Diner’s Diary

KFC unveils chicken mooncakes at new Hong Kong outlet among other new dishes

Just in time for Mid-Autumn Festival on September 13, KFC has launched a “spicy chicken and nuts mooncake” at its new Causeway Bay branch

To try them you have to buy a KFC moonlight bucket (HK$275)

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KFC’s spicy chicken and nuts mooncake. Photo: KFC

Bernice Chan is a former SCMP Culture writer who is now based in Vancouver, Canada, where she writes compelling stories about food and drink, lifestyle, wellness and the Asian diaspora.

Published: 4:00pm, 17 Jul 2019Updated: 4:00pm, 17 Jul 2019

American fast-food chain KFC has just opened a new outlet in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay shopping district, where it is debuting several new dishes.

There’s a grilled chicken combo with waffle fries and salad (HK$138/US$17.50), an oven-glazed hot wing platter (HK$88), and a “chizza” – a boneless chicken fillet topped with cheese, corn and pineapple pieces (HK$88).

And, just in time for Mid-Autumn Festival on September 13, there’s a “spicy chicken and nuts mooncake”.

It sounded so peculiar we had to check it out.

Inside is a mixture of spicy chicken floss, crushed almonds and walnuts, and sunflower seeds. Photo: KFC

KFC’s mooncake is about the size of a mini mooncake, and inside is a mixture of spicy chicken floss, crushed almonds and walnuts, and sunflower seeds.

Bite into it and you immediately taste the savouriness of the chicken, feel the crunchy texture of the nuts, then detect a lingering subtle spicy taste.