Now tell me, do you know of any restaurant that produces only 2 types of mooncakes? Quite rare, right? Well, the Oriental Group of restaurants do that. Yes, ONLY 2 flavours and both are snowskin mooncakes.
And frankly speaking, the Oriental Group’s restaurants don’t do much promotion or marketing of their mooncakes. They sell out every year. The only place their mooncakes are mentioned is on their website. And of course, now on my site, haha!
I have eaten their mooncakes last year – the same 2 flavours and they have maintained the same high quality throughout the years. I know because I’ve just had a box of them again this year. They are so good that I feel I should share this with you.
The White Lotus Paste with Single Egg Yolk (RM18++ each) has a lotus paste which is paler than most. That’s due to the premium grade of lotus seeds used and the mooncake is dotted evenly with sunflower seeds for that nice crunchy bite. The salted egg yolk is moist and has a glorious orangey hue – again, only the best yolks are used.
The Oriental’s lovely pale green Durian Mooncake (RM23++ each) is a best seller. It’s not made entirely of durians alone, like how it’s done in some other establishments. But even though combined with lotus paste and the top-grade durian is at the centre, it’s one helluva durian mooncake! If you don’t want to be overwhelmed by a completely durian-filled mooncake, yet want to savour a dollop of excellent durian, then this is the mooncake for you.
The snowskin mooncakes are made by hand by the Oriental chefs and they are available in all their restaurants. However, they don’t make them in huge quantities so as to maintain the quality. Quantities are limited, so to make sure you can get some, it’s best to call the restaurants to check.
The Oriental Group of Restaurants are:
Oriental Pavilion
P1-04, Level 1 Podium, Jaya 33
No.3 Jalan Semangat, Section 13
46200 Petaling Jaya
Tel: +603-7956 9288
Oriental Banquet
No. 16 Jalan 19/1, Section 19
46100 Petaling Jaya
Tel: +603-7957 8488
Noble House
No. 19, Jalan Delima, Off Jalan Tun Razak
55100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: +603-2145 8822
Noble Banquet
No. 235, Jalan Bukit Bintang
55100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: +603-2145 8822
The Ming Room
T109 & T111A, 3rd Floor, Bangsar Shopping Centre
285 Jalan Maarof, Bukit Bandaraya
59000 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: +603-2284 8822
Maju Palace
Suite 5.6 – 5.11, Level 5, Maju Junction Mall
1001 Jalan Sultan Ismail
50250 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: +603-2691 8822
The Han Room
Lot G243,G246 &G247 Ground Floor
The Gardens Mall, Mid Valley City
Lingkaran Syed Putra
59200 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: +603-2284 8833
Oriental Viva
Lot 3-32, 3-33 & 3-K-11
3rd Floor
Viva Home Shopping Mall
Plaza Uncang Emas
No. 85 Jalan Loke Yew
55200 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: +603-9283 8833
Noble Mansion
P1-01, Level 1 Podium, Plaza 33
No. 1 Jalan Kemajuan, Section 13
46200 Petaling Jaya
Tel: +603-7932 3288
012-938 2683 (Coco)/016-902 1491 (Brenda)