Mid-autumn fancies

For a healthy choice, Shang Palace at Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok is adding a new low sugar lotus seed mini mooncake with snow skin to its list of favourites. Fillings of the home-made cakes include mixed fruit and nut paste, durian paste, lotus seed paste, red bean paste, cream paste, and cream and bird’s-nest paste. Family members, friends and associates can enjoy mooncakes presented in gift packages of four and eight pieces, or six mini mooncakes from Friday to October 2. Patrons placing a guaranteed order for a minimum of Bt100,000 net and collecting the order before September 12 will receive an early bird offer with a 20 per cent discount. Call (02) 206 8605 or (02) 236 9952.

 

Chef Pierre Andre Hauss of Grand Millennium Sukhumvit has incorporated traditional mooncake with his own creation. His mini cakes are available in chocolate chip with roasted melon seed and lotus seed filling and marzipan with chestnuts and lotus seed filling. They can be individually packaged in a wooden box to make a perfect gift for the festival and cost Bt60 apiece. Call (02) 204 4152.

 

If you don’t have time to shop for mooncakes, you’ll be pleased to know that the direct sales company Amway has made the traditional round cake part of its range of products. The mooncakes are made especially by UFM and comes in two especially designed packages. The golden box set contains two cakes stuffed with durian and other two with durian-and-egg filling for Bt395. The pink box set contains four cakes with individual fillings – ngow ying, lotus seeds and egg, durian and this year’s new addition, prune, priced at Bt385. They can be ordered from Amway agents nationwide from August 16 to September 30. Call (02) 725 8000 or visit www.AmwayShopping.com.

 

Ambassador Hotel Bangkok is presenting two new flavours - snow skin mooncake with mocha kahlua and custard cream with orange liqueur. You can still savour original favourites including durian and salted egg yolk; custard cream and gingko nuts. The goodies are available until September 30 and a 10-per-cent discount is offered for every Bt1,000 spent. Call (02) 254 0444 extension 1592.

 

Swissotel Nai Lert Park Bangkok’s four flavour mooncakes by Noble House Chinese Restaurant are available in a box of four from Bt570 net per box and in a box of one piece starting at Bt110 net. The flavours are lotus seed paste, red date, durian delight and jujube with option for a yolk. For bulk order, three days for preparation are required. They go on sale August 15. Call (02) 253 0123 or (02) 867 7000 extension 7127.

 

American-based premium ice cream Cold Stone Creamery celebrates the Mooncake festival for the first time in Thailand with menu of mooncakes stuffed with mix-in ice cream that comes in four tastes at Bt149 each. Golden Oreo has sweet cream ice cream, oreo, chocolate chip, fudge topping, caramel topping and yellow cake while chocolate lovers will fall in love with Choco Goodies including chocolate ice cream, dark and white chocolate chip, fudge topping and chocolate cake. Coffee maniacs may opt for Coffee Lush Almond featuring coffee, ice cream almond, fudge topping, caramel topping and yellow cake. Gals may prefer Strawberry Wonder with strawberry ice cream, strawberry topping, graham pie and red velvet cake. They are available from now until September 30. Call (02) 663 3888.