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Opinions on mooncake
I tried a piece of mooncake for the first time yesterday. I'm not sure of the flavor but I didn't think it was very good and seemed to be bland, although it wasn't horrible. It was almost as if the baker forgot to include sugar. But maybe it was just that particular type of mooncake.
For those of you who've tried mooncake, what do you think of it?
For those of you who've tried mooncake, what do you think of it?
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I love all kinds of mooncakes except red bean (which I like but cannot eat due to gout factors). I'm not particularly fond of the snow skin mooncakes, preferring the traditional crust covering. I really like double yolk Lotus paste and also the nut & Grain versions. Lotus with macadamia nuts are nice as well.
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I do like the traditional ones. To be honest i'm not sure which type they are. Before coming to Singapore a few months ago, my family always got the traditional type, and i thought there was just the one type. Then i see all these variations being sold!!
Being a chocolate lover, i did try a chocolate mooncake. It was ok, not great. Taste was like chocolate cake, but the texture was what let it down. Wasn't smooth, a bit of a crumbly texture almost like the cake hadn't been cooked properly.
However, did try the chocolate snowskin, and loved it. Almost like eating ice cream
Being a chocolate lover, i did try a chocolate mooncake. It was ok, not great. Taste was like chocolate cake, but the texture was what let it down. Wasn't smooth, a bit of a crumbly texture almost like the cake hadn't been cooked properly.
However, did try the chocolate snowskin, and loved it. Almost like eating ice cream

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It might be the low sugar type.BedokAmerican wrote:I tried a piece of mooncake for the first time yesterday. I'm not sure of the flavor but I didn't think it was very good and seemed to be bland, although it wasn't horrible. It was almost as if the baker forgot to include sugar. But maybe it was just that particular type of mooncake.
For those of you who've tried mooncake, what do you think of it?
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Vast majority is sweet. It is not the level of sweetness like in the "Western" classic cakes but still very clear. And they could be very different. There are some more Western palate friendly, stuffed for example with the course ground paste made of sesame seeds, dates, raisins and glued together probably with honey. Classic is with lotus pastes.
Probably you need to eat some more to acquire right taste. I was always fine with it, except I could not understand what the idea to have a cake almost as hard to bite as some piece of wood.
Probably you need to eat some more to acquire right taste. I was always fine with it, except I could not understand what the idea to have a cake almost as hard to bite as some piece of wood.
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...and here I am, battling with mountains of them in my office. They are nice but not after you have (counting) 15 boxes of fours stacked in the pantry.
Should have brought them during the last Eagles'.
PS: On another note, these days, people pay so much money not for great mooncakes, but for fancy boxes they come in, and the hotel/restaurant/bakery's reputation.
Should have brought them during the last Eagles'.
PS: On another note, these days, people pay so much money not for great mooncakes, but for fancy boxes they come in, and the hotel/restaurant/bakery's reputation.
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