12 Mooncakes You Don’t Want to Miss in 2009
Update: Here’s the compilation of the mooncakes in Singapore for 2010. It’s mooncake season! Many families, mine included, are busy checking out catalogues and shopping for mooncakes. The mooncakes these days come in a dazzling array of colours, flavours, shapes and sizes. Finding the best one to enjoy at home or to give away to relatives is certainly no simple task! To aid you in your mooncake selection, I have compiled a list of 12 mooncakes you don’t want to miss in 2009. So gather your family and pets ’round the computer, and let’s count down the 12 most interesting and delicious mooncakes you can find in Singapore this year! 1. Tung Lok These gorgeous mooncakes belong to the new Royale series from Tung Lok. When it is made by the Tung Lok Group, you know it’s got to be good! The pastry is first baked, before being chilled, a process that gives the skin a crunchy texture. Sounds intriguing? This marks the debut of the first baked-and-chilled mooncakes in Singapore! They come in three flavours: – Green tea with chestnut lotus ($42.80 for 8) – Hokkaido milk with mocha ($42.80 for 8) – Custard ($44.94 for 8) I must [...]
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Sep 17, 2009
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hi can someone kindly tell me the exact location to buy Da Zhong Guo mooncakes? the original store at where? any idea what time it opens? or the tel number? i wana buy 1 set for my granny to eat.. but dunno her teeth can handle anot.. anyways yeah just wana make her happy this festive season ;) thanks!
Sep 18, 2009
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original stall is at 34 Sago Lane (Tel: 62275701). happened to have the carrier nearby..
I’m sure your granny will appreciate your thoughtfulness!!
Sep 17, 2009
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Such tantalising and tasteful travesties of a time-tested tradition! Man, I think they now come in more flavours than Baskin Robbins ice cream or the gelato shops here in Melbourne. Missing the mooncake mania already… sob sob.
Sep 18, 2009
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Hi, there is also snowskin mooncake from MAXIM Hong Kong, there are so many special flavours!check it out at Change Valley. I tried the tiramisu flavour and its really YUMMY!
Sep 21, 2009
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Bought snowskin mooncake from Goodwood Park & Taipan at Takashimaya mooncake fair.
Taipan’s as good as ever – snowskin is very soft & tasty, the green bean fillings is smooth & fragrant – love the plain, coffee, sesame flavour
Goodwood Park’s very disappointing – esp. the new soursop flavour. I thought the chef would use pure fruit puree, instead it is like 90% soursop flavoured custard and just 3-4 pieces of the real fruit – don’t like the soggy texture at all. Even the durian one is not as good anymore. Sad.
Sep 25, 2009
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I like Taipan’s green bean mooncakes, too! Their mooncakes are featured in my remixed selection.
Goodwood Park’s mooncakes are very commercialised and well-publicised. Maybe their standards have dropped? I have no complaints though.
Sep 28, 2009
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Just ate the Taipan black sesame with green bean centre and one with chocolate/mocha filling yesterday. The snow skin is excellent and filling not too sweet. They sold out some other flavours I wanted so only bought these. Comes in a chiller bag so the cakes were defrosted in time for consumption after my 30-min dinner.
Sep 21, 2009
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Hi Liz,
i tried durian, mango? and soursop from goodwood park, they r nice !
But the best durian mooncakes so far this year are those from the Singapore Yatch Club…nice ! Real nice.
And the packaging is unique too?
Enjoy yr gym workouts !
: p
Sep 25, 2009
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Singapore Yacht Club? I didn’t realise they have launched mooncakes! Are their durian mooncakes made from pure durian pulp or simply durian-flavored lotus paste? What’s the packaging like? Oh, do share!
Sep 21, 2009
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How much are the durian ones from the Yacht Club? Very sua-ku – how to get them and how much do they cost? Thinking of getting the Goodwood Park ones but no harm trying a new place…
Sep 25, 2009
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Fei, I found an order form on their website. Hope this is useful.
Sep 25, 2009
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Thanks for the form. Will try. Will try a few before deciding. Haha. Just very tempted to eat durians these days till I get sore-throat.
Passed by a moooncake fair and the Hue Kee Tai Chong Kok was there. Now I know why Roy and you are confused. Theirs have the words in reverse.
Original Sago Lane is tee yi jia lian rong, Chinatown Hue Kee Tai Chong Kok says ‘lian rong tee yi jia’. Good grieve. Packaging almost the same. Hue Kee has vacuum packed all their mooncakes and pig biscuits come in nets.
It’s like Bossini’s new range of shirts with a ‘b’ that’s shaped just like Agnes b.!!!! Had a good laugh when I saw it yesterday. Think my Jap friends will faint in horror at the travesty!!!
Sep 26, 2009
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hi hih !!! I spent the whole morning browsing thru yr site!
Wow..wow and wow for the list of mooncakes!
My my..so many flavours! Luckily (or not) I ‘m in Msia and i cant empty my bank frm buying all tht yummylicious mooncakes!
But I’m telling Nic (khkl.blogspot) abt the foei gras one frm taipan! Hope he will manage to sample it!
Sep 30, 2009
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Peony Jade – Disappointment service from a restaurant that stated as Star Service in its brochure!!!
Oct 7, 2009
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Woooww, never seen mooncakes that soo beautiful and tempting..
Yummy :P
I’m from Jakarta selatan,Indonesia, we don’t see a lot of mooncake around.
A Bakerzin mooncake is the only mooncake I’ve seen so far here.
My sister just flew to Singapore this morning, did the mooncake festival still on?
Wonder if they are still on sale at this moments?
Oct 8, 2009
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How did you get your Bakerzin mooncake in Indonesia? :)
The festival is over. I haven’t seen any merchant selling mooncakes since the past weekend. And in the past few days I have even heard of one bakery throwing all their leftover mooncakes away. What a waste!
Oct 8, 2009
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FYI,
we do have Bakerzin cafe outlet here in Indonesia.. and they do sell those cute mooncakes for Rp 350.000,- per box (around sin $50 @ box)
Hmm… what a waste!
Pls. hand me those mooncakes, Pleeeaassee…
:”(
Oct 31, 2009
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Although I am a Chinese , yet I haven’t eaten so delicious mooncake ! It was the fist time that I have seen the beatiful , delicious and attractive mooncake . I think , Chang-Er, the goddess of the moon in Chinese ancient legend , also can’t resist the temptation of the human’s moocake !
Thanks a million ! Because it was you who gave me a chance to enjoy their look “` Hehe ! Thanks ! Dear ” princess “!
And , happy Halloween!
Dec 12, 2009
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Who came up with the Champagne truffle mooncake? Raffles of course! They started it over 10 years ago, and as they became popular and the demand becomes so huge, they had to use contract manufacturer, so their recipe ‘leak out’ to tung lok group who is one of the largest mooncake contract manufacturer in Singapore. Since then everyone else has that flavour because they all get from the same manufacturer.
Dec 14, 2009
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Hang on. So a large portion of the mooncakes out in the market, especially those with the champagne truffle, are actually produced by Tung Lok?
Aug 30, 2010
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Compilation for the 12 mooncakes you don’t wanna miss in 2010 is up! http://sparklette.net/food/mooncakes-2010/
Jul 12, 2011
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Hi Veron, thanks for the list as it going to help me to decide my purchase for my company clients. But rather confuse after reading Fei comments. My friend recommened me to go for Chinatown Tai Chong Kok located at Bt Merah shop. She told me that this is the only shop that has the Oliver Kernel in their lotus pastry mooncake which taste very nice. Unlike others use cheaper ingredient like melon seeds.
Does anyone try both Tai Chong Kok mooncake before? which is better and why? Don’t tell me the original one (which Fei claims) is better because it is the oldest shop been setup. Understand from my friend grandma, Chinatown Tai Chong Kok’s boss (son of the founder) is also from the same shop before he setup his own shop and he is still hand -on.
Please provide sincere comment as I want to impress my boss for my new task assigned for this year mooncake festival project.
Jul 13, 2011
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nobody’s gonna help u if u sound so demanding.