The "Rolls-Royce of mooncakes" comes from The Peninsula Hong Kong's Golden Wing. Founded in 1928, The Peninsula is the oldest upscale hotel in Hong Kong, and has been selected as one of the top 10 most famous hotels in the world. The hotel boasts the "world's largest Rolls-Royce fleet", and the 14 Rolls-Royce Phantom sedans are the hotel's most striking symbol at all times.
 
The Peninsula is the Chinese restaurant at The Peninsula and is known not only for its exquisite dim sum, but also for the legend of being able to spend afternoon tea time with idols. Well-known artists Leslie Cheung, Zhong Chuhong, Andy Lau, etc. are all loyal fans of Jialing Tower, and it is said that in the 90s, ordinary Hong Kong citizens were most likely to meet "brother" in Jialin Building.
 
The birth of the Milk Queen Mooncake originated from the Mid-Autumn Festival gift in 1986, when Master Yip Wing-wah, who has 21 years of experience, combined the popular Milk Queen Bun with Western-style pastries in Jia Lin Lou, filled with custard and mellow butter skin, to create a mini Milk Queen Mooncake. The emergence of Milk Queen Mooncake has undoubtedly subverted the taste of traditional mooncakes and opened the door to a new world for the mooncake industry.
 
From 2,000 boxes sold in 1987 to tens of thousands of boxes in short supply, and at its peak, 39,000 boxes of mooncakes were sold out within one hour. But in fact, there are two versions of the mini Milk Queen mooncakes, the most popular is the handmade mini Milk Queen mooncakes by the experienced dim sum chef, each box of 8 mooncakes is not individually packaged, the shelf life is shorter, there is a logo of the Milk Queen Mooncake directly above the box, the official website is limited to order every day, you must go to the Peninsula Hotel to pick it up.
 
The other version is The Peninsula Boutique's mini Milk Queen mooncakes, which are machine-made in small quantities and individually packaged in small packages, with an extended shelf life of 90 days, and are printed with The Peninsula's name on the box, which can be purchased at the airport, in high-end malls and online at Peninsula Boutiques. Both are made of 1986 exclusive recipe, made of high-quality butter, the skin filling is separated, melts in the mouth, the rich milky aroma and fresh salted egg yolk blend with each other, the taste is crispy and dense, but the machine version is slightly sweeter than the manual version, and the crust is slightly thicker, the price of the manual version is close to 500 yuan, which is about 100 yuan more expensive than the machine version.
 
Mini Milk Queen mooncakes are popular with consumers, but The Peninsula Hotel's classic lotus paste mooncakes and Wu Ren mooncakes should not be forgotten either. In recent years, The Peninsula has also introduced new flavours such as chocolate mooncakes, purple sweet potato mooncakes and cheese mooncakes for foodies who love to explore and experiment.
 
There are endless merchants who purchase and sell mini custard mooncakes on the Internet, and there are many counterfeit and high-imitation products. Generally speaking, the packaging of counterfeit products is rougher, the color of the moon cake is darker, or the bottom is burnt, and the filling is difficult to distinguish from the pie crust, while the genuine product is heated evenly due to the use of double-sided baking technology, and the appearance is light yellow, even if there is a slight crack, it is not qualified, the skin filling is separated, and the filling is basically free of impurities.