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15 Places Where You Can Get Yummy Mooncakes This 2021

From the fanciest packaging to the most affordable!

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1. W Kuala Lumpur

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Packaging  Very glam, suitable for an elevated afternoon tea.
Taste  Really yummy, exquisite flavours in both savoury and sweet treats. It comes with two unique mooncake flavours for anyone who's feeling adventurous.
Price – RM288
Overall – Worth it, as it comes as a full teatime package with savoury and sweet bites, mooncakes, and tea. Perfect for those who want to have their own lil' tea party at home.

The set includes:
– 'Moonstruck' bag
– Cendol Coconut and Mint Red Bean mooncakes
– Savoury bites, such as Cod Fish Kataifi, Chicken Yam Puff, Vegetable Spring Roll Cured Duck, and more
– Sweet treats, such as Blueberry Crumble, Elderberry Popping Macaron, Salted Pecan Nut Tart, and more
– Woobar's blended tea

You can order this hi-tea set or individual items here.

2. UNBOX by Huff and Puff

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Packaging – Pretty, eco-conscious, and reusable as a cool carrier or plant 'pot'.
Taste  On the sweeter side. Some of the mooncakes have a good, soft texture.
Price  RM158
Overall – Great packaging and makes a good gift, if you're into classic mooncake flavours or want to treat someone.

The set includes:
– Pretty rattan basket with pleather strap
– 3 pieces of 180g halal mooncakes by Fai Fong Bakery (1 piece per flavour)

You can order it here.

3. Pulp & Beans

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Packaging – They have cute chocolate rabbits!
Taste – Not your typical mooncakes, as these are made with 100% handcrafted chocolate.
Price – RM188
Overall – Pretty tasty. Good for those who want something different.

The set includes:
– 4 mooncake pieces with 2 flavours (White lotus and Japanese mochi coated with dark chocolate and passionfruit couverture chocolate tablet, and pandan lotus and salted egg yolk coated with dark chocolate and raspberry couverture chocolate tablet)
– 8 assorted flower tea bags

You can order it here.

4. Oh Cha Matcha

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Packaging – So pretty!
Taste – Strong matcha flavour and smooth snow skin texture.
Price – RM60
Overall – If you're a fan of snow skin and appreciate a strong matcha flavour, this is a good, vegan-friendly choice.

The set includes:
– Matcha Mung Bean (Matcha Snow Skin)
– Hojicha Mung Bean (Purple Sweet Potato Snow Skin)
– Genmaicha Mung Bean (Blue Spirulina Snow Skin)
– Matcha Mung Bean (Beetroot Snow Skin)

You can order it here.

5. Reunion Hour Gift Basket

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Packaging – Love the little reusable picnic basket!
Taste – Quite sedap. The traditional mooncake skin is slightly caramelised, which makes it even tastier.
Price – RM188
Overall – Made by a local dessert shop in Perak but does nationwide delivery. Good choice if you want to enjoy different mooncake varieties, as it includes traditional, Shanghai, and Teochew mooncakes.

The set includes:
– British classic picnic basket
– 10 types of mooncakes
– 4 packs of floral teas

You can order it here.

6. Brilliant Luck Giftbox

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Packaging – Classy white and gold gift box.
Price – RM138
Overall – By the same baker as Reunion Hour Gift Basket, this set contains fewer but just as tasty mooncakes. It's Muslim-friendly and suitable for vegetarians too.

The set includes:
– 7 pieces of mooncakes
– 4 packs of floral tea

You can order it here.

7. Luk Yu Tea House at The Starhill Dining

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Taste – Very yummy, especially if you like snow skin.
Price – RM102.08 (Box of six) or RM136.88 (Box of nine)
Overall – Worth the price. Even if you're not a snow skin fan, this might make you change your mind.

The sets include:
– 6 or 9 different snow skin mooncakes flavours

You can order it here.

8. Sugarpastry.my

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Taste – If you have a sweet tooth, you might like this.
Price  Starts from RM48. But if you don't want the full set, you can purchase individual pieces, from as low as RM8 per piece.
Overall – If you're looking for halal mooncakes that have unique flavours, such as Pandan Gula Melaka, Blueberry Cheese, Chocolate Ferrero Rocher, and more, you can consider this.

The set includes:
– 6 flavours of mooncake (you can select out of 20 different flavours)

You can order it here.

9. New World

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Packaging  Classy black and gold handbag-like box with a set of red drawers. Makes a good gift for mums. It comes in either deep ruby red or black. Slightly wasted that you can't reuse the 'handbag' though.
Taste
– Pretty good, not too sweet, chewy and doesn't contain too crazy flavours.
Price  RM108 (Early bird) or RM148 (After 15 August)
Overall – If you like traditional baked mooncakes, this is a good option.

The set includes:
– 4 traditional mooncakes (Longan Wolfberries, Pomegranate Lotus, Red Bean, and White Lotus. You can also switch it up with their Lotus with Single Yolk and Mixed Nuts in the 'Treasure Set')

You can order it here.

10. Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur x Melinda Looi

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Packaging  So extra! Comes with a chess kit inside a huge, bright red rabbit-shaped felt bag with many pockets. It's called 'The Grand Gambit', an apt name. Also comes in other colours.
Taste
– Tastes luxurious. Good combination of snow skin flavours that actually make sense, not just for the sake of mixing.
Price  RM253.13 - RM284.93
Overall – Unique, over-the-top packaging and good snow skin mooncake flavours that pair well. There are also sets with just traditional mooncake flavours.

The set includes:
– Reusable felt bag with many pockets
– A fancy chess kit with six dice
– 4 to 5 mooncake flavours (snow skin or traditional, depending on which set you get)

Use the promo code 'SAYS10' if you'd like to enjoy additional 10% off for mooncakes, including other meals, desserts, flowers and gifts, from their online store.

You can order here.

11. The King Black Thorn Snow Skin Mooncake

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Packaging  Cute little black durian mooncake design in a matching black box.
Taste – Doesn't contain any paste like typical mooncakes, instead it has 100% fresh Black Thorn durian pulp coated with snow skin.
Price  RM158
Overall – Yummy! Made by the same baker as Reunion Hour Gift Basket, this is a great option for durian lovers. The mooncakes are Muslim-friendly and are suitable if you're lactose intolerant, vegetarian, or vegan.

The set includes:
– 6 small pieces of Black Thorn snow skin mooncakes

You can order it here. 

12. Pavilion Hotel Kuala Lumpur

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Packaging  Opens up like a fancy storybook! Can double up as a large (slightly bulky) jewellery box as well, as it includes a ring holder.
Taste
– Decent traditional mooncakes that are not too sweet.
Price – RM208+
Overall – Not bad for traditional mooncake flavours in very fancy packaging.

The set includes four out of six mooncake flavours below:
– White Lotus Paste with Single Egg Yolk
– Pandan Lotus Paste with Single Egg Yolk
– Sweet Corn Lotus Paste with Single Egg Yolk
– Yam Lotus Paste with Single Egg Yolk
– Lotus Paste with Single Egg Yolk
– Red Bean Paste

You can order it here.

13. MunchyBaby

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Packaging  Reusable lantern gift box that comes with dreamy fairy lights.
Taste
– The Pure Lotus flavour has a unique floral-like taste that is pretty good and slightly on the sweeter side.
Price  RM188
Overall – Pretty packaging that also makes a good gift for a loved one.

The set includes:
– Lotus mooncake
– Pandan lotus mooncake
– Red bean mooncake
– Matcha mooncake
– One box of Twinings Pure Camomile teabags

You can order it here.

14. Wishful MY

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Packaging – Aesthetically-pleasing and put together very well. Each set has its own unique touch.
Taste – Pretty standard traditional baked mooncakes. Love that it comes with many different things in the gift sets.
Price – RM99 - RM408
Overall – Lots of attention to details, making them really thoughtful gifts for someone.

There are three different designs and sets, which include a combination of any of the following:
– mooncakes,
– clay tea pot set with cups and tea sachets,
– wooden utensils and coasters with engravings,
– traditional matchbox, and
– 'Game of Go' board game set, among other items.

You can order it here.

15. Classic Baked Skin Mooncake (Loose)

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Taste  It's meant to be less sweet. We found it a tad bit sweet still and a little chewy but it's huge for the price.
Price  Starts from RM10 each.
Overall – Affordable and huge mooncakes. Made by a local home baker who hopes to eventually own a larger business with her husband so she can spend more time with her daughter.

You can order it here.

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