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Diner’s Diary | KFC unveils chicken mooncakes at new Hong Kong outlet among other new dishes

  • Just in time for Mid-Autumn Festival on September 13, KFC has launched a “spicy chicken and nuts mooncake” at its new Causeway Bay branch
  • To try them you have to buy a KFC moonlight bucket (HK$275)

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KFC’s spicy chicken and nuts mooncake. Photo: KFC
Bernice Chanin Vancouver

American fast-food chain KFC has just opened a new outlet in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay shopping district, where it is debuting several new dishes.

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There’s a grilled chicken combo with waffle fries and salad (HK$138/US$17.50), an oven-glazed hot wing platter (HK$88), and a “chizza” – a boneless chicken fillet topped with cheese, corn and pineapple pieces (HK$88).

And, just in time for Mid-Autumn Festival on September 13, there’s a “spicy chicken and nuts mooncake”.

It sounded so peculiar we had to check it out.

Inside is a mixture of spicy chicken floss, crushed almonds and walnuts, and sunflower seeds. Photo: KFC
Inside is a mixture of spicy chicken floss, crushed almonds and walnuts, and sunflower seeds. Photo: KFC
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KFC’s mooncake is about the size of a mini mooncake, and inside is a mixture of spicy chicken floss, crushed almonds and walnuts, and sunflower seeds.

Bite into it and you immediately taste the savouriness of the chicken, feel the crunchy texture of the nuts, then detect a lingering subtle spicy taste.

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