i am a total untraditionalist when it comes to moon cakes...so that means no baked versions, no yolks for me...just bring on the smooth snow skins and creative ganaches and truffles!
third year running and the snow-skin collection spinning out of the sze chuan court at fairmount (ex raffles city) still wins it for me. knowing how much in demand these tasty treats will be, my sis and i devised a plan and split our 4 box order into two delivery dates, a full month apart just so that we could experience these yummy snowies twice over! we quickly learnt though that the quality control was somehow not quite up to speed with the first batch of snowies....the snowskin was a little thick and not quite so smooth...but the fillings were still awesome - baileys cream, champagne truffle, rum and raisin and the new addition strawberry. we were so disappointed that we considered cancelling our second order but call it a blessing in disguise, they didn't take cancellations....so we landed ourselves with two boxes of top notch sze chuan court mooncakes. silky smooth snow skin, flavoured perfectly to complement the quality filing of chocolate, liquor and fruit. one slight hiccup but sze chuan court definitely still delivered!
despite being the szechuan court loyal fan that i am, i could not resist the pretty box of mooncakes from canele. yes canele. with a reputation for being this island's best patiesserie, i figured their snowies should be pretty good. the chefs at canele really rocked it the classic mooncakes with fusion flavours like green tea & macadamia nuts, rose & raspberry jelly, chocolate walnut & fudge brownie, roasted walnut & sesame praline, coffee with irish creme ganache and lastly, dark chocolate with crunchy pearls. sounds yum? they were...the snowskin was a tad different in texture from the szechuan court ones, slightly more cakey but they were on the whole still pretty good.
this girl's looking forward to next year's 'ba yue shi wu' and heading straight for pre-orders at the fairmount and canele!
szechuan court
fairmount singapore level 3
80 bras basah road
(65) 64316156
canele patisserie-chocolaterie
robertson walk
11 unity street #01-09
(65) 67388145
despite being the szechuan court loyal fan that i am, i could not resist the pretty box of mooncakes from canele. yes canele. with a reputation for being this island's best patiesserie, i figured their snowies should be pretty good. the chefs at canele really rocked it the classic mooncakes with fusion flavours like green tea & macadamia nuts, rose & raspberry jelly, chocolate walnut & fudge brownie, roasted walnut & sesame praline, coffee with irish creme ganache and lastly, dark chocolate with crunchy pearls. sounds yum? they were...the snowskin was a tad different in texture from the szechuan court ones, slightly more cakey but they were on the whole still pretty good.
this girl's looking forward to next year's 'ba yue shi wu' and heading straight for pre-orders at the fairmount and canele!
szechuan court
fairmount singapore level 3
80 bras basah road
(65) 64316156
canele patisserie-chocolaterie
robertson walk
11 unity street #01-09
(65) 67388145
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2 comments:
Yum yum, i love the raffles hotel chamapgne truffle! you like that? I still need the traditional double yolk! The one at Inter continental "Man Fu Yuan" is pretty good.
Lydia,
Can't say I care for moon cakes in any form, traditional or otherwise. But I guess I've never cared for Chinese desserts.
Cheers
Marc
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