Food News: Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival the Shangri-La Way

The arrival of the Mid-Autumn Festival brings with it renewed hope, celebrated with the iconic mooncake. Celebrate this year's festival the "Shangri-La way..."

The annual festival is a much anticipated event at Makati Shangri-La, Manila, with its exclusive line of mooncakes featuring inventive flavors. Makati Shangri-La, Manila celebrates this year's Mid-Autumn Festival with a new mooncake flavor along with its classic mooncake selection, a long-running tradition, and the "Shangri-La way."

New flavors, along with traditional mooncakes, always add an exciting spin to the festival, and this year is no different. "Every year, we are delighted to celebrate this with our beloved guests, the Shangri-La way," said Alain Borgers, General Manager of Makati Shangri-La, Manila. 

At the formal launch, Makati Shangri-La, Manila unveiled this year's selection of mooncakes in its elegant lobby, highlighted by a theatrical dance performance narrating the legend of the mooncake. 

This year, the rich and authentic flavors of the celebrated mooncake are matched with equally attractive packaging. Makati Shangri-La, Manila's mooncakes are packaged in elegantly well-crafted boxes in aqua blue, peach, red, and gold, perfect as gifts to family, friends, and business associates.

At the launch, we sampled Makati Shangri-La, Manila's newest flavor, the Black Sesame Mooncake, combining a rich yet mild sweetness with the bold notes of premium black sesame for intense flavors. Other classic and traditional flavors, including White Lotus, Mixed Nuts, and Red Bean are also available. 

Select from a wide variety of flavors and sizes, as well as attractive packaging, for that perfect Mid-Autumn Festival treat at Makati Shangri-La, Manila.

You may order and enjoy Makati Shangri-La, Manila's exclusive mooncake selection from August 20 to September 27, 2015. This year, celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival the "Shangri-La way" with its exclusive mooncake selection.

Makati Shangri-La, Manila is located at Ayala Avenue corner Makati Avenue, Makati City or call restaurant reservations at 813-8888 for more information on the exclusive Mooncake selection or email rric.slm@shangri-la.com. Guests may also log on to http://bit.ly/MidAutumn2015 to download the mooncake brochure.

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