As summer fades away and the leaves turn brown, it’s that wonderful time of year to gather and give thanks under the Harvest moon. In this post, I cover some places where you can buy mooncakes locally from classic to more unique flavours.
Mid-Autumn Festival is a harvest festival celebrated in Chinese culture and some people compare it to North American Thanksgiving.
This year, Mid-Autumn Festival falls on Monday, October 6. The most iconic food associated with the Mid-Autumn festival is mooncake.
The mooncake is stuffed traditionally with red bean paste, fruit, egg yolk, nuts or lotus seed paste. However, there have been more unique and creative fillings in modern times.
Its round shape symbolizes “unity” or “reunion” and best wishes.
From the traditional to the modern and unique, here are a few places to find mooncakes for your Mid-Autumn Festival 2025 celebration.
This Mooncakes Vancouver 2025 list is updated as more information becomes available. Please contact me at [email protected] or @foodgressing on social media to be featured.
Unique & Creative Mooncakes
Rice Cake Master is offering their Jade Mooncake Collection inspired by the elegance of jade and Taiwan’s pineapple cakes. The mooncakes feature a flaky pastry crust with a longer shelf life, making them suitable for gifting. Each $45 set includes four flavours: Red Bean, Black Sesame, Golden Custard, and Sweet Taro. Pre-orders are now open with pickup available from September 21, 2025, by calling 778-297-6999. Established in 2011 by a Korean-Chinese family, Rice Cake Master is known for handmade rice cakes, Daifuku, and other Asian confections crafted daily for freshness.
Daan Go Cake Lab Vancouver is offering two mooncake sets for Mid-Autumn 2025, available for pick up or delivery starting September 6.
- Snow Skin Mooncake Set ($50, regular $55, early bird until Sept 21): Includes four mochi-wrapped mooncakes in Houjicha Black Sesame, Jasmine White Peach, Mango Cheesecake, and Salted Egg Yolk. Each mooncake is 130 g. Contains sesame.
- Traditional Mooncake Set ($45, regular $50, sold out, early bird until Sept 21): Features four modern takes on classic baked mooncakes in Pistachio Salted Egg, Houjicha, White Lotus Seed Salted Egg, and Daan Go’s 5 Nut Mix. Contains peanut, almond, hazelnut, pistachio, walnut, and sesame.
Paragon Tea Room
Paragon Tea Room is offering tea-Infused Lava Mooncakes in collaboration with @saltysugar.patisserie. Available for pre-order at $73, regularly $81, with pick up between September 13 and October 12, 2025. Each box contains six flavours:
- Matcha Black Sesame Lava
- Osmanthus Jasmine Green Tea Lava
- Tangerine Pu-erh Chocolate Lava
- Mango Hojicha Lava
- Strawberry Milk Tea Lava
- Thai Tea Pandan Lava
Chinese Bakeries/Restaurants
Maxim’s Bakery offers lava mooncakes; traditional mooncakes and snowskin mooncakes.
Saint Germain Bakery is known for their straight-from-the-oven mooncakes that are made in-house and without preservatives. They are offering:
- Double Yolks White Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake
- Dried Scallop Chinese Cured Ham And Mixed Nuts
- Pure White Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake
- Durian Snowy Mooncake
- Salted Egg Yolk Custard Mooncakee
La Patisserie in Richmond offers a variety of housemade mooncakes.
New Town Bakery & Restaurant 新城餅家餐室 has mini mooncakes yearround.
Grocery Stores
Pricesmart Foods has a selection of imported mooncakes. You can check online for what brands they offer. They have two locations: Station Square (Burnaby) and Ackroyd (Richmond).
Sungiven Foods offers a wide selection of mooncakes imported from Asia. Each store may have different inventory.
T&T Supermarkets takes the “cake” in terms of options of mooncakes. They import many mooncakes from Asia including brands like The Peninsula Hotels, Hang Heung, Wing Wah and so forth.
T&T also have their own branded mooncakes.
Events & Festivals
Explore the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden during Midautumn Festival celebrating the harvest moon, family, and togetherness. Stay tuned to this year’s activations.
The Chinese Canadian Museum will host its Mid-Autumn Festival celebration on October 4 and 5, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 51 E Pender St. The program includes trilingual storytime readings of Mooncakes Mean Family by Benson Shum, mooncake tastings, and a presentation on the cultural meaning of mooncakes. Visitors can also join Dream Factory curator tours (English at 1 p.m., Cantonese on October 4 at 3 p.m., Mandarin on October 5 at 3 p.m.) and take part in a drop-in craft workshop to create sci-fi–inspired lanterns. Activities are open to all ages while supplies last. Admission includes all events, with advance registration recommended.
UBC Farm will host a hands-on workshop, Make Your Own Mooncakes, on Thursday, October 2, 2025, from 6 to 9 p.m. Participants will learn to make traditional lotus paste, sesame, and milky custard mooncakes, shaping them with decorative presses and bringing home their creations in their own container. The evening also includes tea, social time, and tasting homemade mooncakes. The workshop will be led by Abraham Wong, a Vancouver-based chef and culinary instructor known for blending food, culture, and music in his teaching. Student and senior discounts are available.
Rabbitats is having their annual Moon Rabbit Festival this year at Lulu Island Winery (all ages welcome!) from 4 pm – 8 pm on September 14.
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