25th Aug 2025 - Time Out HK "The quirkiest mooncakes for Mid-Autumn Festival 2025"
The quirkiest mooncakes for Mid-Autumn Festival 2025
From beef Wellington to Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, these mooncake fillings certainly stand out
Mid-Autumn Festival is associated with many traditions – moon gazing, spending time with family, playing with lanterns, and of course, eating mooncakes. While it’s hard to pinpoint exactly when these treats were first created, legend has it that mooncakes were used during the Yuan Dynasty to smuggle revolutionary messages to overthrow the Mongol empire. Nowadays, most of us enjoy standard fillings like lotus seed paste with salted egg yolks, lava custard, or red bean and mandarin peel – the usual suspects. But who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? Hong Kong has tons of unconventional yet utterly delicious takes on these timeless pastries – keep scrolling to find them all.
Hong Kong's quirkiest mooncakes for Mid Autumn Festival
Steak King
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