The Moonlight City Mooncake Collection by Banyan Tree Kuala Lumpur (Photo: Banyan Tree Kuala Lumpur)
What makes a great gift? Surely, something special and no less unique. This Mid-Autumn Festival, treat your loved ones, far or near, to some of the most luxurious mooncakes available in the market. From creative collaborations to alcohol-infused treats, these mooncakes are made to impress and more importantly, remind your dearest that you’re thinking of them during this season of reunion, completeness and togetherness.
Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur
If you thought advent calendars are only available during Christmas, you’d be surprised that Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur has fashioned one for Mid-Autumn Festival too. Partnering award-winning local fashion designer Melinda Looi for yet another collaboration, the hotel has dreamt up The House of Shi Wu, a miniature box embellished with architectural motifs and design found in Peranakan homes. Shi Wu, or “fifteen’, not only represents the 15th day of the Lunar Calendar, it also signifies the number of hidden surprises in the “house”, which should be unveiled one by one leading up to the actual celebration on the 10th. Treasures within consist of four choice of mooncakes (Shanghainese yam with single yolk; pure red bean; pure pandan; white lotus with double yolk); premium teas, fortune cookies, paper lantern, designer scarf, scented candle, and more.
Purchase here. The House of Shi Wu is priced at RM328nett.
Banyan Tree Kuala Lumpur
Encased in an iridescent round gift box that depicts KL’s cityscape bathed in a warm moonlit glow, Bake’s offerings are set to impress, especially when you want to go all-out with something distinctly special. A departure from traditional flavours, the premium chocolate-based mooncakes are filled with either green tea red bean, coffee caramel walnut or classic lotus paste. All wrapped up in a dreamy purple hue, the collection also comes with Yellow & Blue Herbal Infusion Sachets by Harney & Sons Fine Teas, a combination of chamomile, lavender and cornflower.
Moonlight City Box 1 includes six pieces of chocolate mooncakes, and a tagalong tin of Yellow & Blue Herbal Infusion Sachets by Harney & Sons Fine Teas. RM352 nett. Purchase here.
The RuMa Hotel and Residences
For a Malaysian twist, The RuMa has enlisted the expertise of homegrown batik design house FERN to create a mooncake packaging fit for gifting. Their limited-edition mooncakes are packed individually in rattan boxes before being placed into supple batik bags, available in two colours. All these will be carefully fitted into a woven bamboo basket made from sustainable materials, which can be reused for your daily essentials. Choose from either a pack of two (lotus paste with double yolk and bamboo charcoal black sesame) or a pack of four (cranberry lotus paste, tiramisu lotus paste with chocolate lava, durian lotus paste and assorted fruits and nuts.
Purchase here. Pack of two, RM188nett; pack of four, RM258nett.
The St Regis Kuala Lumpur
Sometimes bigger is, in fact, better. St Regis takes the cake (pun intended) for the most massive moon, housed in an orange leatherette trunk that pays tribute to the hotel’s equestrian spirit. The gigantic 6.5in mooncake comes with traditional lotus seed paste and eight yolks (lucky number or ode to the eight moon phases? You decide). On another note, if it’s your intention to pull all the stops this Mid-Autumn Festival, upgrade the Super Mooncake Trunk to include a bottle of Macallan Double Cask 18 Years Old. Now that’s what we call a perfect pairing.
Super Mooncake Trunk, RM3,488.67. Order online here.
Four Seasons Kuala Lumpur
Fans of Bar Trigona will be delighted to know that one of the bar’s choice concoctions, Rum Ki Tikki (part of its new Five Farm cocktail menu), is now available in the form of a snowskin mooncake. Made with trigona honey from Dino’s Kelulut, aged rum, whisky, lime and milk, the cocktail is infused into the skin, which encases a luscious lotus paste filling. As part of a collaboration with Yun House, the Trigona Rum Ki Tikki mooncake is available alongside three other handcrafted options: Durian Musang King, White Lotus Paste with Seaweed and Macadamia Nuts, and Valrhona Chocolate with Himalayan Salt and Single Yolk. And did we mention the vibrant packaging is designed by Jimmy Choo?
From RM588. Order online here.
