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11 great hotel mooncake deals in Hong Kong ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival 2025
Rich pastries filled with sweet or savoury fillings, mooncakes are the culinary star of the
Mid-Autumn Festival , the Chinese festival held on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month to mark the end of the autumn harvest.
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This year, the festival, which dates back more than 3,000 years, will fall on October 6.
Mooncakes – named for their shape, reminiscent of a full moon – symbolise prosperity and gratitude and are best sliced and shared among family members and friends.
As usual, this year Hong Kong hotels are offering a delicious variety of
mooncakes , with early-bird discounts and special gift sets available. Here is a look at what is on offer.
1. Shang Palace at Kowloon Shangri-La
Shang Palace's Halal Moonlight Treasures gift box (HK$478) features mooncakes made with halal ingredients.
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There is a vegetarian mooncake set too, including four mini red date paste and pine nut mooncakes and four mini assorted nuts and dried fig mooncakes (HK$438).
