Where To Get Mooncakes in Shanghai

Mid-Autumn Festival always takes place on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month; this year’s zhongqiujie (中秋节) falls on October 4. With Mid-Autumn Festival comes mooncakes. Mooncakes are typically offered as gifts to friends and family (or your laoban or landlord) during Mid-Autumn Festival.
There are sweet and savory, traditional and contemporary mooncakes, usually consumed in small wedges with tea. The tea is necessary, if you haven't had mooncakes before, to wash down the rich and often heavy dose of crust and custard. Be it for your own personal consumption or for gift giving, here are some places where you can preorder mooncakes. 

The Peninsula
Where: The Peninsula Hotel, 32 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu (near Beijing Dong Lu) 中山东一路32号 (近北京东路) 
When: Aug 15-Oct 8
Tel: 2327-2888

The Peninsula Shanghai is celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival with gourmet mooncake gift boxes, bringing back the traditional custard and the popular durian flavor from last year, as well as introducing a new pandan flavor. Handcrafted by the Yi Long Court culinary team, the three flavors are available for purchase at the restaurant or at via the hotel's official WeChat account. The mooncakes come in gift boxes of eight pieces—RMB428 for the custard, RMB468 for the pandan or durian. Limited quantities available.

The Fairmont Peace Hotel
Where: Fairmont Peace Hotel, 20 Nanjing Dong Lu (near Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu) 南京东路20号 (近中山东一路) 
When: Until Oct 4
Tel: 6138-6888

The Fairmont Peace Hotel is celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival and has prepared a unique selection of moon cake gift boxes with designs inspired by the beauty and elegance of the hotel's Art Deco style. They have more than 10 flavors of moon cakes from the traditional red bean, custard, lotus paste with egg yolk and dried pork floss to contemporary flavors like rose and jasmine, cheese, chocolate, green tea and mocha. The gift boxes start at RMB198 for a box of four, RMB238 for a box of five, RM268 or RMB338 for a box of six, depending on the flavors you choose. Bulk orders, gift certificates and delivery available.

La Boutique de Joel Robuchon
Where: Salon de Joel Robuchon, 1/F, 18 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu (near Beijing Dong Lu) 中山东一路外滩18号1楼 (近北京东路) 
When: Until Nov 9
Tel: 6070-8888

La Boutique de Joel Robuchon is celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival with Cantonese, Su and French-inspired mooncakes. The cakes use pound cake as a base, adding nuts, cherry and rum to the mix. The gift boxes of four pieces are RMB368, orders of more than 50 boxes are RMB298 per box. 

Waldorf Astoria
Where: Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 2 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu (near Guangdong Lu) 中山东一路2号 (近广东路) 
When: Until Oct 4
Tel: 6322-9988 

Waldorf Astoria is celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival with a selection of moon cakes for takeaway as gift boxes. Flavors include egg yolk and milk, truffle ham, durian and mango and rose and lychee. Available in two packages, a set of four for RMB288 and a set of eight for RMB388. Place your order before September 1 for 15% off.

The Kerry Hotel Pudong
Where: 1388 Huamu Lu (near Fangdian Lu) 花木路1388号 (近芳甸路)
When: Until Oct 4
Tel: 6169-8886

The Kerry Hotel Pudong now has mooncake gift boxes starting at RMB168 for a box of eight and range up to RMB398 for a box of 10. In addition to the traditional mooncakes of white lotus with egg yolk, red bean, red lotus with egg yolk and black sesame, they also have some inventive flavors like chestnut, green tea, cappucino, seaweed, yogurt, cheese with blueberry and others.

Andaz
Where: Andaz Xintiandi, 88 Songshan Lu (near Taicang Lu) 嵩山路88号 (近太仓路) 
When: Until Oct 31
Tel: 2310-1234

Andaz Xintiandi is celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival with a range of traditional moon cakes. They'll be selling their pork moon cakes and red bean paste moon cakes, a box of eight pieces, for RMB50. Orders are available until the end of October, pick-up only. 

Renaissance Zhongshan Park
Where: Reinaissance Shanghai Zhongshan Park Hotel, 1018 Changning Lu (near Kaixuan Lu) 长宁路1018号 (近凯旋路) 
When: Jul 25-Oct 4 
Tel: 6115-8888

The Renaissance Shanghai Zhongshan Park is celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival with moon cakes, available as gift boxes. The box of six pieces consists of two traditional lotus paste with egg yolk, Japanese green tea, fresh coconut, red bean paste and spicy beef. 

Man Ho
Where: Man Ho Chinese (Shanghai Marriott Hotel Parkview) 333 Guang Zhong Xi Lu (near Gong He Xin Lu) 广中西路333号宝华万豪酒店 (近共和新路) 
When: Until Oct 4
Tel: 3669-8670 

Man Ho at the Shanghai Marriott Hotel Parkview is celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival with moon cake gift boxes. They have gift boxes for six or eight moon cakes for RMB188 or RMB198. Flavors include a mix of traditional and modern flavors including meat with XO sauce, red wine cranberry, caramelized coconut, Japanese mocha, white lotus seed with egg yolk, red bean paste and more. 

Key Words: Mooncake, Mid-Autumn Festival, Food in China
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