A Must-See for Mid-Autumn Festival！ Special Roundup of Mid-Autumn Fun

Text / Compiled and reported by Chen Guanxin, MOOK Travel & Lifestyle Network

 

The Mid-Autumn Festival on September 19 is just around the corner, and various related events will kick off across Taiwan starting from September 15. Whether it’s the Thousand-People Mid-Autumn Celebration Trilogy, a moon-gazing poolside BBQ party, lakeside music parties, moonlit barbecue nights, or the Yellow Duck touring Kaohsiung, netizens who haven’t decided where to celebrate yet should hurry up and plan their trips, gathering friends and family to enjoy the festival together！

The Taipei Ambassador Hotel will host a “Moon-Gazing Poolside BBQ Party” on the evenings of September 19–20, with the Ming Yuan Western Restaurant chef team preparing a variety of grilled dishes and other delectable cuisine. The “Pink Roar Band” has been specially invited to bring the most joyful “moon-gazing poolside BBQ party” by the pool on the 4th floor. For just NT$1,500 + 10%, each guest can enjoy 12 selected freshly grilled delicacies such as grilled beef short ribs, grilled shrimp, grilled squid, and spicy chicken skewers, along with unlimited imported beer and juice.

Tamsui’s “MARKET CAFÉ Taste 'Collection Kitchen” will hold a “Joyful BBQ Mid-Autumn Party” on the day of the festival, September 19. For NT$1,080 + 10%, netizens and their loved ones can enjoy food and moon-gazing under the moonlight in the breezy semi-circular open-air plaza！ In addition to a variety of festive dishes such as slow-roasted imported aged drumsticks, Hokkaido grilled king crabs, salt-grilled seasonal Pacific saury, Canadian oysters, rosemary roast spring chicken, and grilled seafood, guests can also indulge in a garden salad bar with produce delivered straight from farms, an Asian noodle bar with made-to-order dishes, a BBQ grill bar, an exotic Indian curry bar, French-style handmade ice cream, and a colorful selection of handmade desserts.

On the Sunday before the Mid-Autumn Festival (9/15), the “2013 Shamao Mountain Hot Spring Conservation Carnival,” hosted by the Taipei City Shamao Mountain Hot Spring Development Association, is about to begin. This year, you can relive last year’s delicious “Burning Tail Banquet” and the heartwarming “Thousand-People Foot Spa” for parents, plus there’s more good news: the originally NT$12,000 Burning Tail Banquet is now just NT$399, limited to 180 people, and those who sign up successfully will also receive one hot spring voucher！ In addition, free activities include the “Thousand-People Mid-Autumn Celebration Trilogy”—“Thousand-People Rabbit Dance,” “Thousand-People Pomelo Foot Spa,” and “Mooncake Hidden Gold.” Among them, the Thousand-People Pomelo Foot Spa invites participants to wash the feet of their parents, lovers, friends, or other “most important people” in their hearts using hot spring water, rekindling warm connections with loved ones through the most intimate gestures. The Mooncake Hidden Gold activity features mysterious prizes attached to the back of mooncakes, with 1,000 mooncakes containing cash rewards such as NT$1,000 and NT$100. The luckiest participants may win a Shamao Mountain VIP hot spring voucher, allowing their whole family to enjoy free hot springs for a year, worth up to NT$300,000. Pre-registration is required. Contact: Ms. Jiang at 02-2599-2875 ext. 231.

 

The Sun Moon Lake Hotel has launched the “Moonlight. Lakeside Music Party” and “Lakeside BBQ Bar” activities for the Mid-Autumn holiday. Guests who check in at the hotel from September 19–21 and choose the “Free & Easy (1 night 2 meals) Enjoyment Holiday Package” can stay in a lake-view room originally priced at NT$9,000 for just NT$3,184 per person (including 10% service charge) for a two-day-one-night stay for four people. The package includes: one night’s stay in a Moon-Reflecting Lake View Room and Western-style villa, a revitalizing lakeside breakfast, recommended chef’s bistro set at Xiyue Hall, and access to the “Moonlight. Lakeside Music Party.” Each guest will also receive additional in-hotel activities such as pinecone owl and dragon beard candy DIY, as well as eco-themed tours such as experiencing the mushroom farm ecological journey or picking fruits at the sponge gourd & passion fruit farm.

Janfusun Fancyworld Theme Park is calling on visitors to join the “Mid-Autumn Night BBQ Party” on September 19. The four-person group discount package includes park admission, BBQ ingredients, and equipment. Entry before 12:00 PM costs NT$799 per person, entry after 12:00 PM costs NT$599 per person, and entry after 5:00 PM costs just NT$399 per person. During the Mid-Autumn holiday from September 19–21, there will also be a dazzling fireworks show, allowing visitors to enjoy water and land rides during the day, and barbecue and fireworks in the evening, celebrating the Mid-Autumn reunion with family.