The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and that means the mooncake season is here! Check out all the best mooncakes that you can find in Kuala Lumpur and with some of the brands made it with beautifully designed packagings.
The mooncake is a Chinese bakery product which is traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The festival is about lunar appreciation and moon watching, and mooncakes are regarded as a delicacy. Mooncakes are offered between friends or on family gatherings while celebrating the festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is widely regarded as one of the four most important Chinese festivals.
Why wait, start browsing for some of the best ones that you can find in Kuala Lumpur.
Four Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur
Four Seasons Kuala Lumpur have collaborated with renowned designer, Jimmy Choo to create a radiant colour box that celebrates the end of summer and reflects feelings of happiness, good fortune and abundance. Housed in a round gift box in joyful pink, it signifies the time of the year when the moon is at its roundest and most radiant.
The mooncakes are handcrafted by Dim Sum Chef Loong, and its snow skin mooncakes features flavours of indulgence, from Musang King Durian, Valrhona Chocolate with Himalayan Salt and Egg Yolk, White Lotus Paste Snow Skin with Seaweed & Macadamia Nuts to Trigona Rum Ki Tiki.
Find out more about Four Seasons’ mooncakes.
Banyan Tree Kuala Lumpur
Bake by Banyan Tree raises the bar with its vibrant range of mooncakes, presented in an iridescent round gift box, featuring iconic scenes of Kuala Lumpur bathed in a warm moonlit glow.
The mooncake collection also includes Yellow & Blue Herbal Infusion Sachets by Harney & Sons Fine Teas, a combination of chamomile, lavender and cornflower.
Their chocolate mooncakes comes with three types of filling – Green Tea Red Bean; the perfect coming together of green tea’s umami flavour and sweet red bean, Coffee Caramel Walnut; a unique balance of sweet and bitter, and the classic Lotus Paste; the popular sweet and salty taste that makes up traditional mooncakes.
Find out more about Banyan Tree’s mooncakes.
Mandarin Oriental
The Golden Moon made with edible gold continues to take limelight as Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur’s most luxurious mooncake, while making its debut this year is the Salted Egg Custard Snow Skin and Pandan Gula Melaka Mooncakes.
A premium bamboo box is provided for purchases of 6 mooncakes.
Find out more about Mandarin Oriental’s mooncakes.
W Kuala Lumpur
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W Kuala Lumpur adds in contemporary design and concepts to their mooncake sets with a selection of traditional flavours entitled ‘Moonlit Fever’.
You can either opt for the a box of four mooncakes with the Moonlit Fever Mooncake Box, the Moonlit Fever Mixology Kit which includes cocktail or the Moonlit Fever Gift Box with tea bags, a box of candied sesame walnuts and chocolate bar.
Find out more about W’s mooncakes.
Sheraton Petaling Jaya
Sheraton Petaling Jaya collaborates with TWG Tea in creating a series of handcrafted mooncakes that are the perfect accompaniment for an evening of moongazing with family and friends. The Yue Snow Skin mooncakes is infused with TWG premium tea that ranges in different flavours.
It comes in a beautifully crafted box adorned with elements of traditional Chinese design. These boxes come in three distinct styles: Peony Jade, Lilac Blossom, and Premium Turquoise.
Find our more about Sheraton Petaling Jaya’s mooncakes.
St. Regis Kuala Lumpur
This year’s inspiration for the mooncake trunks comes from the association between St. Regis and ‘The Sport of Kings’, Polo.
Beautifully crafted to exacting standards, this year’s mooncakes are elegantly encased in an orange leatherette trunk with features of fine stitching and studded with brushed metal hardware, representing a saddle.
St. Regis’ Lotus Seed Paste with Egg Yolk Mooncake is available in Classic or Super Mooncake sizes.
Find out more about St. Regis’ mooncakes.
Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur
Shangri-La’s signature mooncake gift boxes include, the King of Mooncake Gift Box, Treasure Gift Box, Master Chef Gift Box and Shangri-La’s DIY Mooncake Gift Box.
As a long-time brand, Shangri-La’s mooncake comes in various traditional as well as contemporary flavours such as raspberry & chilli padi, yoghurt, wasabi and many more.
Find out more about Shangri-La’s mooncakes.
Sofitel Kuala Lumpur Damansara
Sofitel Kuala Lumpur Damansara unveils this year’s delightful selection of mooncake flavours highlighting handcrafted snow skin and traditionally baked mooncakes.
The enchanting Mid-Autumn mooncake sets are presented in two classy packaging, the Classic Copper Treasure and the Galaxy Series.
Each enchanting set comes with four pieces of mooncakes.
Find out more about Sofitel’s mooncakes.
Hilton Kuala Lumpur
Housing a set of 4 mooncakes, savour a unique selection of Hilton’s heavenly treats together, with choices of either Traditional Baked or handcrafted Snow Skin flavours ranging from the classic Lotus Paste with Single Yolk to this year’s signature icy cool Celestial Star.
Find out more about Hilton’s mooncakes.
Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur
Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur reunites with award-winning Malaysian fashion designer, Melinda Looi, for another collaborative journey featuring an avant-garde mooncake collection celebrating the classic heritage of Peranakan culture in Malaysia.
Comprising a novel collection of four classic mooncakes along with numerous curated treasures of different kinds, ‘The House of Shí Wǔ 十五之家’ resembles an intricate wooden structure of a miniature house that moonlights as a multipurpose box, complemented by a grand and functional canvas bag.
Find out more about Grand Hyatt’s mooncakes.
In Case You Miss It: Treat Yourself With Handcrafted Mooncakes by Local Bakers This Mid-Autumn
