Hong Kong restaurant chain unveils Angry Birds mooncakes

HONG KONG (AFP) - Now not only are Angry Birds available on your mobile phone, they can also be found on your dining plate - in the form of the Angry Birds mooncake, unveiled in Hong Kong on Sunday.

The popular mobile game, which was first launched for Apple's mobile operating system in 2009, features cartoonish, wingless birds that the player must slingshot into enemy pig territory to reclaim stolen eggs.

Its huge popularity has prompted a restaurant chain in Hong Kong to strike a deal with its creator and turn the bird into mooncakes - a pastry eaten to mark the Chinese mid-autumn festival, which falls on Sept 12 this year.

'The Angry Birds game is a world phenomenon now, it is well-liked by people from three-year-olds to 80-year-olds,' said Stephanie Chan, marketing manager of Maxim's Group, which released the bird-shaped mooncakes.