Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival With Popular Handmade Mooncakes At The Peninsula Bangkok
The Peninsula Bangkok Hotel celebrates this forthcoming Mid-Autumn Festival with its ever-popular handmade Peninsula mooncakes from 10 August to 30 September 2012.
- (1888PressRelease) August 07, 2012 - The Peninsula Bangkok Hotel (http://www.peninsula.com/Bangkok/en/default.aspx) will celebrate the forthcoming Mid-Autumn Festival with its ever-popular handmade Peninsula mooncakes, available from 10 August to 30 September 2012, together with special Mid-Autumn set menus at the award-winning Mei Jiang restaurant from 27 to 30 September 2012.
Traditional Chinese mooncakes are eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival that occurs on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month - falling in September or early October in the Gregorian calendar. The date parallels the autumnal equinox of the solar calendar, when the moon is at its fullest and roundest. The full moon is traditionally a symbol for reunion (tuan yuan) and the Mid-Autumn Festival is a time for family reunions and "gathering around the hearth" (yuan means round). Families gather to admire the moon, eat mooncakes and partake in the other cultural traditions. Enjoying the moon is an ancient tradition in China going back nearly 1,400 years. Celebrating the moon during mid-autumn appears to have occurred since Zhou Dynasty times. Today, mooncakes are still considered an indispensable delicacy and are offered by friends and colleagues and at family gatherings while celebrating the festival.
This year The Peninsula Bangkok's Executive Chinese Chef Jackie Ho and his team will make
200,000 mooncakes by hand in 52 days (the equivalent of 3,846 mooncakes per day), using approximately 10 tonnes of ingredients including duck eggs, which give the very best quality and flavour along with the Peninsula's own secret recipe for soft pastry skin. Contained in newly- designed packaging, only a limited quantity are freshly made every day by our veteran chefs. The delicious treats are available in two flavours - Lotus Seed Paste and the bestseller, Egg Custard, which is created from a traditional secret recipe made famous by the The Peninsula Hong Kong. No preservatives are used in the making of the Peninsula mooncakes.
The Peninsula mooncakes are priced at THB 560 net per box of eight, THB 460 net per box of six and THB 120 net for a special limited edition box. They can be purchased from two locations at this Bangkok luxury hotel (http://www.peninsula.com/Bangkok/en/Accommodation/Balcony_Room/default.aspx): The Peninsula Boutique on Level G (between 8:00 am and 8:00 pm) and Mei Jiang restaurant on Level G (between 12:00 pm - 10:00 pm).
"Early Bird" orders placed from 10 to 31 August 2012 will receive one additional complimentary box for every purchase of 10 boxes. Free delivery is offered to one location within the Bangkok metropolitan area for purchases of 50 boxes or more and special corporate prices are also available for bulk orders. *
From 14 to 30 September 2012, The Peninsula mooncakes will also be available for purchase at The Emporium (on the Fifth floor, opposite the supermarket entrance) and Siam Paragon Shopping Complex (Ground floor, in front of the Gourmet Market).
Not to be missed is a special Mid-Autumn set menu that is available to celebrate this significant festival with family at Mei Jiang restaurant from 27 to 30 September 2012. Guests can enjoy the set lunch at THB 1,880** per person and set dinner at THB 2,480** per person.
*Complimentary box, free delivery and special corporate prices are available only with Early Bird orders.
**Prices are subject to 10% service charge and applicable government tax.
For more information or to make reservations, please contact The Peninsula Boutique on (66-2) 626
1850 and 861-2373 or e-mail diningpbk ( @ ) peninsula dot com
Incorporated in 1866 and listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (00045), HSH is the holding company of a Group which is engaged in the ownership, development and management of prestigious hotels, commercial and residential properties in key locations in Asia, the United States and Europe, as well as the provision of transport, club management and other services. The hotel portfolio of the Group comprises The Peninsula Hotels in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, New York, Chicago, Beverly Hills, Tokyo, Bangkok, Manila and Paris (opening in 2013). The property portfolio of the Group includes The Repulse Bay Complex, The Peak Tower and The Peak Tramways, St. John's Building, The Landmark in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and the Thai Country Club in Bangkok, Thailand.
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