Mid-Autumn delights

Reach for the moon with The Peninsula’s signature Mini Egg Custard Mooncakes with a buttery casing and dense, rich filling (main photo). The Peninsula has been creating its Mid-Autumn traditions for more than three decades since 1986, tantalising our palates with its pastries. No wonder their mooncakes have become some of Singapore’s most sought-after delights.

This year, The Peninsula is adding three new mooncake flavours to its lineup: Egg Custard with Peninsula Blend Tea Mooncake, Sesame and Mung Bean Paste Mooncake, and Salty Lemon with White Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake. These new mooncakes are the brainchild of The Peninsula’s Michelin-starred culinary advisor Chef Tang Chi Keung.

Starting from $48, gift boxes of four and eight mooncakes are available, with the option of teas too. You can buy the entire mooncake collection from now till Sept 10 at Takashimaya and VivoCity.

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The Marmalade Pantry

Homegrown bistro The Marmalade Pantry is launching two new mooncake flavours this year — Traditional White Lotus Paste with Macadamia Nuts, and Hojicha Matcha with Raisin — while the signature flavours — Double Yolk with White Lotus Paste, and Baked Charcoal with Black Sesame and Melon Seeds — are making a comeback. These low-sugar, lard-free mooncakes are housed in either a special edition hand-woven Blush Pink Rattan Vanity Case or a sleek Scarlet Red Large Tote Bag.

The Blush Pink Rattan Vanity Case ($58+) is a little vintage-style bag available with any purchase of The Marmalade Mix, The Classic Collection, or The Deluxe Marmalade Mix. The elegant bag features an all-natural rattan hand-woven wicker design with a blush pink PVC leather cover. The bag is elevated with a gold clasp and a top handle with a logo-embossed tag, perfect for making a fashion statement.

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Available exclusively for the Supreme Gift Set with Gold Moscato Tea and Deluxe Wine Experiential Gift Set, the Scarlet Red Large Tote Bag ($68+) holds up to 16 mooncakes. The tote is practical and chic in equal measure, with a rattan webbing body lined with scarlet red PVC leather, secured with a magnetic snap clasp and a bamboo carry handle.

Pre-order now from the ION, Downtown, and Bugis outlets, as well as online, for delivery and self-collection from now till Sept 10.

Mdm Ling Bakery

Feast your eyes on the world’s first Monopoly Mooncake Street Smart Edition created by Mdm Ling Bakery in partnership with Hasbro this Mid-Autumn Feast.

Mdm Ling Bakery is no stranger to the mooncake scene with its entertaining game board sets from Snacks & Ladders and Imperial Chinese Chess to International Chess Mooncake Set. The World’s First Monopoly Mooncake Street Smart Edition this year is the first-of-its-kind concept inspired by the most beautiful streets in the world and the iconic mooncake box is sustainably designed to transform instantly into a Monopoly game board set.

The fun of the game is not limited to rolling good times around the charming streets which are home to some of the most popular cookies and their incredibly amazing ingredients, but also knowing that many earn top spots as Mdm Ling Bakery’s signatures. Players also get to learn about the universal definitions of the different streets that are named after the delicious cookies and their ingredients.

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The Monopoly X Mdm Ling Bakery board game set ($118) features a crowd-pleasing selection of four mooncake series - LAVALICIOUS! Signature Series, DESSERTLICIOUS! Nostalgic Series, YUMMYLICIOUS! Cookie-Inspired Series and LUSCIOUS! Traditional Classic Series.

Grab your mooncakes online at mdmlingbakery.com or call +65 8468 0201, while stocks last.

Ju Signatures

If flaky Teochew mooncakes are your thing, look no further than the crowd-pleasers from Ju Signature’s executive chef Wong Kok Shyong, who is also known for his handcrafted dim sum creations. This year’s range of Flaky Teochew Orh Nee mooncakes is a signature of chef Wong, who has been making these yummy delicacies for 13 years.

Every mooncake is lovingly handcrafted using specially handpicked premium ingredients, with healthier considerations like reduced sugar, less peanut oil, only natural colouring and no added preservatives. Painstakingly shaped and moulded by hand, the spiral layers intricately held by the extra thin, crisp crust is ingeniously tinged with natural colours derived from matcha, pumpkin and purple sweet potato.

The earthy Orh Nee paste, laboriously handmade in-house and slow-cooked for four to five hours, is velvety smooth and creamy with a well-calibrated sweetness that fuses perfectly with the flaky Teochew pastry crust. Those with a more adventurous palate can sink their teeth into Flaky Matcha Mochi Lava Orh Nee mooncakes for an avalanche of flavours and textures.

From $78 for four pieces, pick up these mooncakes at Ju Signatures at 4 Maju Avenue or at the Takashimaya Mid-Autumn Festival Mooncake Fair from now till Sept 10.

Revelry at Yàn

Until Sept 10, Yàn marks the annual celebration with an enticing collection of five signature baked mooncakes — Baked White Lotus Mooncake (single or double yolks), Baked White Lotus with Macadamia Nuts mooncake, Thousand Layer Yam Mooncake (plain or single yolk) — and a snowskin creation, Mao Shan Wang Durian Snowskin Mooncake.

Also available are two new premium tea blends — Melon Oolong and Cassia Black — specially curated to pair with the mooncakes. The lovely mooncakes are presented in eco-friendly paper boxes made from recyclable paper.

Available in a set of four, the Classic Flight (from $72 onwards) is a perfect gift for family and friends. A pull-open sleeve slides up to reveal a dance of graceful swallows taking flight over the majestic mountains under the glow of the full moon. Within the chest are individually packaged mooncake boxes illustrated with vibrant artwork inspired from Yàn’s vivid feature wall.

Ideal as simpler gifts, the Couplet Set (from $32 onwards) that consists of two mooncakes is also available in the same bespoke packaging. Place your orders online at www.bit.ly/yan-mooncakes-2022 or directly with Yàn at level 5 of National Gallery Singapore.

Bread Garden

Bring love home this Mid-Autumn Festival with Bread Garden’s mooncakes! Lovingly handcrafted, each mooncake is made fresh with no preservatives, is low in sugar and is Halal-certified.

There are 35 different flavours, including the signature Triple Layer Triple Yolk mooncake collection. Other highlights this year include the Golden Emerald, an exquisite mooncake baked to a golden crust with low-sugar lotus seed paste hidden in a layer of pandan paste. The Golden Red Emerald is another to look out for, featuring a rich green tea and red bean filling.

Don’t forget to try the best-seller Mao Shan Wang Snow Skin Mooncake, made with pure Mao Shan Wang durian flesh. Each bite delivers a flavourful and aromatic punch of the king of fruits. Each piece of mooncake comes in its personal elegant durian-inspired box packed in a golden temperature controlled bag.

Make your purchases online at www.breadgarden.com.sg or at various roadshows located at shopping malls near you (VivoCity, CK Tangs Plaza, Nex, Novena Square, Century Square and Lot 1).

Swensen’s

This Mid-Autumn, indulge in Swensen’s contemporary take on traditional festive favourites with their Mochi-Snowskin Ice Cream Mooncakes. Enjoy the smooth and chewy mochi-like skin embossed with Swensen’s iconic sundae glass logo and filled with a selection of Swensen’s classic favourites and innovative flavours.

Be captivated by a thoughtful selection of well-loved signatures such as Durian King (D24), Sticky Chewy Chocolate, Cookies ‘N’ Cream, Yan and Chempedak. Some other exciting flavours to try this season include Mao Shan Wang with Sea Salt Gula Melaka, Pulut Hitam and Sakura Lychee.

These mooncakes are available in single pieces (regular flavour at $11; premium flavour at $13.50) and Swensen’s classic red gift box of four mooncakes from $43.80 each.

Available from now till Sept 11, grab these mooncakes at all Swensen’s and Earle Swensen’s outlets, online via Swensen’s e-store (shop.swensens. com/sg), or on delivery platforms such as GrabFood, FoodPanda and Deliveroo.

Resorts World Sentosa

Resorts World Sentosa’s talented chefs have created a selection of new snowskin mooncakes in healthy contemporary flavours infused with a touch of luxury. Featuring four unique flavours, the mooncakes are handcrafted from a wide variety of timehonoured health-boosting oriental ingredients and are naturally sweetened without any artificial flavours or colours.

Look forward to this year’s snowskin mooncake flavours by Feng Shui Inn: Golden Opal featuring a pumpkin lotus paste, kabocha squash custard and Tahitian vanilla crème brûlée in a superior Xue Ju pumpkin snowskin; Ruby’s Charm that has Hami giant red jujube paste, walnut and dried longan encased in a raspberry snowskin; Dragon’s Amethyst that features egg custard, white lotus seed, organic raw ironbark honey and American ginseng, wrapped in red dragon fruit and citrusy snowskin; and the Purple Moonstone of black goji wolfberry snowskin mooncake filled with Hojicha lotus paste mixed with chopped crunchy Taiwan black king kong peanuts and love letter wafer.

The Feng Shui Inn Snow Skin Mooncakes are also accompanied by two specially handpicked teas — Top Grade Narcissus and Top Grade Dragon Well — from Tea Chapter, Singapore’s largest and oldest teahouse.

From now till Sept 10, this deluxe mooncake set retails at $138 nett per box of four pieces accompanied with the two teas.