Five Elements Moon Cake from Hotel Nikko

Mid-Autumn festival has always been something I look forward into every year, because I just simply love moon cakes. To date, many moon cakes producers have been creative and tried to be stand out from the competitive market, especially when even Haagen Dazs and Starbucks also introduced their own moon cakes.

This year, Hotel Nikko has come up with their very own creativity based on the Chinese 5 elements of Fire, Earth, Water, Metal and Wood. Each element is represented by a specific colour, as colour is the easiest way to use the five elements principle to bring harmony and suspicious overtones to any celebration.

Above: The Five Elements Moon Cakes

Chocolate Paste with Mixed Nuts
Brown in colour to represent the EARTH element. Earth gives stability and also relates to real estate and legacies.
Earth is patient, just, honest and methodical. Priced at RM13.00++ per piece

Mini Japanese Anko Paste with Rose Flavour
Pink in colour to represent the FIRE element. Fire gives energy and enthusiasm. Fire warms and cheer; and represents
the element of the natural leader. Fire represents red, summer and south. Priced at RM13.00++ per piece

Mini Green Tea Paste with Single Egg Yolk
Green in colour to represent the WOOD element. Wood is creative and innovative. Wood can be pliant and bending
(willow) or strong and unyielding (oak). Wood is sociable and community minded. Wood also represents the colour
green, the season spring, and the direction east. Wood also represents birth and early childhood.
Priced at RM13.00++ per piece

Mini Bamboo Charcoal and Egg Cream Paste with Silver Dust
Black in colour to represent the WATER element. Water indicates travel, communication, and learning. It also relates
to literature, the arts, and the media. Water nourishes all living things and represents winter and north.
Priced at RM13.00++ per piece

Mini Pumpkin Paste with Cream Cheese and Gold Dust, Mini Durian Paste with Milk Cream and Mini
Egg Cream Paste with Bird’s Nest
White in colour to represent the METAL element. Metal (also frequently referred to as “gold”) indicates harvest,
business and success. This is usually financial success. The color is usually white, but can also be gold. It symbolizes
autumn and west; and represents the adult years. Priced at RM25.00++ per piece.

Apart from the Snow skin moon cakes, there are also the traditional baked version as well such as White Lotus with Single Egg Yolk, Pure White Lotus Paste with Nuts, Pandan Paste with Egg Cream and Walnuts, Red Bean Paste with Sunflower Seeds and White Lotus with Double Egg Yolk. Prices range from RM16.00++ per piece to RM21.00++ per piece.

Above: Traditional Version of Moon Cakes by Nikko Hotel

Above: The packaging of the traditional moon cakes

After admiring the beauty of the 5 elements moon cakes, we were treated with a demonstration by Chef Lo Tian Sion himself! He showed us the steps to make the mini snow moon cakes from A-Z.

At the end, a simple touch by brushing it with gold dust.

 

Above: Step A-Z showing how to make a perfect moon cake.

Above: The end product (Left) and Wifey participating in the making (Right)

Above: Introducing the man behind the scene, Chef Lo Tian Sion

Have you reserved your moon cake? Wait no longer, go to Nikko Hotel!