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Mid-Autumn Festvial Moon Cakes

2007/07/31
 

The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most important holidays on the Chinese lunar calendar, a time of family reunions. A symbol of unity, reunion and friendship, moon cakes are sent out as gifts to loved one. To celebrate this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival on September 25, hotels in Beijing have crafted their own moon cakes, using various ingredients and styles, adding their own special touch to the festival atmosphere. 

 

Beijing Hotel

A variety of moon cakes have been prepared for the occasion. Five nuts, lotus root and green tea flavours are included in each box containing eight moon cakes, priced at 158 yuan. The moon cakes can be purchased in the lobby of Building A(Tel: +86 10 6513 7766, ext. 3808)

 

Courtyard by Marriott Beijing

This year, the hotel offers moon cake delights with a traditional paste. Deluxe box at 118 yuan (six pieces) with white lotus, red lotus, green bean and black sesame. Festival fruit hampers available at 98 yuan and 158 yuan.

 

Crowne Plaza Beijing

Deluxe Eight-Piece Box at 218 yuan with double egg yolk and white lotus seed, egg yolk and white lotus seed, Sichuan beef, green tea and red bean, mango white chocolate, nutty mocha cookie and crispy egg yolk bean. Standard Six-Piece Box at 158 yuan with egg yolk and white lotus seed, green tea and red bean, mango white chocolate and nutty mocha cookie.

 

Days Hotel & Suites Beijing

The hotel is introducing an array of authentic Cantonese-style moon cakes this year, specially prepared by an experienced chefs’ team from Guangdong. With their inheritance of traditional baking skills, the chefs have also created some innovative flavours, using several precious ingredients such as ginseng, abalone and bird’s nest perfectly blended with popular fillings of lotus paste, duck egg yolk and so on. Three varieties of moon cake gift boxes are served for selection, with prices ranging from 138 yuan to 488 yuan. For reservations, please dial +86 10 6773 1234, ext. 3522 or 8778 9888, ext. 222.

 

Gloria Plaza Hotel Beijing

Gloria moon cakes include the Single Jade (188 yuan/Box) with lotus paste and egg yolk; Eight Treasures (168 yuan/Box) with red lotus paste, lotus past, wine and red bean paste; Six Treasures (138 yuan/Box) with red lotus paste, wine and red bean paste. Free delivery services are available within the Third Ring Road with minimum purchases of 50 boxes. For further information, please call: +86 10 6515 8855, ext. 2193/2166/2155.

  

Grand Mercure Xidan Beijing

Priced at 168 yuan, the six-piece box is stuffed with red lotus paste with egg yolk, lotus paste in banana flavour, white lotus paste, lotus paste in green tea flavour, red bean paste in rose flavour and butter and cheese paste. For inquiries, please call: +86 10 6603 6688.

 

The Great Wall Sheraton Hotel

Made in its most traditional form, yet with sophisticated and innovative ingredients including satay beef, grilled scallops with XO sauce, shark’s fin and abalone, present this customary gift of moon cakes to those close to you while giving them a taste of something new, starting from only 138 yuan per gift set. Discounts and complimentary delivery service are available for large quantity purchases as well. For reservations or further inquiries, please call: +86 10 6590 5566, ext. 2132.

Hilton Beijing

Moon cakes are available in traditional fillings such as egg yolk with white lotus seed, five kernels, green tea, red bean paste with chestnut and walnuts. There are also unique flavours such as blueberry, pineapple, rose, white chocolate with mango, coffee with almonds, grapefruit and green tea with red bean. Reservation hotline: +86 10 5865 5865, or, 5865 5125.

 

InterContinental Beijing Financial Street

Mid-Autumn Moon Cake Gift Box at 168 yuan includes six pieces with a net weight of 80 grams each. Deluxe Moon Cake Gift Box at 318 yuan includes six pieces with a net weight of 120 grams each. Golden Treasure Moon Cake Gift Box at 488 yuan includes six pieces with a net weight of 120 grams each and a bottle of imported wine. For further enquiries, please call: +86 10 5852 5888.

 

Jing Guang New World Hotel

The hotel has prepared various kinds of moon cakes for you. There are the traditional Cantonese moon cakes and the lotus-seed-moon cakes. The “Double Lotus-Seed, Date-Paste and Walnut Moon Cake Box” is 168 yuan per box (of four); the “Mini Single Lotus-Seed and Date Paste and Walnut Moon Cakes Box” is 178 yuan per box (of eight). For reservations or inquiries, please call: +86 10 6597 8888, exts. 2599/2571/2573.

 

Kerry Centre

Commemorate the Mid-Autumn festival with Kerry's array of traditional and contemporary moon cakes, stuffed with red wine cranberry, crispy green bean with beef floss, and Reto Stefania's chocolate interpretation. For enquiries, please call: +86 10 8529 9466.

 

Novotel Peace Beijing

With two stunning gift boxes to choose from, you are guaranteed to impress your friends and family no matter what their taste. Enjoy eight moon cakes in four mouth-watering flavours: green tea, California prune, Taiwan fragrant taro and Ma Chi-mushroom.

 

Peninsula Beijing

The hotel is fist time featuring the celebrated Peninsula Connoisseur range of gourmet moon cakes, a long-time favourite in Hong Kong, in Peninsula Boutiques and selected retail outlets throughout Asia, including China, Japan and Singapore. The Peninsula Connoisseur Egg Custard (eight pieces with half egg custard and half lotus seed paste) at 188 yuan, The Peninsula Connoisseur Assorted (eight pieces) at 288 yuan and The Peninsula Connoisseur Premium (ten pieces in nine distinct flavours) at 1,288 yuan. For more information or purchasing, please call Huang Ting or The Peninsula Boutique at +86 10 8516 2888, exts. 6707/6714 or e-mail: reginazhang@peninsula.com.

 

Presidential Plaza

Celebrate with your family and friends in true Chinese-style moon cakes. Enjoy the tastiest, best-baked, beautifully packed gift boxes and varieties of flavours: lotus pastes; raspberry; ham and mushrooms; sesame and lotus pastes; abalone sauce pastes and more. To order, please call the moon cake sales hotline: +86 10 5858 5588, ext. 8690.

 

Raffles Beijing Hotel

 The Hotel presents moon-shaped pastries with sweet fillings of single yolk, red bean, date and lotus paste. Two types of mooncake gift boxes have been specially crafted for your selection. Deluxe gift box at 188 yuan with four pieces of white lotus single yolk mooncake and Superior gift box at 298 yuan with two pieces of each flavour of single yolk, mixed nuts, red bean paste and date paste.

 

Rosedale Hotel & Suites, Beijing

The prestigious Regular and Deluxe Moon Cake Gift Box packing the flavours of white lotus, chocolate, red berry and XO tastes is the perfect gift to your family and customers.

 

Sino-Swiss Hotel,

Beijing Airport

Sales of moon cakes will start in Café Boulevard on September 3, including: a box of six moon cakes at 138 yuan; regular hamper containing a box of moon cakes, one bottle of local red wine and fresh fruits at 298 yuan; medium hamper containing a box of moon cakes, one bottle of local red wine, one pack of Chinese tea and fresh fruits at 598 yuan; and deluxe hamper containing a box of moon cakes, one bottle of local red wine, one pack of Chinese tea and fresh fruits a box of moon cakes, one bottle of local red wine, one pack of Chinese tea, one bottle of Wu Liang Ye, a box of Fren pralines and fresh fruits at 1,198 yuan.

 

Traders Hotel

Choose from a wide selection of sweet and savoury Shangri-La moon cakes. Exquisitely packaged gift boxes, vouchers and seasonal hampers available from 118 yuan.



 
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