Mid Autumn Festival 2011: A Gathering Over Mooncakes & Tea

Photo credit: Fen & Yuan

Last year’s Mooncake Party at Daniel’s place was a very successful and memorable one. We clearly had a severe overdose on mooncakes, mooncakes and more mooncakes as each of us brought along a box, which resulted in 10 boxes of mooncakes! So this year, we agreed on one box per pair which is much more manageable. Fen and Yuan were kind enough to invite us over to their new home and while we were given a tour around the place, BB Chew told me that he couldn’t wait for our BTO to be ready so that we can have a cosy little space all to ourselves! 😀

Regent Hotel’s White Lotus Paste with Double Yolk and Melon Seeds

Phoebe and Chloe brought these traditional baked mooncakes from Regent Hotel which were packaged in a nice box with a detachable bird cage. The egg yolks were really huge and I reckon that this will make a great gift if you want to please your folks or in-laws! 😉

Mandarin Orchard’s Baked Mooncake with Macadamia Nuts and Low Sugar White Lotus Paste

This year, Fen and Yuan had sampled a great variety of mooncakes from different places and introduced to us two mooncakes from Mandarin Orchard. I’m a fan of macadamia nuts for its delicious flavor and smooth crunchy texture. A plus point is that the white lotus paste is low in sugar. It’s a winner!

Mandarin Orchard’s Baked Mooncake with Mixed Nuts and Jamón ibérico

The baked mooncake with mixed nuts and Jamón ibérico is Fen’s and Yuan’s favorite of all the mooncakes that they have reviewed this year. It was my first experience eating mooncakes with (Iberian) ham! Nice mix of savoury and sweet. Taste aside, the texture of the filling was akin to that of a muesli bar I suppose. If you would like to try something different, this is highly recommended.

Eater Palace (食珍)’s Teochew mooncake (Yam with Salted Egg Yolk and Yam with Pumpkin)

I think Daniel and Lay Sian are obsessed with yam mooncakes! Actually I also like 😛 This time, the mooncakes are from Eater Palace. I like the unique contrasting combination of flaky crust and smooth yam paste!

Jewels Artisan Chocolate’s Mini Assorted Snowskin Mooncakes

Chewy Charles and I settled for mini assorted snowskin mooncakes from Jewels Artisan Chocolates as he simply could not forget his beloved mooncake with salted caramel truffle 😛 My other personal favorites include the champagne ganache truffle and espresso truffle. The adventurous might want to try Jewels’ mini snowskin mooncake with korean black garlic which is rich in antioxidants!

Photo credit: Fen & Yuan