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Mid Autumn Festival with Westin Mooncakes

14/09/2017 No Comments

CELEBRATE THIS EUPHONIC MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL WITH WESTIN MOONCAKES

Mid-Autumn Festival is the festive season where families, friends and loved ones gather to celebrate the moments of unity and happiness. The Westin Kuala Lumpur presents a range of whimsical mooncakes under the theme of YUÈ this celebrative season, transporting individuals back to the old world charm of lunar worship and the end of summer harvesting celebration.

Featuring 7 delightful varieties of traditional baked skin mooncakes, guests can satisfy their sweet tooth with all-time favorites such as Lotus Pandan, Pearl of Prosperity, Signature Supreme Mixed Nuts and Red Bean Paste.

For the health-conscious consumers, light and delicious Low Sugar Plain White Lotus Paste, Low Sugar Plain White Lotus with Single Yolk and Charcoal Precious Black are included in the list to liven up the selection of Westin mooncakes.

The special mention among the mooncake selections will have to go to the bold-flavored Mini Snow Skin Pure Musang King specially curated for durian lovers. Being the premium grade of durian, guests will savor 100% Musang King as they bite into this delectable delicacy.

悦乐赏月 YUÈ MOONCAKE GIFT BOX

Typically offered between families, friends and colleagues, Westin Mooncakes packaged in unique and bespoke gift boxes make perfect gifts during this euphonic season of love and laughter.

Designed with the concept of reminiscing old times, the elegant YUÈ Mooncake gift box is presented in 2 distinctive traditional outlooks with a modern twist. Regardless of the genre one prefers, music always work wonder as a therapeutic time machine and bring sweet memories back. YUÈ refers to the phonetic symbols for delight, music and moon, this multi-functional gift box comes incorporated with a set of Bluetooth speaker, allowing customers to play their preferred tracks as they relish on the exquisite Westin mooncakes.

WESTIN COLLECTIBLES BLOOM GIFT BOX

Due to great reception received for Westin’s BLOOM Mooncake gift box last year, The Westin Kuala Lumpur is introducing the interactive gift box as Westin Collectibles. BLOOM Mooncake gift box by Westin is a dual usage storage unit that comes with an integrated potting container. Each purchase of BLOOM Mooncake set is complemented with a DIY terrarium kit and user-friendly planting instructions. This allows customers to turn the gift box into a lovely potted plant with storage compartments, making the box an attractive and practical home decorative item. The BLOOM Mooncake gift box is designed with the customers’ wellness in mind, understanding that indoor plant brings a great number of physical and mental health benefits such as easing breathe, purifying air, improving one’s memories and many more.

PRICING AND OFFERS

Westin Mooncakes are available for order from 01 August till 04 October 2017. The YUÈ Mooncake gift boxes and Westin Collectibles BLOOM boxes are offered at very attractive prices, starting from as low as RM 138.00nett per set. Patrons are able to select any of the 4 flavours to make up the purchase of a gift box.

YUÈ Mooncake Gift Box

Baked Skin Flavours RM 168.00nett per set of 4

Mini Snow Skin Pure Musang King RM 240.00nett per set of 4

Westin Collectibles BLOOM Gift Box

Baked Skin Flavours RM 138.00nett per set of 4

Mini Snow Skin Pure Musang King RM 210.00nett per set of 4

Westin Mooncakes can be picked up from Five Sen5es (Level 1) from 01 September 2017 onwards between 10.00am to 10.00pm daily.

Enticing Discounts

Starwood Preferred Guests (SPG) and Beyond Dining members receive 10% discount for YUÈ Mooncake gift box and 15% for Westin Collectibles BLOOM Mooncake gift box during the promotional period.
Free delivery for purchases of 30 boxes and above to one destination within the Klang Valley area.
Bulk purchasers for Westin Collectibles BLOOM Mooncake gift box enjoy:
- 10% savings for purchasing 25 to 50 boxes
- 15% savings for purchasing 51 to 100 boxes
- 20% savings for purchasing 101 to 150 boxes
- 25% savings for purchasing 151 to 200 boxes
- 30% savings for purchasing above 201 boxes

*Prices are inclusive of 6% GST and discounts are not accumulative, higher value of discount will be accorded if two or more discounts are applicable.

To book your mooncake gift boxes or for further enquiries, call 03-2773 8338 or email [email protected]

In Chinese Food By Taufulou 3 Mins Read

The Mid-Autumn Festival @ Zuan Yuan Restaurant, One World Hotel

07/09/2012 No Comments

The Mid-Autumn Festival or Mooncake Festival which falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month is one of the important festivals observed by Chinese all over the world. Many of the restaurant owners will take this advantage to showcase their individual version of mooncake taste and snowskin mooncake had been one of the latest trend to evolve over the past years. Zuan Yuan Restaurant in One World hotel is preparing their 2012 collection for this Mid-Autumm.

Started off our tasting with the classic baked mooncake follow by snowskin version.

Still this Supreme Mixed Nuts remains as one of the heavy weight classic version that many people love this.

Always comes to mooncake, I still prefer my classic version with White Lotus Paste with Single Yolk. Yolk is definately a must and without it is like cooking a plate of noodle without oil. 😀

Sweetened Red Beans with Green Tea Paste

One that stood out very well is White Coffee Lotus Paste with Walnuts, yes, they really do it in Coffee version that the flavour is not too strong, creamy and mild enough not to overpower the taste of the yolk and after taste of coffee is build upon your taste bud. One of a recommended one.

Red Bean with nuts

Comes to their snowskin version, they have pretty impressive range especially on the skin texture that I could not reveal it to you, certainly it stood up more than the rest. A bit soft chewy that pairs very well with the filling that they insert in.

Mini Snow Skin – HoneyDew Paste, Orange Flavour and Black Sesame seed.

Among those 3 flavours, it stood up by itself that Honeydew taste like rock melon sweet, orange flavour with robust taste like orange skin and Black sesame is just perfect.

The mooncakes are available in beautiful gift boxes which can hold 4 or 8 pieces mooncakes, from now until 30 September 2012. The mini snowskin mooncakes are priced at RM10 each while the regular-sized ones are priced at RM18 upwards per piece.

For order enquiries on mooncake do call their restaurant to make your bookings. and click on the form below to check out more variety mooncake that they have to offer.

mid autumn order form2012 (inner highlight)

Chef Chin Chee Heong with his Mid Autumn Festival creations

Follow by simple dinner was being serve upon with all the main Zuan Yuan Signature dish.

Wok-Fried Ying Yang Rice with Vietnam Crispy Rice, Diced Chicken and Vegetable

Sauteed Eggplant with Fried Garlic, Dried Shrimp and Basil

Braised Homemade Layered Bean Curd with Shimeji Mushroom and Preserved Vegetable. Just love this homemade toufu that is perfectly braised in layer that the preserve vegetable that top on top just make the taste extra kick along the cook gravy.

If you love chicken then this is one of the dish that must order - Honey Glazed Boneless Chicken topped with Crispy Ginger Flakes. Fried to perfection with wok hei, that the chicken is well coated with honey glazed that you cant stop   munching along with your rice.

Location:

Zuan Yuan Chinese Restaurant
Lobby of One World Hotel
First Avenue
Bandar Utama City Centre
47800 Petaling Jaya

Tel: 03-7681-1111

In Chinese Food By Taufulou 5 Mins Read

Celebrate Mid Autumm Festival with 5 Elements Mooncake @ Toh Lee Chinese Restaurant, Nikko Hotel

04/08/2010 4 Comments

Every year when comes to Mooncake Festival, I would surely ate a few pieces of moon cakes as it remain as one of my favourite must have dish. The Mid-Autumn Festival or more popularly known as the Mooncake Festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, around the time of the autumn equinox. Toh Lee Chinese Restaurant.

This year I would celebrate it differently with more umph, chi around me and luck all the way as most of the Chinese know that every one have different elements that bring different luck on them if they believe. This year 2010, Nikko Hotel, Dim Sum Chef Lo Tian Sion and his team have created a range of innovative and modern mooncakes with the main 5 elements, Fire, Earth, Water, Metal, Wood . . .

Special design that had been created by them with Toh Lee embedded on the wood craving to make it their signature.

The new packaging that Nikko Hotel had come out with.

Lets present you the one and only 5 elements that available at Toh Lee Chinese Restaurant, Nikko Hotel.

Five Elements mooncakes – Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth (金，木，水，火，土)

(From Front to Back)

Mini Pumpkin Paste with Cream Cheese and Gold Dust
Mini Durian Paste with milk Cream
Both are in white represent METAL element (or gold). Metal indicates harvest, business and success (financial). Metal (also frequently referred to as “gold”) indicates harvest, business and success. This is usually financial success. The color is usually white, but can also be gold. It symbolizes autumn and west; and represents the adult years. Priced at RM25.00++ per piece.

Mini Green Tea Paste with Single Egg Yolk
Green in color represents WOOD element. Wood is creative and innovative, socialable and community minded.Wood is sociable and community minded, also represents the colour green, the season spring, and the direction east. Wood also represents birth and early childhood. Priced at RM13.00++ per piece

Mini Bamboo Charcoal and Egg Cream Paste with Silver Dust
Black in color represents WATER element. Water nourishes all living things. Water indicates travel, communication, and learning; also relates to literature, arts and media. It also relates to literature, the arts, and the media. Water nourishes all living things and represents winter and north. Priced at RM13.00++ per piece

Mini Japanese Anko Paste with Rose Flavour
Pink in colour represents FIRE element. Giving energy and enthusiasm, an element of natural leader, brings warm and cheers too. Fire represents red, summer and south. Priced at RM13.00++ per piece

Chocolate Paste with Mixed Nuts.
Brown in colour represents the EARTH element. Giving stability and related to real estate and legacies. Earth is patient, just, honest and methodical. Priced at RM13.00++ per piece

I personally love the Mini Durian Past with Milk Cream, Green Tea Paste and Charcoal.

Besides the snow skin mooncake, you may also find the traditional baked mooncakes –
White Lotus and Single Egg Yolk
Pure White Lotus Paste with Nuts
Pandan Paste with Egg Cream and Walnuts
Red Bean Paste with Sunflower Seeds
White Lotus with Double Egg Yolk.

Prices ranging from RM16.00++ per piece to RM21.00++ per piece.

Normally for mooncake, I seldom go after cold skin but this makes me fall in lurve with it, fine thin skin with aromatic taste that makes it exceptional and best of all, its not so sweet as I expected.

One of the best thing about it, is that they are made daily and they don do much and freshness is their top priority.

but anything still cant beat the original of it. Still the best and with masterclass of super thin skin is created which requires alot of skills to do it.

Sifu Dim Sum Chef Lo Tian Sion that is the one behind all of it and on that day itself, we were able to witness the making of mooncakes.

With all the necessary ingredient prepared along, pumpkin and charcoal seed prepared.

Mixed all the ingredient till its like a dough. . . .

Roll it up and ready to be cut. . .

Cut it equally in sizes . . . .

Use a roller roll over it to make it flat. . .

So that you can make it as a skin base and wrap over the pumkin seed. Then placed it onto the craving wood, presss it firmly till it fit the 95% of th hole .. .

The the craving wood knock hard on both the edge and overturn it to make it fall off. Then the shape of it will be enhance as what the mould would do.

Lastly, brush it with gold dush to make it outstanding.

The same procedure goes for Charcoal. . .

The Five Elements Mooncakes are available in box of six and baked mooncakes are available in box of four and six.

• Every RM100.00 spent on a single receipt for mooncake purchases shall be entitled to a RM10.00 Toh Lee Dining Voucher.
• Purchases of 5 boxes and above shall be entitled to a Zi Wei Dou Shu 紫微斗数 (the Purple Star System) or BaZi 八字 (the Eight Characters) reading by Madam Leong Siew Wei, Chinese Astrologist

Mooncakes are available from 1st August to 22nd September 2010
To order your mooncake, please call 03-2782 6128
or you can make purchases at The Deli and Toh Lee Chinese Restaurant.

Toh Lee Chinese Restaurant
Hotel Nikko Kuala Lumpur
165, Jalan Ampang,
50450 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-2161 1111
Fax: 03-2161 1122