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Kee Wah Bakery mooncake arrives in Manila
THE MID-Autumn Festival is almost here — it falls on Sept. 21 — and so is the season of mooncakes. Gemini Premium Label, Inc., the official distributor of Hong
Kong mooncakes from Kee Wah
Bakery, brings the best-selling premium mooncakes to the
Philippines. The
Kee Wah Supreme
Mooncakes come in
Kee Wah Bakery’s signature tin can, decorated with a classic emperor’s portrait; available in two varieties: White
Lotus Seed Paste with Two Yolks and Golden Lotus Seed Paste. A tin containing four 185 gm mooncakes goes for P3,400. There are also mini variants, with each mooncake weighing around 60 gm. The two variants — Mini Golden Lotus Seed Paste with Yolk and Mini White Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake with Yolk — come in a box of eight for P2,100. Other flavors are also available: Red Bean Paste Mooncake, Assorted Nuts Mooncake, and Red Bean Paste Mooncake with Two Egg Yolks (prices of a tin containing four 185-gm pieces can range from P2,800 to P3,200 depending on the flavor). Also available are the Kee Wah Celestial Series Mooncakes in a selection of sweet and savory flavors. Each gift box is packaged in an ethereal cloud or moon design. This series offer the Quadrangle Mooncake Gift Box containing four Assorted Best-seller mooncakes for P4,500, the Supreme Assorted Mini Mooncake with eight assorted mooncakes for P2,500, and the Supreme Selected Mini Mooncake with eight assorted mooncakes for P2,400. The Celestial Series Mooncake flavors include Golden Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake, Eu Yan Sang Red Bean Paste Mooncake with Mandarin Peel, Mini Eu Yan Sang Red Bean Paste Mooncake with Mandarin Peel, the Date Paste Mooncake with Pine Nuts, and the Assorted Nuts Mooncake with Salted Pork ( prices per box vary depending on flavor). There are also lower calorie versions of their classic mooncakes, made with natural sugar substitute, maltitol. Going beyond the tradition lotus seed paste filling, also on offer are Egg Custard Mooncakes with a variety of flavors (prices for boxes of 35 gm mooncakes vary according to flavor): Egg Custard Mooncake, Chocolate and Egg Custard Mooncake, Earl Grey Tea and Egg Custard Mooncake, and Fruit Yogurt Custard Mooncake with strawberry and orange peel variants. There are also ongoing special promos to make the most out of every purchase: buy any two Kee Wah Supreme Mooncake to get one free Kee Wah Bakery tote bag (promo runs until supplies last); and free delivery within Metro Manila for every order worth P6,000 made via Facebook, Instagram, Metromart, and Pickaroo until Sept. 21. The mooncakes and other Kee Wah Bakery biscuits, cookies, eggrolls, Chinese tea and other snacks (which are available year-round) can be found at the Lazada Official Store (Hong Kong Kee Wah Products Philippines), Shopee Official Store (Hong Kong Kee Wah Products PH), Pickaroo (Kee Wah Bakery), Metromart (Kee Wah Bakery), and GrabMart (Kee Wah Bakery). There are also pop-up stores in the following locations: The Podium, Ground Level East; Robinsons Magnolia, Upper Ground; and Power Plant Mall (Rockwell), R2 Bridgeway. Visit the Kee Wah Bakery website at www. keewahproductsphilippines.com/ and its official social media pages for more details: Facebook (@hongkongkeewahproductsphilippines) and Instagram (@hongkongkeewahproductsph). offers two pieces of classic Lava Custard Mooncake, along with two Lava Chocolate Mooncakes, two Lava Caramel Macchiato Mooncakes, and two Lava Cheese Mooncakes. There is the Custard Duet Mooncake which contains three Lava Custard Mooncakes and three Creamy Custard Mooncakes. A box of Delightful Moon Assorted Mooncake contains three Lava Custard Mooncakes and three pcs of Lava Chocolate Mooncakes. This year, Hong Kong MX launches a special tumbler gift box series featuring the Minions’ Stuart and Dave. The Stuart mooncake gift box features eyes that will move along the chubby tumbler and goggles that light up. The tumbler is filled with Hong Kong MX’s new original Lace Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake with an egg yolk filling. The Dave mooncake gift box also gets a tumbler makeover, sporting a playful expression when flipped over and similar goggles that light up. It contains the new Purple Sweet Potato Mooncake. Each Minions gift box comes with four mini mooncakes, along with a special packaging box and bag featuring a Minion in a Chang’e costume. Also on offer is the classic Lotus Seed Paste mooncake series: White Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake with two Egg Yolks and Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake with two Egg Yolks. The newly designed gift box is inspired by the Moon Goddess Chang’e. New this year is the Lace Lotus Paste Mooncake, a hybrid of aromas, flavors, and texture made with salted egg-yolk filling, white lotus seed paste, and a skin with crushed caramelized peanuts. Hong Kong MX also offers low-sugar mooncake variants which make use of sugar substitutes. The Low Sugar Series is comprised of Reduced Sugar White Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake and Reduced Sugar White Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake with Pine Nut. Both comes in boxes of six pieces. Also available are eggrolls. Choose from its original flavor that comes in the classic cube-shaped tin containing 32 eggrolls or the assorted variant containing 36 eggrolls. The Assorted Petite Eggroll carries flavors such as original, coconut, chocolate, and matcha. Visit https://doubledownimportexportinc.storehub.me for more details. Hong Kong MX mooncakes are available on different channels such as Facebook (Hong Kong MX Products Philippines), Instagram (@hkmxproductsph), Lazada and Shopee (Hong Kong MX Products Phils), GrabFood (Hong Kong MX Bakery), Pickaroo (Hong Kong MX), and MetroMart (Hong Kong MX). There are also pop-up store in the following locations: SM Mall of Asia, Greenhills V-Mall, Robinson’s Manila, Uptown BGC, and Ayala Cloverleaf.