Honour this year’s full moon with some of the island's most premium baked varieties
The annual Mid-Autumn Festival is deeply embedded in Chinese history, dating back 3,000 years to when emperors worshipped the moon and paid tribute to the goddess of immortality, Chang’e, in hopes of achieving bountiful harvests. During this magical time, the night sky becomes an enchanting backdrop for the moon as it shines its brightest and fullest. Its beauty is mirrored in the mooncakes we find gracing our tabletops—a round shape that symbolises the completeness and unity of a family. As you take part in a heartwarming reunion, share the love with our top ten traditional mooncakes.
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1. Ding Bakery
No Mid-Autumn Festival is truly complete without the Ding Bakery experience. The bakery’s award-winning recipes are consistently top rated on Google and popular food blogs, and it's no wonder why. A Ding masterpiece is made from natural ingredients that are low in sugar and free of preservatives, so you can sleep well at night and feel a little less guilty about indulging in your mooncake feast. While the bakery offers a rich selection of baked and snowskin mooncakes, first-timers must be sure to put at least a few classics on their hit list.
For mooncake lovers who value a little twist to old school offerings, you will be pleased to try out the premium pandan jade lotus double yolk mooncake. Taking the smooth paste of a standard mooncake filling, Ding infuses it with a rich pandan taste, encasing a sweet centre of two egg yolks within. The mooncake’s skin is perfectly glazed and baked, and its fragrant pandan aroma will leave you with no doubt that this is your next go-to mooncake flavour. To top it all off, Ding’s mooncakes are packaged beautifully in boxes that draw inspiration from the design of ancient imperial palaces, bringing to life the rich heritage and history of its sweet treats within. Order here.