Title
Sin Tong Nam mooncake mould for mini mooncakes
Year/Period
1970s –2020
Region
Acquired in Singapore
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 30.4 x 7.5 x 2.4 cm
Accession No.
2025-00449
Collection of
This is a three-piece miniature mooncake mould used by Sin Tong Nam Confectionary (Xin Dong Nan Bing Jia 新东南饼家). The mooncake mould was used by Sin Tong Nam to shape miniature snow skin mooncakes. The snow skin mooncakes would contain lotus paste or lotus paste with yolk. On the mould, their brand ‘Xin Dong Nan’ (新东南) is written at the center alongside the word ‘apricot kernel’ (Xing Ren杏仁). Sin Tong Nam was first established during the 1970s at Zion Road before moving to Tiong Bahru. The confectionary was known for producing Cantonese-style Chinese pastries such as mung bean biscuits, phoenix biscuits (Ji Zai Bing鸡仔饼), and assorted biscuits (Gong Zai Bing 公仔饼).
