August 4, 2021

Mid-Autumn Festival 2021: Special mooncake flavours, including one with mala chicken floss to try

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We have more than a month to this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival! To be exact, we will be celebrating it on Tuesday, 21 September.

If it has been a tradition for the family to gift mooncakes or gather together for a tea session, then you’ve landed at the right article. We will be sharing with you some of the most special mooncake flavours, including one with mala chicken floss to spice up the festival. 

Ready to get started? Let’s roll with the list!

#1: ​​Mala Chicken Floss & Salted Egg Yolk Low Sugar White Lotus Paste Mooncake
mooncakes

Image Credits: Birds Of A Feather

Contemporary Sichuan restaurant Birds of A Feather has come up with their mooncake box of 4 (S$68) with these 2 flavours:

  • Mala Chicken Floss & Salted Egg Yolk Low Sugar White Lotus Paste Mooncake
  • Single Yolk Macadamia Nuts Low Sugar White Lotus Paste Mooncake

The former promises a harmonious blend of Sichuan spices with a pleasant mild spicy note and a heavenly combination of salted egg yolk and chicken floss. Not a fan of mala? You can present this as a gift to a friend or relative. The majestic black box with intricate gold illustrations will make a premium presentable present for that special someone.

Click here to preorder your Birds Of A Feather Mooncake Box.

#2: Sakura Shrimps with Peanut Mooncake
Sakura Shrimps with Peanut Mooncake

Image Credits: Shangri-La Singapore

Yes, we kid you not with this concoction of savoury sakura shrimps and crunchy peanuts. It’s one of the limited-edition mooncake gift boxes designed by local designer Benny Ong. The box of four consists of:

  • Assam Tea with Almond Mooncakes
  • Sakura Shrimps with Peanut Mooncakes

At the time of writing, there’s an ongoing promotion which will cost you only S$100.30 (usual price: S$118). Check out more limited-edition mooncake types such as Aged Mandarin Peel, Rose & Red Bean Paste Mooncakes, Mini Custard Bird’s Nest Mooncakes, and more here.

#3: White Rabbit Truffle with Cranberry Paste Snowskin Mooncake
snowskin mooncakes

Image Credits: Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel

Take a trip down memory lane with Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel’s White Rabbit Truffle with Cranberry Paste Snowskin Mooncake. Everyone’s favourite milk candy will be joining hands with a rich truffle filling and tangy cranberry paste to reward your tastebuds.

For those who love all things truffle, here are other flavours to try:

  • Cognac Truffle with Chestnut Paste
  • Salted Egg Truffle with White Lotus Seed Paste
  • Champagne Truffle with Milk Green Bean Paste

Place an order here.

While it can be tempting to eat your fill, remember that mooncakes are high-calorie foods and should be eaten in moderation this Mid-Autumn Festival. We will leave you with some numbers so you can plan your intake accordingly:

mooncake calories chart

Image Credits: CNA

Have a blessed Mid-Autumn Festival to come. 中秋节快乐!

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New Citigold customers can get a free Apple iPad Air 64GB (worth S$879) and up to S$7,076 welcome bonuses

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There’s no better time to open a Citigold account

If you have a sum of money sitting in a bank, why not take advantage of it to grow it and gain access to a variety of banking privileges? Well, we are not asking you to plonk your entire savings into some risky assets. There is a safer way to do it but first you need to be able to access a suite of other priority banking services. To get started, all you need is to sign up for an exclusive relationship with a financial institution.

Introducing Citigold – a banking service that offers premium banking solutions, wealth management services, global banking, and a host of privileges to grow and protect your wealth. It opens the doors to more possibilities with complimentary financial planning, preferred banking benefits and world-class investment capabilities. As a baseline, you can earn up to 2.8% interest in the Citi Wealth First Account.

What’s even better? Take advantage of the current sign-up promo to get the most out of it.

From now till 9 August, you can redeem a free Apple iPad Air 64GB (worth S$879) and up to S$7,076 cash as welcome bonuses when you start a Citigold relationship.

Here’s how to collect the full cash bonus payouts from Citi:

Pick The Low-Hanging Fruits First

You want to complete as many categories as you can to ensure you reap the maximum benefits for opening the account.

  1. Deposit S$250,000 in fresh funds – S$300
  2. Holds a valid/ main card of any Citi Credit Card – S$300
  3. Successfully opens banking account via online account opening form – S$300
  4. Successfully applies for and accepts and offer for a New Housing Loan from Citi by the end of the Welcome Period – S$200
  5. Purchases a minimum of S$25,000 Investment or Insurance by the end of the Welcome Period – S$250
  6. Purchases S$100,000 in Investments by 30 June 2022 – S$1,700
  7. Purchases S$50,000 in Life Insurance by 30 Jun 2022 – S$450
  8. Citigold 12-month Wealth Loyalty Reward – S$960
  9. Interest in Citi Wealth First Account with balances maintained at S$100,000 (Spend, Save, Insure, Invest, Home Loan) – S$2,616

We have bold those that are easily achievable and these are what we call the low hanging fruits that you can pick up first.

As there are several categories involved, you may want to refer to the T&Cs.

  • SingSaver’s Exclusive Reward (Apple iPad Air 65GB worth S$879) – T&Cs here
  • Citibank’s Rewards (Up to S$7,076 cash rewards) – T&Cs here

SingSaver Exclusive Reward

Note that you do not need to fully complete all the categories listed by Citi to receive the exclusive reward from SingSaver. According to SingSaver, you just need to be a new-to-bank Citi customer to sign up for Citigold, open a bank account (in this case, the Citi Wealth First Account), deposit $250,000 in 90 days and you are all set. Other T&Cs can be found here.

Here’s the thing. If you sign up directly on Citi’s website, you are promised a cash reward of up to S$7,076. If you sign up via an intermediary, you are going to get the full cash reward plus an additional welcome gift (in this case, an Apple iPad 64GB worth $879).

Why is this the case? Well, companies are paying additional marketing dollars to acquire customers and you may not even be here reading this if there are no incentives for intermediaries to promote it. In this aspect, we want to make a disclaimer that we will receive a small incentive to cover editorial and marketing cost for promoting this service. 

The promotion will run from now till 9 August 2021 and may subject to changes or futher extension.

Click here to sign up now.

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Get 2 Pfizer shares and 5 Haidilao shares for free. Here’s how.

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Get free shares allocated to you worth over S$140*

Sounds too good to be true? Read on.

moomoo Inc., is a subsidiary of Futu Holdings Limited, a company which is listed in NASDAQ (NASDAQ:FUTU) and backed by Tencent.

In Singapore, investment products available through the moomoo App are offered by to Futu Singapore Pte. Ltd. (“Futu SG”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Futu Holdings Limited. Futu SG is a broker-dealer and custodian licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, (License No. CMS101000).

They launched in Singapore in March 2021 and have been offering attractive sign-up offers to aggressively expand their customer base.

From now till 31 August, they are giving away 2 Pfizer shares and 5 Haidilao shares for free to new customers who sign up during this period. As of 3 Aug, they are worth approximately $145* in Singapore dollars.

What’s more, investors can enjoy commission-free trades for 6 months plus free access to Market Data for US and SG stock exchanges. T&Cs apply.

Steps on how to redeem your free shares

  1. Sign up for an account here and deposit a minimum of S$2,700, US$2,000 or HK$16,000 within 30 days of account approval. You will need to download the moomoo Trading App.
  2. Make 6 successful trades must or attain a Level 1 Trading Badge
  3. The bonus shares will be allocated to you automatically once you completed Step 2.

Tip: According to some users, you can easily complete Step 2 by buying and selling a non-volatile stock in the US market. That would make 2 trades. Do it 3 times to complete Step 2.Why US? Because you can buy a single share which sometimes cost you less than $10.


* T&Cs apply. Subject to price fluctuation. 

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