Event End Date: September 22, 2024 - 12:00 AM
Website: www.darlingsq.com
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Location: Darling Square, 35 Tumbalong Blvd, Chinatown & Haymarket, Sydney, NSW
Dates: Every day, all day Friday 6 September to Sunday 22 September
Cost: Free
Darling Square will be celebrating Moon Festival with a vibrant lanterns installation that will light up every night from Friday 6 September – Sunday 22 September.
Feast your way through a variety of cuisines at over 50 restaurants, enjoy exclusive offers and indulge in decadent mooncakes at XOPP by Golden Century’s pop-up stall in front of The Exchange.
Watch the mesmerising illuminated lion dancing and be amazed by the talented live singers as you dine and unwind. Bring the kids along for free face painting and join the clay mooncake making workshop that keep the kids entertained all day long.
Take a picture perfect snap with the lantern installation, follow @darlingsquare and tag #dsqmoonfestival to go in the draw to win a $500 Darling Square voucher.
Find out more info here.
And check out these exclusive offers!
XOPP by Golden Century’s mooncake collection takes a modern twist on the traditional mooncakes. Choose from their classic egg custard with egg yolk filling and red bean with lily bulb filling.
IIKO Mazesoba’s Moon Festival menu is inspired by tsukimi or ‘looking at the moon’ featuring golden round ingredients resembling the full harvest moon and includes tsukimi mazesoba, tuna cup kakiage and gelato with mochi taiyaki.
Gelato Messina’s limited edition mooncake gelato is made with red dates, caramel, lava custard and mooncake crumbs. Freshly made in store and available from 17 September for up to a week while stocks last.
Lilong by Taste of Shanghai has golden puff pastry mooncakes with white lotus seed paste and salted egg yolk, red bean paste, abalone and pork fillings.
Auvers Dining are offering a limited-edition Moon Festival inspired menu including duck and wagyu fried rice and deconstructed mooncake toast. They are also doing $15 matcha pancakes and KIDS EAT FREE on Sunday nights.
MATCHA-YA are serving a fun jiggly bunny pudding in milk or strawberry flavour. You can also add a jiggly bunny pudding on any ice drinks.
15cenchi’s special, salted egg mochi moon cheesecake is inspired by the traditional mooncakes and available for a limited time only.
Dopa by Devon is offering diners a free mochi for dessert with any main meal purchase.
Bubble Nini’s delicious mooncakes include custard lava with salted egg yolk and lotus seed paste with double egg yolks and come in a luxury gift box of 8 for $129.
Ume Burger and Batch Brewing have teamed up to bring you the Batch Burger Box featuring a burger, fries and beer for $25. Batch Brewing also runs a happy hour promotion Monday-Friday from 4pm to 6pm.