Taste Report - Mooncake Time!
 

It's MOONCAKE Time!!!

 

Marriott Hotel

It offers the traditional Lotus Seed Paste with Yolk and does it so well that most makanmatas give it 2-chopstick for its good combination of smooth paste and light pastry.

 

East Ocean Seafood Restaurant

We just have to try its mooncakes after many rave reviews last year. But sad to say, we have to tell you to :"FORGET IT!" The filling is so hard that all the mooncakes fail the test straightaway!

 

Chinatown Tai Chong Kok Confectionery at Banda St

This is a household name in traditional mooncakes but gauging from the various types that we try, we suspect that the standard has dropped. The pastry is generally thin but dry to the taste. The Red Bean filling is so dry that it becomes powdery to the bite. The Green Bean Paste gets 1-chopstick as it provides a nice change for its salty filling. The usual mooncake with Lotus Seed Paste (with or without yolks) gets an acceptable 1-chopstick rating. The Assorted Nuts with Chinese Ham fares better (2-chopstick) as the filling has a good flavour and the nuts are so tightly packed together in the mooncake.

 

 

 

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