During the full moon on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the Chinese calendar, we will be celebrating the Mid-Autumn festival. This year, it falls on Wednesday, 4th October 2017. My family and I were very much privileged to be invited to have a Full Moon Feast with Saujana Hotel Kuala Lumpur’s new Executive Chinese Chef, Chef Lim Chee Woi. Priced at RM238 per person, we know we are in for a luxurious […]

The Mid-Autumn festival is fast approaching. Being in the Klang Valley, I see mooncakes everywhere. Walk into any shopping malls and you’ll see mooncakes being on sale in full force. Drop by the lobby of any hotels and you’ll get to purchase your favourite mooncakes too but the scenario is totally different out of the Klang Valley. I was in Melaka recently and went to check out several hotels to buy mooncakes as we needed […]

Mid-Autumn festival is a popular festival among the Chinese with mooncakes being the traditional delicacy and a must-eat during the festivities. Dynasty Restaurant (pork-free) at Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel is offering a selection of 12 types of baked and snowskin mooncakes this year. The use of only pure and natural ingredients is the highlight of their handcrafted mooncakes and we were privileged to be invited to sample their collection recently. Be it the baked classics […]

Mid-Autumn festival is fast approaching. We were extremely privilege to be invited yet again to preview Eastin Hotel Kuala Lumpur’s exquisite and delectable spread of baked and snow skin mooncakes. Ee Chinese Cuisine Eastin Hotel Kuala Lumpur Tel: 03-7628 7338 Taking centre stage this year are these rich in taste, yet light and fragrant tea infused mooncakes. Putting drinks into food, Chef Alex incorporates beverage into mooncakes. These tea infused flavours include Osmanthus Flower Infused […]

Did you manage to catch the much hyped meteor shower last weekend? I did not but I was at Dorsett Grand Subang and we caught the blue moon glowing brightly, smiling down at us. Master Chef Alex Chan of The Emperor Chinese Restaurant handcrafts the popular Halal classic mooncakes with a twist and his creations is already available from 13 August until 4 October 2017. The hotel’s signature mooncake for this year is the Blue Crystal Skin […]

I was first introduced to Casahana mooncakes in 2013 when a friend presented a box to me during my confinement as she knew I won’t be able to go out to purchase them. I fell in love immediately with the beauty of their mooncakes and also the fact that their mooncakes are not as sweet as others out there.  Today, we received a special delivery from Casahana. We received 4 mooncakes out of which two […]

The Westin Kuala Lumpur presents this year’s Westin Mooncakes under the theme of BLOOM, offering exquisite and delectable mooncakes during this blooming season of love and laughter. Mid Autumn Festival is a time to celebrate love, health, longevity and great fortune. Apart from embracing the festival with delicately crafted mooncakes, The Westin Kuala Lumpur is presenting this year’s mooncakes in a refreshing and innovative gift box that allows customers to extend their happiness beyond this […]

Pullman Kuala Lumpur City Centre Hotel & Residences is commemorating the celestial mid-autumn festival from 15 August to 15 September 2016 with a creative but no-frills integrated treasure box, loaded with festive mooncake gems. The simple yet presentable treasure box can be upcycle into a personalised container; perfect as a reusable item to store jewelleries and knick-knacks preventing wasteful practice of discarding mooncake boxes away. Eight flavours to choose from with 4 each from the […]

It’s the season for sampling mooncakes and we had the pleasure to sample all 14 types of baked and snowskin mooncakes from Dynasty Restaurant (non-halal) at Renaissance Kuala Lumpur recently. Handcrafted traditional favourites and contemporary flavors of mooncakes are available at Dynasty Restaurant (non-halal) Renaissance Kuala Lumpur from the 8 August to 15 September 2016. These mooncakes will also be available daily for purchase at Mid Valley Megamall from 24 August to 15 September 2016. […]

Celebrate the beauty of Mid-Autumn Festival with friends and family, alongside the indulgence of freshly baked mooncakes by award-winning signature restaurant Tao Chinese Cuisine, available from 27 July to 15 September 2016. The restaurant houses six elegant private rooms. Featuring old time favourites and new flavours handmade individually, we were invited to preview carefully handcrafted mooncakes by master dim sum chef Lo Tian Sion. The season’s ten exquisite mooncake selections are priced at RM26 nett per […]

Mid-Autumn Festival is this Sunday. Just as we’ve got our lanterns ready, a surprise delivery arrived at our doorstep last Saturday. To our delight, we received this package from D’King, a premium durian mooncake brand. Took a peek inside and saw two boxes of Vegetarian Snow Skin Musang King durian mooncakes. Individually wrapped, there are FOUR packs in each styrofoam box to retain its coldness. Beautifully handmade, with no preservatives and artificial flavouring added hence we […]

In celebration of the Mid-Autumn festival, Dorsett Grand Subang introduces the tradition of mooncake crafting, with its highly anticipated selection of mooncakes. This year, the hotel offers a selection of HALAL certified mooncakes that will offer its Muslim guests a peace of mind when consumed. Mooncakes are a traditional staple during Mid-Autumn festival which occurs between the month of August and September every year. During the Yuan dynasty, mooncakes were used by the Chinese to […]

It’s that time of the year again to indulge and be treated to tasty mooncakes. Mooncake or Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most celebrated festivals among the Chinese communities throughout the world. Mooncake is a special delicacy that symbolises this special festival. Over the years, this popular delicacy has evolved in terms of flavours and taste, with various ingredients as fillings been created to satisfy the palate of today’s modern tastebuds. This year, Eastin […]

Hello everyone! How was your weekend? I hope you had a lovely time. As for us, we spent 3 days up in Genting but I shall blog about that later because first, I need to shower. It has been 3 long days since I last had a nice, warm shower. It was too cold to shower up there but no worries, I’m pretty sure I did not stink!  :-P Anyway, we were up there with a […]

Mid Autumn festival is just around the corner. Pamela heard that my Mom is in town taking care of my confinement needs hence she is unable to go out shopping for mooncakes. She (Pamela) called Darling to meet up and one evening, Darling came home surprising us with this beautiful package of Casahana mooncakes.  Casahana’s beautiful gift packaging. Casahana Mooncakes I’ve never seen such beautiful mooncakes before. Even my Mom marveled at how fine their […]

Ever since I started my confinement about 11 days ago, Darling and Ethan has been eating out quite frequent as they can’t eat the food meant for me. One of the places that they dined was Zuan Yuan Chinese Restaurant, One World Hotel. With the Hot & Spicy Sze Chuan promotion in the month of September (prices start from RM10 per dish) it is easily understood why they chose to dine there. Originating from Sichuan, […]

Since the arrival of my second child a week ago, Darling and I have been busy trying to juggle our time for both Ethan and the little one. My mother is here to help for a month so it’s not too bad. Ethan gets bored sometimes since I can’t bring him out to the playground so I get Darling to bring Ethan to join our foodie friends in their food quest.  Last week, the foodie […]

When will we be celebrating the Mid-Autumn festival this year? With Ramadhan over and people slowly making their way back into the city after their Hari Raya break, we found out that it is that time of the year again where the Chinese community around the world celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival or most of us would deliciously remember it as Mooncake savouring time.  A couple of evenings ago, Darling, Ethan and I dined at The […]

Remember our post about Ethan shaping his very first mooncake in Resort Cafe, Genting? Read about it here if you missed it. Not only did we get to make our very own mooncakes, baked it and bring it home, we also get to indulge in 16 varieties of mooncakes!  Let’s start with Ethan’s favourite, the Snow Skin with Kiwi Fruit paste. Snow Skin with Kiwi Fruit Paste -RM10.50+ (new) A new addition to Genting’s mooncake […]