Mooncake Madness !

Mooncake festival is coming soon ! So we were called by the boss Joshlim to attend Mandarin Oriental Hotel Mooncake making demonstration @ Lai Po Heen Chinese Restaurant. With me is the bloggers : Mojosh, Suetmei, Amanda Choe, Joshlim and Kimhan.

Although im not really a big fan of mooncakes, but I would still wanna know how's the procedure or doing it. For now, let the photo speaks.

We were given all these mooncake samples by them for tasting. Awesome !


Dim sum Chef Wong is demonstrating steps and procedure how to make a mooncake.


Weighing the right amount of a mooncake.


Tadaa. Damn nice got the Mandarin Oriental logo on the mooncake.


Mojosh hands on doing his thing.


Teaching and learning session in progress.


Chef Holger is imported ! He is the executive Pastry chef in Mandarin Oriental Hotel.


Me and Joshlim


The proper technique of making a mooncake by the BEST pastry chef in Mandarin Oriental Hotel.



1. Milk chocolate and peanut butter crunch and raspberry center
2. Mini snow skin mooncakes with durian paste
3. White chocolate mooncakes with kalamansi ganache
4. Dark chocolate mooncakes with durian ganache.

Many new flavors coming out and it has a very unique taste to it. MUST TRY ! Not like the ordinary mooncakes we usually eat.


This are the end product freshly straight out form the oven.


Mini dark chocolate mooncakes ! Cute.


The 4 chefs that was in the demonstration room. Chef Holger, Chef Mok, Chef Wong and Chef Bong.

We the bloggers who attended this mooncake demonstration. Thanks Nicole for the shot.


WE are happy too cause we got ourselves free expensive mooncakes as well !

Thanks Mandarin Oriental Hotel, thanks Joshlim for the invites. And I've got the complete recipe how to make those mooncakes. It will be out next time when mooncake festival is near.

Anyone wanna order Mooncakes from mandarin Oriental Hotel, I got the order form with a complete listings of what they have. Let me know if you're interested !

That's all for now. Remember to follow me on twitter ! http://twitter.com/mynjayz

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