste, pandan paste or the traditional style baked five nuts. A trend-setter for mooncake packaging, this year, Hilton Kuala Lumpur once again brings to the market a premium and timeless tiffin-inspired mooncake carrier that comes in Tiffin Red Box of 4 and Tiffin Blue Box of 4.
The Ritz-Carlton Kuala Lumpur
Celebrate the season with a delectable selection of traditional baked and snow skin mooncakes specially handcrafted by the culinary team at award-winning Li Yen Chinese restaurant at The Ritz-Carlton Kuala Lumpur. This year, the new Mini Snow Skin Cream Cheese with Port Wine Mooncake makes its debut, joining the Moët & Chandon Champagne Mooncakes, which is back by popular demand.
For those who prefer the traditional mooncakes, the baked selection offers 10 different flavours including White Lotus Paste with Double Egg Yolk, Red Bean Paste with Single Egg Yolk, Lotus Paste with Single Egg Yolk and the savoury Li Yen Kam Tui, filled with delicious nuts and Chinese ham.
Way Modern Chinois
Way Modern Chinois, Kuala Lumpur’s definitive ultra-contemporary Chinese restaurant, celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival with its Musang King Artisanal Mooncakes. The perfect gift to share with loved ones, the handmade snow skin mooncakes are filled to the brim with the richness of the finest durian and cream custard. Enveloped by a delicate skin infused with butterfly pea flowers for a natural fragrance and mesmerizing colour, each piece is handcrafted with care, using the freshest, most exquisite ingredients.
