With the Mid-Autumn Festival coming up, Hilton Singapore decides to surprise with a new series of signature mini cheese mooncakes. Inspired by the best-selling cheesecakes at Checkers Deli, the mooncakes are bound to placate any sweet-toothed, cheesecake lovers. Mini snowskin cheese mooncakes S$48.80 for a box of 6 assorted flavours...
After being wowed by the rice dumplings from Szechuan Court, Fairmont Singapore, I was really looking forward to trying their mooncakes. Those dumplings had been the best we have had during the Dragon Boat Festival. Would the mooncakes be as impressive? Hotels and restaurants usually make both snowskin and baked...
Goodwood Park Hotel has a knack for creating delectable mooncakes filled with fruity goodness. For Mooncake Festival 2011, the durian specialist is offering a range of snowskin mooncakes featuring different fruity themes. Assorted snowskin combo S$50 for a box of 4 assorted flavours Rating: The four snowskin mooncake flavours are...
It has been weeks of nonstop mooncake binging action at the Sparklette headquarters. Until now, all the mooncakes I have featured can be found in Singapore, including the Concorde Hotel halal mooncakes that are imported from Malaysia. This past weekend, longtime reader Kyo kindly shared with me some mooncakes that...
This Mid-Autumn Festival, Pine Court at Mandarin Orchard Hotel has a range of new offerings. Of these, the quartet of mini snowskin mooncakes stands out for the diverse and tantalising flavours that would suit different palates. Say hello to these petite-sized mooncakes that range from Asian-inspired, Italian, fruit-themed and even...
When Raffles Hotel launched the legendary champagne truffle snowskin mooncake in 1994, it triggered a wave of modern mooncakes with novel flavours. Since then, every Mid-Autumn Festival has been marked with exquisite mooncake creations that marry tradition with innovation. For the past month, I have been savouring mooncakes (with the...
It’s the Mid-Autumn Festival this weekend! To the Chinese, this is the single most important day of the year after Chinese New Year. Celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, it falls in the exact midst of autumn. Hence, “mid-autumn”. Many legends and customs surround this much...
Update: Here’s the compilation of the mooncakes in Singapore for 2010. The Mid-Autumn Festival is less than two weeks away! Have you bought your mooncakes yet? If you have enjoyed my compilation of the 12 most interesting mooncakes you can find in Singapore, you may find this remix selection of...
Update: Here’s the compilation of the mooncakes in Singapore for 2010. It’s mooncake season! Many families, mine included, are busy checking out catalogues and shopping for mooncakes. The mooncakes these days come in a dazzling array of colours, flavours, shapes and sizes. Finding the best one to enjoy at home...
Isn’t the Mid-Autumn Festival colourful? Year after year, hotels and restaurants create new mooncake flavours quicker than you can say champagne truffle mooncake. It’s always fun to see what they whip up to please the diverse palates of Singaporeans. Kia Hiang Restaurant, in particular, have been the first to introduce...
