Mooncakes For Mid-Autumn Festival 2011 - Baked Pare Variety

The Mid-Autumn Festival agency an influx of mooncakes, the traditional please y'all nibble on amongst a quaff of Chinese tea piece y'all savour the sum moon. As a sign of respect, mooncakes are also exchanged during the festival betwixt families as well as friends. They are oft given equally corporate gifts also so the booming mooncake business. Fickle tastebuds reckon the hotels, bakeries as well as Chinese restaurants vying for the public's tummies amongst diverse flavours. However, traditional favourites even so stay pop - the sugariness as well as soft lotus glue encased inwards a baked peel that hides a savoury border inwards the shape of a salted egg yolk inwards the centre, which is said to resemble the moon.


In trying these baked peel varieties, ane glaring employment stared at my face...the salted egg yolks. Said to resemble the shape of the moon, unfortunately most of these gustation similar the craters that dot the Luna equally most I encountered were dry out as well as hard. This seems most evident inwards volume produced mooncakes equally they role salted egg yolks that are brined for a shorter menstruation (more than xx days is needed for the brining procedure to create a softer centre, unremarkably 30-40 days). Freshness also plays a part. Some mooncake makers endeavour to alleviate this employment past times mimicking the salted egg yolk amongst custard centers amongst the salted egg yolk aroma. These custard salted egg yolk centers pop off on improve as well as avoids that unpleasant difficult bite.


On a personal level, the lotus glue mooncake from Shangri-la Kuala Lumpur won me over amongst its non also sugariness as well as aromatic white lotus paste. It was also really fresh where the salted egg yolk was even so soft as well as moist. A unopen favourite was the Sunway Resort's depression carbohydrate white lotus paste. In the past, I've solely done the hotels but this year, I dabbled amongst the established mooncake makers such equally Tong Kee (a build my woman nurture swears by) as well as Foh San. They definitely create pretty darn skillful mooncakes amongst aromatic lotus glue as well as soft skin. However, the salted egg yolks tend to endure a piddling dried out.


A personal favourite of my mother's is the mixed nuts (ngan yan) version as well as the Chinese ham version (kam tui) so this twelvemonth I decided to poke or so the hotels to await for a version she'll endure happy with. The Shangri-la version is a employment solid favourite of my friends who swear past times its mixed nuts scented amongst the grapefruit smell but my woman nurture finds it a tad also dry out for her liking. I loved the Renaissance's mixed nuts version (macadamia nuts included!) since it had a soft texture but freshness is an issue. A friend had bought me the mixed nuts version which I loved but when I bought the Chinese ham version, it was all dried out amongst no evident Chinese ham aromas. Instead, my mother's all-time favourite from Tong Kee kam tui mooncake, won me over amongst its soft texture as well as aromatic Chinese ham fifty-fifty though it was non equally nutty equally the rest.


Renaissance Kuala Lumpur


 



One must acknowledge I've been really blase close Renaissance's offerings equally I even so recollect ane disastrous twelvemonth where the snowskin varieties I tried were rather dismal. When a friend bought me the baked mooncake amongst assorted nuts as well as seeds (RM22), I was won over. Filled amongst loads of nutty goodness including macadamia nuts, I loved the soft texture delicately perfumed amongst the grapefruit aroma. I decided to give the Chinese ham version (RM26). Incredibly dissapointing - dried out centre amongst non plenty Chinese ham to give it much aroma. The double salted egg yolk amongst white lotus glue (RM22) was decent equally the lotus glue was non also sugariness but it even so suffered from the slightly difficult salted egg yolk centre.


Available at Mid-Valley Megamall Centre Court, Lower Ground Floor as well as Renaissance Hotel Kuala Lumpur, Corner of Jalan Sultan Ismail as well as Jalan Ampang, KL, Tel:03-2162 2233. 


Sunway Resort


 



Recently, the component subdivision was pleasantly surprised amongst a box of mooncakes from Sunway Resort. The pinkish box, which comes amongst a handy handgrip consisted of 4 mooncakes amongst a parcel of Chinese tea. We enjoyed the depression carbohydrate white lotus glue (RM21) amongst its smoothen texture. Initially, the depression carbohydrate jade custard glue (RM22) didn't audio so appealing but I liked the soft custard centre shaped similar a salted egg yolk. The depression carbohydrate ruby-red edible bean glue (RM20) was decent but got a piddling cloying afterward a few bites, piece the assorted organic nuts (RM23) was way also sugariness as well as quite dry. I recollect a few readers wanted the ruby-red dates paste, Sunway Resort has that one-time styled flavour. Personally I observe the ruby-red dates glue also sugariness for my liking.


For to a greater extent than details on the Sunway Resort's varieties, reckon this link.


Ritz-Carlton Kuala Lumpur


 


Another favourite of mine is Li Yen's mooncakes from their baked varieties to the snowkin ones amongst decadent Moet & Chandon champagne. The lotus glue version is smoothen piece the kam tui (RM19.50) diversity was aromatic amongst its mixed nuts but a piddling also sugariness for my liking.


Available at Li Yen Restaurant, 2d Floor, Ritz-Carlton Kuala Lumpur, Tel: 03-2142 8000.


Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur





Every year, Shangri-la's mooncakes are divine as well as this year's lotus glue is smoothen amongst the best salted egg yolk amongst a soft centre. I dear this year's box, kudos to their pattern subject equally the dark-green jade-like panel adds a classy comport upon to the whole ensemble. 


Chef Choi Restaurant


 


This Chinese eating seat along Jalan Ampang excels inwards their super smoothen snowskin white lotus paste. The baked diversity amongst the salted egg yolk is but equally good.


Chef Choi Restaurant, 159, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Tel: 03-2163 5866


Foh San


 


I used to endure a keen fan of Foh San's Heong Far biscuits (RM26.50 per packet), made from the mooncake peel as well as studded amongst melon seeds. However, this year's version is dismal amongst a doughy texture as well as imbalance of spices that season the biscuit. Since I was buying the biscuits, I also tried their lotus glue amongst salted egg yolk. While the texture of the lotus glue was squeamish amongst melon seeds as well as a soft skin, the salted egg yolk failed over again amongst a difficult center.


Foh San Mooncakes, available at all Jusco outlets. 


 Tong Kee


 



Famous for their flaky egg tarts, Tong Kee also produces mooncakes that my woman nurture would religiously purchase each year. I actually dear their kam tui mooncakes (RM16.50), redolent amongst the smoky aromas of the Chinese ham as well as the white lotus glue mooncake (RM16.50) is also squeamish fifty-fifty though the salted egg yolk was a piddling dry out inwards the middle.


Available at Jusco outlets as well as Tong Kee bakeries. See this link to their Facebook page.


Equatorial Kuala Lumpur


 


Equatorial Kuala Lumpur has ane of the prettiest boxes or so amongst a colourful butterfly theme. They convey some odd flavours similar mucilaginous rice yam, a squeamish combination amongst lotus paste. I was non also keen though on the chrysanthemum pu-er tea version since the flavours were a piddling odd. Their white lotus glue version is also pretty good.


Available at O Gourmet, Bangsar Shopping Centre, Village Grocer, Tangs at Pavilion KL as well as Equatorial Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Sultan Ismail, KL. For details, reckon this link.


Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore


 


A favourite of my sister's from across the Causeway. These mini mooncakes come upwards inwards a lovely ruby-red box. In price of texture, the mooncake tends to endure a piddling dry out fifty-fifty though the peel is soft. The salted egg yolk is a tad dry out too.


For to a greater extent than odd mooncake varieties inwards Singapore, exercise cheque out Time Out Singapore's circular upwards on the interesting flavours available.


Tomorrow it volition endure the snowskin varieties. See the Flickr set for the sum ready of mooncakes.

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