Pick up delicious, prettily packaged Mid-Autumn treats at InterContinental Singapore
Time to trade in your typical sweet treats (like ice cream and frozen yogurt) for the iconic mooncake because Mid-Autumn Festival has arrived!
Over at InterContinental Singapore, there’s a medley of flavours to choose from. Lovers of snowskin mooncakes and tea, snag the Snowskin Tea Mooncake Selection for a set that includes Earl Grey and Baileys Truffle with White Lotus Paste, Japanese Matcha, Oolong with Black Sesame Paste, Rose and Pistachio with White Lotus Paste ($66 for four pieces). Can’t get enough of durian? Get the premium Snowskin ‘Mao Shan Wang’ Durian Mooncake (from $35 for two pieces) – it’s too good to resist if you’re obsessed with the “King of Fruits”.
If you’re big on traditional mooncakes, don’t miss the ever-popular Baked Shanghai Mooncake (from $35 for two pieces), which is making a comeback this year with its new maple-glazed short crust pastry, smooth white lotus paste and addictive salted egg yolk centre. If you’re looking to cut down on your sugar intake but can’t (and won’t) miss out on the mooncake action, there’s the Baked Mooncake with Macadamia Nuts and Low Sugar White Lotus Paste (from $35 for two pieces), so you can – quite literally – have your cake and eat it too.
We’re suckers for pretty packaging; and InterContinental Singapore’s special commemorative tin box had us oohing and ahhing with its fun, whimsical illustrations by local artist Jacqueline Goh, who’s managed to capture the hotel’s intriguing heritage as well as the rich history of the surrounding Bugis district.
If you’re looking to give away a box as a gorgeous gift, pick up the InterContinental Singapore’s 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition ($105) – the assortment of four baked mooncakes includes a brand new limited edition flavour, the Baked Mooncake with Chestnut Paste, which is only available in this series.
InterContinental Singapore, 80 Middle Road, Singapore 188966, p. 6820 8519. Mooncakes are available 20 July to 27 September 2015 at Tea Hut, located at the entrance of InterContinental Singapore from Bugis Junction. Visit the official website for more information.
This article is sponsored by InterContinental Singapore.
