Thursday, September 27, 2012

2012 Mooncakes @ Tai Zi Heen, Prince Hotel KL

Hi everyone! Just a friendly reminder that Mid-Autumn Festival is this Sunday 30th September. Have you had mooncakes yet? And have you bought mooncakes to eat while moon gazing this weekend as well as playing with your candles and lanterns? I can't wait!

I am glad that I got to try Tai Zi Heen's mooncakes before the end of the mooncake season. I am usually a fan of the snow skin mooncakes, but the baked ones from Tai Zi Heen totally impressed me! Thin skin, and uber smooth filling - just look at the photo below! 

Hong Kong white lotus paste with single egg yolk (RM24++)

Kids playing pretend with their mooncake bags... 

We're off to buy mooncakes
For our dearest mummy and grandma




Tai Zi Heen offers 5 types of baked mooncakes as well as 4 snowskin ones. I tried all the baked ones - HK white lotus paste with single egg yolk (RM24), pandan lotus paste with melon seeds (RM24), five variety nuts with rum and raisin (RM25), oatmeal, macadamia nut and sun dried apricot (RM22) and cappuccino with cocoa nibs (RM22). I liked them all, but my favorite is the classic white lotus paste one. The filling (paste) was really smooth and the salted egg yolk was pretty good too. These are also the least sweet baked mooncakes I've tried this year, so it is suited for those who are more health conscious but still want to enjoy mooncakes.

The kids enjoyed the oatmeal, macadamia nut and sun dried apricot as well the pandan lotus paste one. We finished 8 of these in less than 2 days. ;D




HK white lotus paste with single egg yolk


Pandan lotus paste with melon seeds


Which one should I pick next?


Oatmeal, macadamia nut and sun dried apricot 


Thumbs up!

Five variety nuts with rum and raisin - my mum's favorite, though I couldn't taste the rum. 


Thank you for reading, now let me get back to enjoying my mooncake. :)


Pork-free.

Opening times: Lunch; 12.00 pm - 2.30pm, Dinner; 6.30pm-10.30pm. There is also a mooncake booth at the lobby, which is open from 12 noon to 9.30pm.

Location: Tai Zi Heen, Level 2, Prince Hotel & Residence Kuala Lumpur, 4 Jalan Conlay, 50450 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Tel: 03-2170 8888

Website: http://www.princehotelkl.com

GPS Coordinates: 3.150179, 101.714516

19 comments:

  1. Looks good. Lovely photos. I don't like those with nuts though. Will be posting on our local Sibu ones this Sunday, the actual festival day.

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    1. I don't really like the nuts one too, but I ate 2-3 pieces of this. Nowadays the orange peel taste not so strong, bearable for me.

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  2. Oh my ! Loads of mouthwatering mooncake you got in there ! If you could throw the one with macadamia , I'll be a happy camper ! lol

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  3. Your kids are very talented models =). Somehow I prefer thick skin mooncake compared to thin skin one.

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    1. Haha I am greedy.. I like more filling compared to crust :P

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  4. ooh, i'm usually not a fan of nut-filled mooncakes, but a version with rum is tempting indeed. i guess they keep the rum content at a minimal though so that it remains kid-friendly :D gosh, soon so already the mooncake season is coming to an end. it almost feels like just last week that the hotels started selling mooncakes, heh :D

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    1. Me neither. My kids wont touch the nuts one as well. They usually like the smooth fillings, ie lotus paste or pandan. The oatmeal one was a hit with them, they kept taking out all the oatmeal filling and leaving us with none.

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  5. Wow can see how smooth the filling is!

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    1. Yeah so smooth, the knife just glide down the mooncake - cut with ease!

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  6. The skin is so thin... The chefs there really have the skills. The oatmeal, macadamia and apricot one sounds really interesting.

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    1. Thinnest one we had this year! Just the way I like it :D

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  7. 2 more days to go, I still have time to buy more mooncakes! Hehehe.

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    1. Tmr I also wanna go buy mooncakes, can makan with my kids on Sunday while playing lantern ;)

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  8. Just bootiful! I love the outdoor shots.. ! btw, u better stop letting ur son get used to carrying a handbag?! LOL.. oh wait a minute.. i guess he could have a manbag too right.. teehee :P

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  9. Hi, we have a moon cake contest running over at eatyourworld.com; to enter you just have to upload a photo of one--and you have some beautiful ones here! Check it out at www.eatyourworld.com/contests, if you're interested.

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