Hong Kong Mei-Xin Mooncakes 2016 – Lava Chocolate Mooncake is the new trend! (PLUS GIVEAWAY)

Mid-Autumn Festival is always the most anticipated festival for Chinese. Year after year, Hong Kong MX shares with you the most authentic tastes of Mid-Autumn Festival. Their mooncakes are made with a passion for time-honoured recipes and custom, lovingly prepared for your annual get-together of friends and family. Innovative new flavours may please the palate, but nothing comforts the heart as much as a slice of tradition. That’s why Hong Kong MX traditional mooncakes remain the festive goodies of choice for everyone.

Last year, everyone in Singapore went crazy on “Lava Custard Mooncake”. Good news is, Hong Kong MX is introducing a new addition to this series – the “Lava Chocolate Mooncake”. Using French Cacao Barry, each piece of dark chocolate mooncake is filled with a rich chocolate lava, making it an indulgent and decadent mooncake. Housed in an exquisite box, the 4-piece package has a sophisticated gold foil embossed design on an elegant dark box, making it a choice gift for all. For optimal enjoyment: Heat with microwave oven (1000 W) for 3- 5 seconds.

Of course, the “Lava Custard Mooncake” is back this year! Filled with a lava-custard filling which is made from crushed golden salted egg yolk, the creamy and aromatic mooncake brings you to a new level of sensation. The mooncake is made with premium butter and light cream from France, making it fragrant and creamy. It can be instantly enjoyed even without re-heating.

The “Lava Custard Mooncake” comes in a premium jade green box with gold foil embossing. The mooncakes come in a 8-piece package and are ideal for your own enjoyment and as gifts to your loved ones. *For optimal enjoyment: Heat with microwave oven (1000 W) for 3- 5 seconds.

White Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake美心纯正白莲蓉月饼 ($55/4pcs)

The traditional collection is one that all families cannot do without. The joy of sharing mooncakes and the serene moonlight during Mid-Autumn Festival is irreplaceable. For years, Hong Kong MX has been cultivating such joyous moments with mooncakes made in Hong Kong, and baked only with top quality ingredients. The Traditional Collection includes the much coveted “White Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake with 2 Egg Yolks” and “Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake with 2 Egg Yolks”, both made from the best selected lotus seeds and quality salted egg yolks for a silky and aromatic taste.

While the traditional white lotus paste mooncakes are their best-selling items, low sugar options are gaining popularity too. These low sugar mooncakes has a low glycaemic index as it is sweetened mainly with malitol – a sugar alcohol. It is the most natural low sugar option in town, hence it is a good option for elderly parents. The Low Sugar Mooncake Series include both “Low (Reduced) Sugar Mooncake with Pine Nut” and “Low (Reduced) Sugar Mooncake with Egg Yolk”, suitable for those who are health-conscious.

Mei-Xin Mooncake Exclusive Selection美心精裝八寶禮盒月餅 ($88/8pcs): White Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake with 2 Egg Yolks, Low (Reduced) Sugar White Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake with Pine Nut, Oolong Tea Paste Mooncake, Red Bean Paste Mooncake with Chestnut, White Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake with Pecan, Red Bean Paste Mooncake, Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake with Egg Yolk, Mixed Nut Mooncakes

The newly launched “Mooncake Exclusive Selection” is in a packaging bearing a gold embossed design with various festive elements of Mid-Autumn Festival. My favourite flavour is Mei Xin’s “Mixed Nuts Mooncake” which uses quality almonds, walnuts, olive seeds, sesame, and melon seeds in the mixed nuts mooncake. The nuts were chopped coarsely allowing a crunchy texture and satisfied one’s nuts cravings. On the other hand, “Red Bean Paste Mooncake with Chestnut” is made with creamy and tasty red bean paste and top-graded chestnuts to give it a crunch. Both mooncakes will truly bring you the most traditional tastes of Mid-Autumn Festival.

The Premium Series makes the perfect corporate gift and is also the finest choice for your family and friends.

Oriental Pearl Mooncake美心東方之珠月餅 ($63/6 pcs): Red Bean Paste Mooncake with Chestnut, Low (Reduced) Sugar White Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake with Pine Nut, White Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake with Egg Yolk, Lotus Seed Paste

The classic “Oriental Pearl” collection shows 6 different designs of Hong Kong’s unique architecture. It is packed in a beautiful purple packaging and will definitely be a perfect gift option for friends and family.

A new mooncake collection this year is “Star Wars Themed Mooncake Collection”. This exclusive Star Wars Set is a collaboration with Disney. The rich and aromatic Egg Custard (Storm Trooper) is made with premium butter from France and light cream and comes off as a great combination of a well-balanced recipe and quality ingredients. The Lava Chocolate Mooncake (Darth Vader) is baked using the premium French Cacao Barry. The combination of a dark chocolate mooncake crust and a rich chocolate lava, makes this a divine and exquisite mooncake. You can purchase it from Groupon.

The deal on Groupon
• 1 set (8 pieces per set) for $58 instead of $104
• 3 sets (8 pieces per set) for $165 instead of $312

Each set includes (8 pieces per set)
• Stormtrooper-themed tin: 4x egg custard mooncakes
• Darth Vader-themed tin: 4x chocolate lava mooncakes

Being the pioneer in the market, Hong Kong MX Snowy Mooncakes continue to make breakthroughs and innovations this year. New flavours have been added to the already varied line up of “Snowy Twin Cakes” and a brand new series is added to the popular “Snowy Mini 4”.

A completely new series, Fresh Fruits Series, is launched this year with a refreshing flavor mix, which includes Blueberry Duo, Strawberry Crunch, Pink Guava & Apricot and Hyuga Citrus. Together with our core five items, namely “Mango Series”, “Angel & Devil Series”, “Dessert Series”, “Bird’s Nest Series” and the ever popular “Durian Series”, the 6 members of the Mini 4 family would be able to cater to most palates.

The popular “Snowy Polar Lights” carries 16 bite-size flavours making it a complete indulgence and fun sharing. The rich flavor mix includes Mango, Mango Crunch, Mango with Pomelo Dessert, Mango Chestnut, Strawberry Crunch, Blueberry Duo, Pink Guava & Apricot, Angel Chocolate Crunch, Devil Dark Chocolate Crunch, Premium Green Bean Paste, Green Tea & Red Bean, Chocolate with Hazelnut, Double Chocolate, Cookies & Cream, Sesame with Macadamia Nuts and Peanut Butter & Sesame flavours.

Where to buy?

Hong Kong MX mooncakes are manufactured and packed in self-owned facilities, guaranteeing only the best quality. Mei-Xin will be having their mooncake retail at the following locations in Singapore. Hurry go grab your mooncakes before they sell out!

Takashimaya 13 Aug to 15 Sep
Vivo City 16 Aug to 14 Sep
Change Alley 15 Aug to 15 Sep (not open on weekends)
Serangoon Nex 29 Aug to 15 Sep
Novena Square 29 Aug to 14 Sep
Causeway Point 29 Aug to 15 Sep
Tampines Mall 31 Aug to 14 Sep
West Gate 1 Sep to 14 Sep
Waterway Point 5 Sep to 15 Sep

Let’s build a food community that helps to update the food news in Singapore! Simply comment below if there’s any changes or additional info to Hong Kong Mei-Xin. We will verify and update from our side. Thanks in advance!

Big thank you to FROSTS, I am giving away Star Wars Themed Mooncakes to 20 LUCKY READERS! Each set includes (8 pieces per set) includes 4 pcs of egg custard mooncakes (Stormtrooper-themed tin) and 4 pcs of chocolate lava mooncakes ( Darth Vader-themed tin).

How to win?
1. Like Mei-Xin Singapore on Facebook
2. Tag 3 family/friends on the Facebook post
3. Answer a simple question here: Name 5 Mei-Xin Mooncake Retail Outlets this year.

Twenty lucky readers will be picked by Mei-xin. Only for readers living in Singapore. Closing date: 24th August 2016 (Wednesday), 23:59. Good luck

UPDATE: CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING WINNERS!
Pei Hua
Esther Tan
Joseph Lim
Kalayar
Jayden Ng
Axel Tan
Andy Poon
Jennifer Twang
Andy Oie
Alex
Cassandra Lim
Leong Li Ming
Theresa Tay
Goh Shu Hui
Eugene
Malcolm Tan
Wong Oi Lin
May
Michelle Wong
Pamela Ong

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