Top 5 Moon Cakes for Mid Autumn Festival

Mid-autumn festival is on the horizon - which means that moon cakes are popping up everywhere we look. Gone are the days of double egg yolk cakes thrown in a gaudy red box. Talented pastry chefs are whipping up delectable moon cakes (think chocolate fondant!) and creative minds are crafting elegant boxes that you’ll want to hold on to well past the holiday. While there is certainly no shortage of these treats to be found all over Hong Kong and Macau, we’ve narrowed it down to a few of our favorites.

Quite possibly the most impressive, and one of our favorites, the moon cakes from Grand Hyatt Macau feature bright and colorful boxes adorned with patterns that depict flying butterflies or a peacock spreading its plumage. Inside it gets ever better, with three flavors on offer: salted egg custard, taro with lotus paste and (our favorite) chocolate fondant.

MOP 469 +5% tax

Available Aug 15 until Sep 15 at Lobby Boutique in the Grand Hyatt Macau

+853 8868 1908

This year JW Marriott Hotel Macau is offering the ‘JW Marriott Mid-Autumn Delights Collection’ which features six moon cakes, each with a different flavor, perfect for the finicky among us. Flavours include white lotus paste with bird’s nest; supreme custard; red lotus paste with egg yolk; white lotus paste with egg yolk; green tea with red bean paste; preserved ham and assorted nuts. The moon cakes are encased in a red leather bag which can be repurposed as a wine holder (big plus!).

MOP 338

Available until Sep 15 at Man Ho in the JW Marriott Macau

+853 8886 6888

The Ritz-Carlton Macau offers an Autumn moon treasure box, which is a beige chest that is decorated with an elegant floral design. Inside the chest are individual boxes housing petite egg custard and purple sweet potato moon cakes.

MOP 588

Available until Sep 15 at Lai Heen in the Ritz-Carlton Macau

+853 8886 6706

For the first time this year Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong's Chinese restaurant Man Wah is offering a limited edition mooncake. The mini egg custard moon cakes are encased in a box depicting decorative lanterns which reflect the decor of the restaurant. There are only 500 though - so act quickly!

HK$ 588

Available July 22 until Sep 15 at Man Wah in the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong

+852 2825 4008

If you would rather learn how to make your own mooncake, head to the InterContinental where the mooncake making class kicks off with a late dim sum breakfast, followed by the actual mooncake making course, lead by Yan Toh Heen executive chef Lau You Fai. While your personalised moon cakes are being baked, sample a selection of the restaurant’s lotus seed paste and double egg yolk mooncake along with Iberia ham and mixed nut mooncake. Guests will head home with a box of six custard cream and gold dust moon cakes, their own freshly baked moon cakes and a Yan Toh Heen cooking class apron.

HK$1,488 + 10% service charge

Class is on Sep 19 from 11:30am to 2pm at Yan Toh Heen Private Room

+852 2313 2323

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