Taste Report - Mooncake Time!
 

It's MOONCAKE Time!!!

 

Pine Court

The Chempedak with Lotus Seed Paste is an interesting concoction with a unique taste. Somehow, the chempedak manages to blend in quite well with the taste of the lotus paste and we rather like it. It gets an almost unanimous 2-chopstick rating.

The Millenium Mooncake is another favourite. We wonder why the name "millenium" as it is just the usual lotus paste with egg yolk. Though slightly oily, it gets a 2- chopstick for its smooth texture. Fancy liquor in your mooncake? The Snow Skin with Marnier has a subtle liquor taste and is graded 1 ½ -chopstick.

 

Shang Palace

The most outstanding mooncake among its selection is the Assorted Nuts with Kum Toy (Chinese ham)-with a 2-chopstick rating. The pastry is thin and filled with tasty nuts and Chinese ham bits.

 

Empress Room

The Mini Snow-Skin Mooncake with Champagne Truffle & Ganache and Mini Snow-Skin Mooncake with Cream Cheese and Gold Raisins (2-chopstick each) are so delightful though they taste nothing like Chinese mooncakes, more like Western desserts. We wonder if these are induction mooncakes made for the ang mohs (Westerners) to introduce their first taste to mooncakes?

Now comes the "die, die must try" rating of 3-chopstick! The Baked Mini Mooncake with Yolk and Macadamia Nuts is wonderful with a thin pastry covering very smooth filling. Moreover, because it's a mini size, you don't feel too "jer-luck" (sick of eating) eating the whole piece.

 

 

 

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