This mid-autumn festival, Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel presents our Mooncake Collection 2024 rightly named the AUTUMN ORCHESTRA, taking inspiration of the soothing melodies from the Opera House. The collection comprises three luxurious boxes featuring authentic handcrafted mooncakes by Li Bai’s artisan chefs.
MOONCAKE COLLECTION, AUTUMN ORCHESTRA
In this mid-autumn festival, Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel presents our Mooncake Collection 2024 named AUTUMN ORCHESTRA taking the inspiration from the soothing melodies at the Opera House. The concept of this collection marks the milestone of the Sheraton Saigon’s renaming phase with “Grand Opera”.
The 2024 mooncake collection encompasses three luxurious boxes schemed by the Weldon blue and bright tone of the wooden materials. The first box is the classic version representing a timeless box named The Paragon, highlighted by the art paper with embossed patterns, for an elegant twist for such a traditional rectangle shape. The second box is the innovative version for a creative box named The Dreamer. The Dreamer represents a mid-autumn lantern with childhood nostalgia. Made from wood, the box encompasses a distinctive structure, starring two edges similar to a theatre door set. The most anticipated box of the collection, the VVIP version with limited edition, named The Muse. It is the star of the collection and the muse of the mid-autumn. Featuring PU leather with embossed patterns, The Muse is the ultimate luxury box of the year.
From Mr. Julian Wong, our General Manager: “It is with pleasure for us to introduce the luxurious yet creative mooncake boxes as the autumn arrives. 2024 marks a milestone as our hotel were renamed as Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel following our preparation for the renovation of the Grand Tower building. Our 2024 collection is inspired and developed from that. Autumn is the most romantic season of the year and also the time to celebrate mooncake festival. An autumn orchestra is perfectly completed by an elegant box and the handcrafted mooncakes.”
RENOWNED HANDCRAFTED MOONCAKE IN SAIGON
Since the early 2000s, Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel has been the leading producers for premium handcrafted mooncakes in Saigon. Curated by the hotel’ team of artisan chefs embodying over 30 years of experience, each mooncake is skillfully handcrafted with passion, recipes passed by two decades of tradition, masterful craftmanship and the expertise with lineage to the traditional Chinese methods of preparation. Our mooncakes are loved for our signature thin crust with golden shades and its smooth-textured fillings bringing a sensation of mild sweetness and distinctive aroma.
Mr. Diep Nhieu, MasterChef of Li Bai restaurant whom leads our mooncake production shares: “Every Mid-autumn brings a yearly thrill and excitement to our kitchen. All of our mooncakes at Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel are totally handcrafted based on traditional methods for Chinese mooncakes by a team of over 60 chefs. It takes high sophistication throughout a long process to handcraft a baked mooncake, from kneading the dough to perfection by hands – this technique is required to check the skin’s smoothness and softness, to rolling the fillings into balls and shaping the mooncakes with the standardized ratio of skin thickness.”
From the first batches of mooncakes made more than two decades ago, Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel has been refining our processes to ensure that every year we are closer to perfecting our craft, all our ingredients are hand selected from certified and sustainable suppliers with a tradition in only the finest produce. Our inhouse baking process is overseen by our head baker to ensure our commitment to slow cook to control the texture and taste of the mooncake as well as maximize the quality and taste of our end product.
From Mr. Julian Wong, our General Manager: “In Ho Chi Minh City, we are proud that Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel is the only five-star international hotel hand crafting traditional style mooncakes in house. This is a unique story that sets our footprint in the hearts of gastronomes across Saigon who ultimately care about the quality of our high-rated handcrafted products.”
EAT MOONCAKE AND WATCH THE MOON – THE SPECIALTY OF MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL
Every year, Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel presents eight different fillings including the savory and sweet delicacies to delight diverse taste buds. This year, the top eight renowned fillings that are popular in two decades for its distinctive flavor and sensational aroma would be re-introduced.
The two savory flavors include the mixed nuts comprising the classic rich taste and a harmonious combination of different ingredients – it is the must-have item for every reunion; while the scallop XO, an example of culinary craftsmanship with Li Bai’s tasty XO sauce – a combination of the delicate taste of the dried scallop and the boldness of the homemade XO sauce. This is the best-selling filling of all seasons.
The six sweet flavors include the white lotus, the traditional item of the mid-autumn festival and boasts a refined aftertaste; the pandan lotus starring a quintessential duo of the fragrant pandan leaves and aromatic lotus seeds; the black and white sesame with its richness in minerals; the green tea offering unspoiled experience for every green tea fanatic with its iconic green and the gentle taste; to the cranberry with the refreshing taste of the fruity sweetness mostly used for syrup; and the imperial Long Jing tea, also known as the dragon well, the famous green tea of Hang Zhou stars the Top twelve best teas of China used for royal.
Mr. Diep Nhieu shares: “Every one prefers every taste. However, the unique feature of Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel’s baked mooncakes is our dazzling color of the glow thin skin and its silky filling. While the mooncake is eaten, its skin and filling are mixed for a tempting essence with mouthwatering experience. For whichever filling, our feature is authentically consistent. Though the food trend has changed in overall, to celebrate the mid-autumn festival, our traditional mooncake has placed a special position from generations to generations. In the celebratory moonlit night, there is nothing to compare with nibbling with an irresistible piece of mooncake and sipping a hot tea with beloved ones. I am pretty sure that the taste of reunion is the most precious gift that we anticipate during every mid-autumn festival.”
Mr. Julian Wong adds: “Many guests ask why we always have eight fillings. It comes from the auspicious meaning of number 8 which represents for prosperity. In addition, 8 relates to our hotel address 88 Dong Khoi and 80 Dong Du.”
The mooncake price ranges from VND 1,488,000 per box of four cakes to VND 2,988,000 per box for the limited edition with five cakes and one tea. Visit us at the mooncake booth at the lobby of Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel from 19 July to 17 September 2024 for any inquiries.
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