Mooncakes at Hilton Colombo
The Emperor’s Wok of Hilton Colombo lights their colourful lanterns
once again to celebrate the traditional Chinese festival known as the
Mooncake Festival. The Mooncakes will be available at Emperor’s Wok from
September 1 to 15 to celebrate the Mid Autumn season. Mooncakes for
take-away will be available at Fine Things.
Mid Autumn Festival (also known as Mooncake Festival or Chinese
Lantern Festival) dates back over 3,000 years to moon worship in China’s
Shang Dynasty. It was first called Zhongqiu Jie (literally Mid - Autumn
Festival) in the Zhou Dynasty. The traditional food of this festival is
the mooncake, of which there are many different varieties across
different countries. The Emperors Wok is ready with a range of flavours
that will tantalize your taste-buds on this occasion.
Mooncakes are regarded as an indispensable delicacy on this occasion.
Mooncakes are small pastries filled with sweet and savory paste. The
traditional mooncakes are filled with sweet paste filling, red bean or
lotus seed. The Chinese Chef of Hilton Colombo has designed special
mooncakes to cater the fickle consumer taste-buds. The baked white lotus
paste with single yolk, baked red bean paste with almond flakes,
traditional - style baked with five nuts and baked green tea paste with
custard are some of the varieties that are available in the restaurant.
The Marketing and Communications Manager, Gigi De Silva said “Our
Chinese Community is ardent fans of the Emperor’s Wok. They will now be
able to experience the Mooncake Festival that is so famous in China,
right here at the Hilton Colombo.” |