Purchases can be made online with delivery (if located in the city) or picked up at the hotel in person.Ĭontact Info: 5 Connaught Road Central, Central +852 2522 0111 Like The Rosewood, The Mandarin Oriental also prides itself on their luxurious Mid-Autumn festival hampers which make for the perfect Lantern Festival gift. For those who have more of a sweet tooth there’s plenty on offer to satiate your palate as their roster includes everything from egg custard and dried tangerine peel to chocolate lava and red bean paste.
Highlights include their White Lotus with Two Yolks and their Golden Lotus with Two Yolks. This Mid-Autumn festival, Mandarin Oriental has launched a wide range of flavors ranging from the more traditional to the more abstract. Price: Mooncakes HK$458 – 988, Mid-Autumn hampers HK$2,288 – 3,388 Mandarin Oriental Interested buyers can either have their items delivered or picked up from The Rosewood itself.Ĭontact Info: Rosewood Hong Kong, Victoria Dockside, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui You can even take it a step further with one of their impressive Mid-Autumn hampers which contain luxury items such as honey, champagne, jam, and tea. The packaging, which has been designed by local artist Ruth Chao, is not only exquisite to look at but environmentally friendly as well! Coming in 5 different flavors and crafted with the very finest ingredients, you can opt for more traditional offerings like their White Lotus Seed Paste with Double Egg or a more creative variation like their Jasmine Egg Custard. Price: Mooncakes HK$538 – 598, Mid-autumn hampers HK$2,888 – 11,888 The RosewoodĪt The Rosewood, mooncakes are not just a delicious snack but an edible work of art. Orders can be made online and are available to pick up at the Four Seasons Hotel in Central, or delivered to your house depending on location.Ĭontact Info: 8 Finance Street, Central +852 3196 8888 The Four Seasons also offers Lung King Heen Mid-Autumn Festival hampers that contain delicious items such as abalone, wine, cookies, and foie gras. Here, you can choose between more traditional flavors such as double salted egg yolk or nut flavor, or more avante garde flavors such as black truffle or preserved ham and pickled ginger. The Four Seasons Hotel has a reputation for making nourishing and nutritious mooncakes with an interesting variety of flavors. From the more traditional egg custard mooncake to Taipan’s famed “snowy” mooncake, be sure to treat your loved ones this year with one of Hong Kong’s very best mooncakes as listed below. Typically given as gifts to friends and family as an expression of love and good wishes during the lead up to the Mid-Autumn Festival, mooncakes these days come in a whole range of different flavors and varieties. Learn more: 6 Popular Chinese Festivals | An Exploration of Chinese Tradition and Culture
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Shaped like the full moon, the custom of eating mooncakes has long been associated with the oft-retold story of Chang’e (嫦娥), the Chinese goddess of the moon and the symbol of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and are typically shared amongst loved ones when the moon is supposedly at its fullest and brightest (Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of 8th month in Chinese lunar calendar). A Chinese pastry made up of a sweet or savory filling, Mooncakes are a hallmark food of the Mid-Autumn Festival ( zhōngqiū jié 中秋节 also known as the moon festival) and a symbol of togetherness and harmony.
The tradition of eating mooncakes ( yuèbǐng 月餅) has been around since the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) and is still a prominent part of Chinese culture today.
Want to indulge in the go-to traditional delicacy of the Mid-Autumn Festival? From traditional custard mooncakes to the more avant-grade, scroll on to discover the best places to buy mooncakes in Hong Kong this year!
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