Mooncake Madness! The Best Mid-Autumn Treats

It’s one of Hong Kong’s most festive times of the year, with lanterns lining the streets, light shows illuminating the sky, dragons dancing in Tai Hang and families feasting on local delicacies. Yep, Mid-Autumn Festival is nearly here! This long-held celebration was traditionally a thanksgiving for the harvest, and one of the main symbols of the festival has got to be the moon… well, mooncakes to be precise. The round shape of the cakes symbolises completeness and unity, and these rich delights are meant to be shared to bring people together. You can’t walk into any shop at the moment without being bombarded with various flavours of mooncakes, so if you’re thinking about buying some for friends, family or colleagues then we’re here to help you out. Read on for our pick of the best mooncakes this season!

HEALTHY HONG KONG MOONCAKES

The humble mooncake, a Chinese pastry eaten during the Mid Autumn Festival, has been reinvented. And thank the Lunar Gods for that! A typical mooncake will set you back 1,000 unhealthy calories — half a day’s worth. But not MAYYA Movement’s handpicked alternatives. Gone is the flour, the salted duck eggs, the generous lashing of lard and vegetable oil, replaced with healthy raw, organic and vegan alternatives.

Read on to learn more about our suggestions for five alternatives for healthy Hong Kong mooncakes this year.

1. Green Vitamin’s Raw Organic Coconut Mooncakes

Check out these healthy Hong Kong mooncake beauties from local online food store Green Vitamin, known for their organic produce and healthy creations.  

Six delectable flavors are on offer: white almond, dark velvet cacao, green tea with moringa, strawberry, cinnamon and original. Get ordering! HKD 388 for a box of six. Read more >>>

Green Vitamin – delicious, health foods you have to try!

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Sometimes at Sassy we come across a company or brand that really has an impact on the way we live our lives. When Sammy and I were introduced to Green Vitamin, it really changed the way we thought about our health, nutrition and lifestyles… so much so that decided to share this amazing brand with all of you!

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Hong Kong-based online store Green Vitamin is a one-stop shop for a solid and liquid overhaul — you know they mean business when they actually specialise in different types of kale and wheatgrass, and have a team of raw food chefs to prepare an extensive range of healthy snacks, with produce grown at their own organic farm.

Liquid-wise, Green Vitamin have a series of flavoured water kefirs — this is a natural, fermented, probiotic beverage containing a whack of valuable enzymes and acids that hydrate and aid with digestion. The 350 millilitre recycled bottles come in packs of six (from HK$448), with flavours you don’t have to pretend to like — who’s going to say no to straight up strawberry, pineapple, or lemongrass and ginger? They also sell packs of wheatgrass, beetroot and kale shots in shot-size servings (from HK$400 for 14), which you can add to any home-made juices or healthy recipes.

Green Queen Loves: Have you had your Green Vitamin today?

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Green Vitamin pioneered local, organic wheatgrass making it available to shops, restaurant and avid health fanatics across Hong Kong. On top of the fresh boxes, they offer wheatgrass starter kits so you can grown it yourself as well as the uber-convenient frozen wheatgrass shots so you always have a green superfood in your freezer.

Green on Green: Green Queen Reviews Green Vitamin

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Have you heard of Green Vitamin? If not, you’re seriously missing out. The relatively new health food company is fast becoming Hong Kong’s premier innovator of super living foods. What started out as a one-man wheatgrass selling company has now transformed into a supplier of a wide selection of awesome organic products.