Last month was mooncake season and every year my partner would take me to buy mooncakes. And every year I find choosing mooncakes as gifts to be a headachy affair.
We usually buy mooncakes from the booths at Aeon right after our grocery shopping. When we get there, my head will go spinning from the various varieties available and I would have to consider who likes egg yolks and who doesn't.
So to cut the long story short, we bought a box of this together with a few boxes of other assorted mooncakes.
It was for a family member and then later he remembered that she is avoiding egg yolks. Ding dong ding dong, in the end we decided to keep it for ourselves and got her something else.
It comes in a box of 8 mini mooncakes (they call this egg yolk pie, cute), four with lotus paste and four with yam paste. As you can see from the photo, the two yam ones are missing.
I generally love yam and the one I sampled earlier was very good.
Wah! Loved this! Flaky crust with creamy yam filling. Not too sweet and the whole salted egg yolk added savory and salty notes to the mooncake.
Next I tried the lotus paste.
So cute.
One for now and one for later.
Nice! But I prefer the yam.
I like this Egg Yolk Pie mooncake. Next year, if I see this again, I want!
I did see this being sold at the Yong Sheng stall at Aeon supermarket but the price is very expensive. I am sure it tastes very nice seeing that salty egg yolk is so big and nearly takes up the whole pastry. I am sure I will like this. Perhaps I will buy this next year if I see it. Thanks for the review.
ReplyDeleteI will also look out for this next year hee..hee... Two boxes :)
DeleteI had something similar this year but no egg yolk.
ReplyDeleteHope you can have it again next year. Buy more then.
I intend to buy two boxes hee..hee...
DeleteEvery new year, I noticed more flavours of moon cakes would be on sale.
ReplyDeleteThe chefs and bakers are getting more innovative to cater for the public demands.
Some day the moon cakes will have new flavours like petai, rambutans, salted fish, sambal belacan and what not. Even their boxes are getting sophisticated with colours and textures with drawers, multiple doors and teapots!
Pening woiii...
LOL! I still stick to lotus paste and yam as I do not like the other fancy flavors.
DeleteTM, how about Nasi Lemak mooncakes!? LOL!!
DeleteYeerrrr I won't eat Nasi Lemak Moon Cakes but it might happen lah.
DeleteNow they have snow skins and followed by jelly moon cakes. Adoi....
Casahana already sold nasi lemak mooncake this year:
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I did see it but am too tikus to go buy it to try as the price is not budget price.
I bought from Yong Sheng too but I did not buy these, not into this kind of skin. I did see that here though.
ReplyDeleteI like this a lot. Am thinking next year to buy more.
DeleteI love yam and the flaky crust with creamy yam filling looks yummy!
ReplyDeleteIt's very good. Worth buying.
DeleteI normally don't take mooncakes but now seeing these, I also Want! LOL...
ReplyDeleteI am also not much of a mooncake fan but I fell in love with these.
DeleteI don't like mooncakes...but these ones look like pastry, especially the one with yam (I love yam) might change my mind. If I still remember them next year, I might buy! ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm like you, not a fan of mooncakes but of late, I seem to like some of them especially the one with nuts.
DeleteWhat?? You don't like moon cakes!!! Give them to me please and I will self collect. Thank you in advance.
DeleteHow to give them to you when I don't buy any? :D Sorry in advance.
DeleteHigh Five! I also prefer the yam one, I am all for trying the new flavours such as Durian mooncake
ReplyDeleteI dare not try the durian one because although I love durian, sometimes when it is made into pastries, not so nice.
DeleteMaybe some day I'll get to taste one! So many fun varieties!
ReplyDeleteMaybe you can get these at Chinatown :)
DeleteThe yam and egg yolk mooncake is a perfect match ... I like yam too :)
ReplyDeleteNext year, I will look out for the yam paste filling ones.
DeleteI never like lotus paste mooncake (or I should say that I don't like mooncake? hehe) but the one with yam filling u had doesn't look like mooncake at all, just like a pastry. I like the yam & whole egg yolk combination!
ReplyDeleteThis one is good. I think you might like.
DeleteOh my, this post got me drooling.
ReplyDeletehee..hee...
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