2022 Mid-Autumn Mooncake Inspiration from Singapore
Curated by the Fête Chinoise team
Notes and Photography by Karl Ng @where.is.karl
id-Autumn Festival is a time of celebrating the harvest and thanksgiving for many families. The 15th day of the 8th month of the Lunar calendar, the festival usually coincides with the change of summer to fall, and is time to reflect on and begin to wrap up the year as we head towards the holiday season. Every year, Chinese communities in Canada celebrate locally with exchanges of delicious mooncakes and deliveries to friends and family, as well as family gatherings and dinners leading up to and the week of the festival. Keeping the tradition alive, many parents look for mooncakes and lanterns to inspire their children to learn about the cultural celebration. In Asia, the festival is celebrated at larger scales through decor and gifting, as well as the breadth of mooncake choices across the hospitality and culinary industries. Enjoy some images from the other side of the world, from Singapore, where delightful innovation has allowed for a myriad of different mooncake types and flavours. Enjoy these beautiful and culturally inspired compositions of one of our favourite content creators, Karl Ng. 中秋節快樂！
Photography: Karl Ng | @where.is.karl
Photography: Karl Ng | @where.is.karl
Award-winning Jade Restaurant at The Fullerton Hotel Singapore has their Jade Signatures Harmony Snow Skin Gift Box including two new snow skin flavours this year. Rose Bandung Snow Skin Mooncake is a dreamy pairing of rose floral sweetness and creamy notes of condensed milk. Pandan with Gula Melaka Snow Skin Mooncake is a timeless pairing of familiar elements, nuanced with grassy vanilla and coconut.
There are two new traditional baked mooncake flavours this year as well; Chestnut with Pistachio Baked Mooncake and Black Sesame with Hokkaido Milk Ginger Baked Mooncake.
Photography: Karl Ng | @where.is.karl
Feng Shui Inn has created a selection of new snow skin mooncakes in healthy contemporary flavours; Golden Opal Snow Skin Mooncake, Ruby’s Charm Snow Skin Mooncake, Dragon’s Amethyst Snow Skin Mooncake, Purple Moonstone Snow Skin Mooncake.
Photography: Karl Ng | @where.is.karl
Hai Tien Lo revealed their new Mooncake Collection, housed in exquisite classic mooncake box featuring a ruby red leatherette finish, oriental floral motifs and gold clasp enclosure.
Their Four Treasure Snowskin Mooncakes and each box contains the following 4 flavours:
Rose Lychee Snowskin
, Peppermint Paste with Chamomile Truffle Snowskin
, White Lotus Paste with Salted Egg Yolk Snowskin
and Hazelnut Chocolate with Matcha Snowskin.
Photography: Karl Ng | @where.is.karl
Peach Blossoms celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival with their signature Charcoal Black Sesame Paste with Melon Seeds and Gold Dust. Spread the joy of gifting with the Delightful Four Set which includes this signature flavour, the crowd favourite Lychee with Wolfberries, and for the health-conscious, the Single Yolk and Double Yolk with White Lotus Paste, which contains reduced sugar.
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Photography: Karl Ng | @where.is.karl
St. Regis showcases their collection of handcrafted mooncakes with premium ingredients, indulge in a bevy of all-time favourites including the classic White Lotus Paste with Single, Double or Four Yolks, unearth the savoury White Lotus Paste with Assorted Nuts and Yunnan Ham or opt for a reduced sugar option for the health-conscious gourmand with the Reduced Sugar White Lotus Paste with Macadamia Nuts.
Photography: Karl Ng | @where.is.karl
Goodwood Park Hotel’s signature durian snowskin mooncakes are back by popular demand this mid-autumn! And making its debut this year are these 2 quintessential snowskin mooncakes - Strawberry Snowskin and Ondeh Ondeh Snowskin. The former is a fusion of strawberry and soursop purée with juicy strawberry chunks and hints of soursop within, making a pleasant contrast of sweet and tangy flavours with every bite; and the latter is a medley of choice ingredients, featuring a luscious pandan centre enveloped in choux pastry, gula melaka direct from Java and a base of freshly grated coconut bits.
Photography: Karl Ng | @where.is.karl
This authentic Cantonese restaurant Jiang-Nan Chun at Four Seasons Hotel Singapore storied collections featuring perennial favourites and new, limited edition snowskin mooncakes.
Cherry and Sicilian Pistachio is debuting as the flavour of this season. Gloved in a soft, Mandarin snowskin, a cherry gelée gem lies shrouded in a Sicilian pistachio pastry cream, a genteel surprise for a refined delight.
Photography: Karl Ng | @where.is.karl
Conrad Centennial Singapore’s signature Royal Chocolate Hazelnut Crunch and Green Tea Snowskin mooncakes last year which will be back again this year along with two new exquisite snowskin treats – Ondeh Ondeh and Cranberry Cheese!
Photography: Karl Ng | @where.is.karl
Crystal Jade Group’s 2022 Mooncake collection is also well-loved creations by the stalwart F&B group’s stellar team of chefs. It is their new assorted fruity blossom petite snow skin mooncake with flavours like Honey Chrysanthemum with Orange Peel and Pandan Coconut.
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