Moon gaze with this luxurious selection of mooncakes.
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Mid-Autumn Festival is less than two weeks away (21 September) and this traditional Chinese festival is a family affair often celebrated with palate-cleansing Chinese tea, lanterns and mooncakes. Legend has it that mooncakes helped to free Yuan China from Mongol rule after rebels organised an uprising by passing messages hidden in these seasonal pastries. While this is not the case anymore, people still enjoy eating them because of the ever-evolving flavours.

There is the traditional versions with lotus seed paste and egg yolk but over the years, new and innovative variants have emerged. Mooncake these days can be filled with more luxurious ingredients including whisky, truffle, champagne and chocolate ? the sky is the limit. Regardless of the varieties, the symbolic meaning still holds and is a yearly occasion that many would not miss.
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Here is a list of luxurious mooncakes to get you started:

Glenfiddich Snow Skin Mooncakes

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Glenfiddich has partnered with local agency Chun Tsubaki to create delectable whisky-infused snowskin creations. These luxurious mooncakes are inspired by the Valley of Deer?s signature expressions: the Original Twelve and the Solera Fifteen. The Glenfiddich Our Original Twelve mooncake ...