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...
Every year, fruit pastry fans look forward to two things at Goodwood Park Hotel. One is the Durian Fiesta where pastries and cakes made with D24 durians fly off the shelves. The other would be the fruity snowskin mooncakes during Mid-Autumn Festival. Fruity snowskin mooncakes S$46 for a box of...
The mooncake may be a traditional Chinese pastry. But these days, western cafés and bakeries also impress with their dazzling mooncake creations. COVA Pasticceria is one of them. Established in Milan circa 1817, COVA arrived at our sunny shores in 2008, bringing along its coffee, pastry and chocolate specialties. This...
What is the first thought that comes to mind when we mention the Mid-Autumn Festival? If you are like me, it’s probably mmm… delicious mooncakes! The Mooncake Festival 2010 falls on September 22. In the month leading up to the actual day, we would be featuring a series of mooncakes...
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...
Every Mid-Autumn Festival, I look forward to two things. One is the sight of children carrying lanterns and lighting candles at night. That innocent scene always brings back fond childhood memories. The other is the Raffles Hotel mooncakes. More specifically, the legendary snow-skin mooncakes with champagne truffle and ganache. It’s...
As promised, here’s the last of my 3-parter series on unique mooncakes. You’ve seen champagne truffle mooncakes as well as rainbow-coloured ones. Now here are some with really interesting shapes besides the conventional round ones! Credit In a collaboration with Starbucks, Nokia released a set of 4 mooncakes, modelled after...
