TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Hotels in Taiwan are offering Mid-Autumn Festival mooncake gift sets this year, highlighting Taiwanese flavors, themed packaging, and limited editions.
In Taiwan, Mid-Autumn Festival is one of three major traditional holidays alongside Lunar New Year and Dragon Boat Festival, and falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month — Oct. 6 this year.
Mooncakes, with their round, golden shapes, have become synonymous with the festival. Historically used as ritual offerings, they represent family unity and completeness, making them a centerpiece of the celebrations.
Hotels across Taiwan are offering festive mooncake sets, according to press releases.
North Taiwan
Grand Hyatt Taipei
A lake-green box inspired by endemic birds features four pieces — orange coconut, jujube walnut, double-yolk lotus seed paste, and XO scallop — priced at NT$1,980 (US$65). A six-piece classic set includes jujube walnut, XO scallop, pumpkin cheese, red wine fig with almond walnut, sesame walnut, and orange coconut, priced at NT$1,280.
W Taipei
The “Connected” box contains six mooncakes — three egg custard and three mullet roe custard — priced at NT$1,580, and includes a portable Bluetooth speaker.
Episode Hotel
The “Moon Light” tea and egg-yolk pastry box uses a vinyl record–style package; each box has six pastries, including probiotic-infused classic red bean egg-yolk pastries.
Central Taiwan
Millennium Hotel Taichung
For a third year, the hotel collaborates with 2018 Masters de la Boulangerie champion Wang Peng-jie (王鵬傑) on a tea-focused set: four egg-yolk pastries, two Tieguanyin, and two Alishan oolong pastries, priced at NT$1,488.
East Taiwan
Sheraton Taitung Hotel
Sheraton Taitung introduces The Moonlight Cabinet, a nostalgic, home-inspired wooden box containing six mooncakes and tea pairings. The gift set opens drawer by drawer, revealing flavors such as golden custard, Japanese plum wine, sesame custard, and lime Biluochun tea, priced at NT$1,680.
South Taiwan
Shangri-La Far Eastern Tainan
Two sets are offered: “Prestige of Elegance” (two Cantonese-style mooncakes, kumquat–mango jam, oolong–black tea blend, and four dorayaki, priced at NT$1,598) and “Moon of Hope” (two low-oil Momoyama-style mooncakes, pomelo–pineapple honey cake, and black date–walnut pastries made in partnership with St. Raphael Opportunity Center, priced at NT$1,298).
