MoonCake 11 Hua Ting

very impressed by the carrier design especially the ribbon. simply creative n artistic! box acceptable.

Orchard Hotel's Master Chef Chan Kwok won 2011 Chef of the Year & Asian Cuisine Chef of the Year. thus expectation from his Hua Ting restaurant is high. this White Lotus Paste with Macadamia Nuts mooncake is too sweet although the paste is fresh & smooth. thickness of the skin acceptable but can be better. cake is soft & tender. u hold it u can feel it! wish it's more & larger macadamia nuts. 

Carrier/Box Design:     8/10

Skin & Paste:             19/30

Taste:                          6/10

Total:                         33/50

MoonCake 11 Disappointing Hilton

lotus paste w M nuts. tis totally opp of its very nice lotus paste double yolks! skin thick & paste dried. both lacked shine. poor workmanship. store too long i tink. tasteless. only the box scored. Disappointing!

carrier/box design:      8/10 

skin, paste n taste     12/40


Total                       20/50

Moon Cake 11 Peninsula Connoisseur

like other hk mooncakes, tis big boy peninsula listed down its ingredients n nutrition infor. box n carrier design classic but not outstanding. mini packed in 8.

after much lotus paste, for a change i've Mini Egg Custard mooncakes. tasted unusual n nice. mainly eggs, salted egg yolks, n custard powder. it's worth the long queue. understand that in hk, sold out!

Carrier/Box Design:     7/10
Skin:                           7/10
Yolk:                          7/10
Paste:                         7/10
Taste:                         7/10

Total:                        35/10

Moon Cake 11 Hilton

very impressive Box & Design. worth the avg min price of mooncake at $50 a box. the 2 good luck coins will cheer you up. enjoy.

Baked Lotus Paste with Double Yolk n Macadamia Nuts is Hilton's signature mooncake. the Yolk is great. Skin fine. Wish to have more Nuts. prefer it to be Sweeter. worth $56.80 + taxes.

Carrier/Box Design:  8/10
Skin:                        7/10
Yolk:                       7/10
Paste:                      6/10
Taste:                      6/10     
Total:                     34/50


                                  

Mooncake 11 Wo Peng

1st time wo peng makes mooncake after abt 3 yrs in sg. among their many flavours, i tried what they called 1st in sg, Black Sesame White Lotus Paste. her owner is a celebrity master chef fm hk thus expectation is higher. skin fine. the 2 ingredients blended well. if more melon seeds would b better. box n carrier specially created w the pigeons pic which symbolised peace n harmony which the meaning in chinese is wo peng. overall good.

1. carrier/box design:      7.5/10

2. skin:                             7/10

3. paste:                         13.5/20

4. taste                             7/10


Total:                             35/50

Moon Cake 11 Wing Wah

mooncake is a big thing in the mid-autumn festival. many sellers depend on this once in a yr event to rig in big bucks! my love for mooncake started in the 60s which u can read abt in MoonCake of www.mastercheong.blogspot.com. like it so much that i can eat good ones 1 box a day!

from this yr onwards i'll do a serious review of whatever mooncakes i come across. to kick off the series, i've on hand the 60 something yrs old HK Wing Wah Mooncake. WW in short.


it's quite typical of HK style to pack their stuff in very nice metal box. WW shld b d 1st 1 to intro White Lotus paste here. tested its mini type. skin is very thin or fine which's an art. prefer the paste to be sweeter. egg yolk rather dried lacked freshness or what in cantonese called 'oil water'. amazed by its Ingredients n Nutrition information labels which many others dont disclose. 

1. Carrier/Box Design:   7/10
2. Skin:                          7/10
3. Yolk:                         4/10
4. Paste:                        6/10
5. Taste:                        6/10

Total:                            30/50


                        

Red Grouper Turns Grey

my order was Red Grouper. only the fins of the above were reddish! the restaurant manager explained that nowadays most of the Red Groupers are from Fish Farm & not from the Open Sea. that's why the colour differents somehow! on that note, recall that same issue with fish farm sea bass & sea sea bass. so the next time if your order looks strange, pse ask. dun b surprise that some eggs r not d usual egg shape! city chick & kampong chick lah then geylang hah!