Here are six places from bakeries to hotels offering snow skin mooncakes in flavours including durian, egg custard, pistachio and chocolate

In June, another Hong Kong food stalwart fell victim to the city’s economic downturn as Taipan Bread & Cakes, a bakery chain with more than 40 years of history and which pioneered the snow skin mooncake, closed its doors.

In 1989, the company created its popular chilled mooncake, which – unlike classic mooncakes baked with a golden, lard-rich crust – feature a glutinous rice flour skin with a mochi-like texture. They are not baked, but instead steamed and served chilled.

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