The quirkiest mooncakes for Mid-Autumn Festival 2025

For all you carnivores out there, Steak King’s holiday pastry will meat your expectations. This premier butcher has taken the ever-iconic beef Wellington recipe, shrunk it down, and shaped it into a mooncake. Albeit an eyebrow-raising concept, these savoury pastries each contain a hefty piece of Wagyu beef covered in mushroom duxelles, and are packed full of flavour. Each of Steak King’s mooncake gift boxes contains four Wagyu beef mooncakes, delivered frozen and ready to bake. Follow the included instructions in your box to bake your Wellington mooncakes to golden perfection. 

Where to buy: www.steak-king.com, from September 15 until stocks last
Price: $888

To our surprise (and many others, we’re sure), Pret a Manger has released a festive gift set with two seasonal mooncake-inspired scones. Before you brush these off as regular scones, think again. In honour of the Mid-Autumn Festival, one of the fluffy baked goods is flavoured with salted egg yolk, while the other is flavoured with Earl Grey to pay homage to Pret’s English roots. Each gift box includes a portion of clotted cream and strawberry jam, as well as a drink coupon to redeem a regular-sized coffee or tea from any of Pret’s branches in Hong Kong.

Where to buy: All Pret a Manger locations around Hong Kong (from September 3 onwards)
Price: $58

Okay, so technically the star of this show isn’t a quirky mooncake, but do we really need an excuse to squeal about how adorable Bombshell’s Lotus Luna Bomb is? This full moon-shaped Bombshell is a white chocolate sphere loaded with all kinds of candies, chocolates, and confectionery inside, waiting to be cracked open like a piñata – little wooden hammer included. How often do you get to chaotically smash into your dessert before devouring it with your loved ones? And in case you’re really pedantic, this festive set does also come with four white lotus seed purée and double egg yolk mooncakes from Cuisine Cuisine.

Where to buy: ​​mira-eshop.com
Price: $888, all orders before September 1 can enjoy a 30-percent early-bird discount

Soulgood Bakery has put a Spanish twist on the Chinese holiday snack by debuting Basque cheesecake-inspired snowy mooncakes. Each icy treat features a bouncy outer skin made with glutinous rice flour, wrapped around a decadent, creamy centre inspired by their crowd-pleasing cheesecakes. Opt for the assorted snowy mooncake box to try inventive mooncake flavours like original Basque, strawberry yoghurt, classic egg custard, and salted egg yolk. Alternatively, Soulgood has also rolled out indulgent fillings like Dubai pistachio, as well as Musang King durian or Black Thorn durian if you like your festive treats with a bit of funk. 

Where to buy: soulgoodbakeryhk.com
Price: From $268 and up, all orders before September 6 can enjoy a 20-percent early-bird discount

If you were going to dig into Pandan Man’s fluffy pandan chiffon cakes with your loved ones during the Mid-Autumn Festival, be sure to opt for the local brand’s festive gift set instead. Aside from containing their signature cake, this exclusive set also features four mooncakes in two distinctive flavours: white lotus seed with pandan paste and mochi, as well as golden egg custard with a rich pandan lava. 

Where to buy: pandanman.com.hk or Pandan Man’s pop-ups in Landmark Atrium or Hysan Place
Price: $480 until September 6, then $580 from September 7 until stocks last.

Local Chinese dessert chain Grindie has released classic white lotus seed paste and salted egg mooncakes, but this year, they’re also offering sweet soup-inspired takes on the holiday baked goods. Slice into the chain’s black sesame lava mooncake to enjoy the aromatic filling paired with a buttery pastry shell, or opt for Grindie’s lava pistachio with black sesame and lava cashew gift set to enjoy a unique fusion of flavours. 

Where to buy: grindie.hk
Price: $198 until September 16, then $248 from September 17 until stocks last.

Ralph’s Coffee is back with their collection of festive pastries for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Like previous years, they’re rolling out with egg custard lava mooncakes and mocha coffee-flavoured mooncakes, which all come in a dark green telephone booth-shaped box, along with Ralph’s signature Polo Bear barista as an adorable memento. 

Where to buy: ralphlauren.com.hk
Price: $488 until September 5, then $568 from September 6 onwards until stocks last

While most will be familiar with Island Shangri-La’s timeless mooncake varieties like white lotus seed paste with salted egg yolks, egg custard, or red bean paste with dried tangerine peel, the hotel’s one-Michelin-starred Cantonese restaurant, Summer Palace, has whipped up an expanded selection of delightful standout treats. Satisfy your sweet-tooth cravings with their mochi mooncake collection, featuring flavours such as pistachio and white mochi, or taro and indulgent dark brown sugar mochi. 

Over at the hotel’s Hokkien restaurant, Ming Pavilion, customers can look towards a trio of fragrant mooncakes made with Da Hong Pao oolong, jasmine, and hojicha teas. In particular, we’ve got our eyes on the restaurant’s Buddha Jumps Over the Wall mooncakes, which come loaded with savoury ingredients like sea cucumber, conpoy, abalone, and much more.  

Where to buy: boutique.shangri-la.com
Price: From $318 and up