Top Mooncakes (or Things That Look Like Mooncakes) in Hong Kong
Mid-Autumn festival falls on September 27, and you know what that means: Mooncake season is upon us. Can’t decide which or what of these traditional calorie bombs to send to your pals, parents or partner? Jianne Soriano narrows it down.
For… Health Freak Parentals
Got parents watching their diet? They’ll love K11’s Mooncake gift set ($398 per box), which are traditional varieties with egg yolk and white lotus paste, made with low sugar. Collaborating with historic moon cake masters at Tai Tung Bakery—which has 70 years’ experience under its belt—the mooncake set is packed in a decorative box with designs painted by Paula Ng, a budding artist from the HKAPA.
18 Hanoi Rd., Tsim Sha Tsui, 3118-8070.
For… That Hipster Chick You’re Trying to Woo
Pining after that artsy chick at work? Bring in a box of the highly coveted mooncakes from Duddell’s, which has collaborated with artist Frog King for his signature “froggy stamp” designs. Each box ($348) comes with six cream custard mooncakes and an autographed artwork, which should make for some above-average water cooler flirtation...
Level 3, Shanghai Tang Mansion, 1 Duddell St., Central, 2525-9191.
For… Your Picky In-laws
Couldn’t score the Rolls-Royce of mooncakes—the egg custard variety from The Peninsula’s Spring Moon? Keep up the subterfuge that you are a classy candidate for their daughter/son’s affections by presenting the egg custard mooncake set from Tycoon Tann ($338 per box). Drawing from Chinese tradition, the box has three sections symbolizing the natural elements of heaven, earth and humans.
$298 per box if ordered before Sep 1, $338 thereafter. 74 Wellington St., Central, 3125-3228.
