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2010-08-22
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As part of my snow mooncake sampling for this festive season, tried St Honore as I was lured by its variety of gift box choices ($100 each before September 5th, with 8 different flavored pieces per box). Snow mooncake boxes come in a special "designer" bag that has a special layer that keeps mooncakes cool for up to 3 or 4 hours.I bought the "Trendy assorted set" (orange box)1. Pineapple coconutWith shredded coconut and pineapple pieces in the filling. A very tropical taste, which weirded me out
I bought the "Trendy assorted set" (orange box)
1. Pineapple coconut
With shredded coconut and pineapple pieces in the filling. A very tropical taste, which weirded me out. The paste is actually made from mung (green) bean, which is the "norm", which didn't go well with the pineapple taste.
2. Lavender and blueberry
Lavender was overwhelming. I've never liked eating anything floral; I've had lavender ice cream from Japan before and didn't like it; didn't enjoy this mooncake at all. I tried to convince myself to eating the blueberries, which still was overwhelmed by the soapy lavender smell!!! If you read the ingredients, they actually used chocolate and orange, which I didn't detect; perhaps for good.
3. Chocolate banana
This was the 2nd best, althought not too chocolatey - it tastes a bit pasty, like raw uncooked flour dough. I liked the chocolate and banana combination. The banana filling was, I think, real mashed bananas. Overall, the mooncake had a stronger banana smell than chocolate.
4. Sweet potato and banana
Looked very purple; tasted distinctively like the purple sweet potato, not the Chinese orange sweet potato (the one usually used in sweet potato dessert soups), with a starchy, grainy texture. Was also a good combination with the mashed banana filling. The 3rd most enjoyable of the box.
5. Sesame custard and white bean
Even the skin uses ground black sesame, giving it an authentic black sesame taste. I would recommend this to black sesame fans; I only disliked it because I am personally biased against black sesame. Objectively - this is an acceptable, classic snow mooncake. Really enjoyed the custard middle, which had a little eggy taste, like good custard should. And they actually used real cream, coconut milk, butter and milk (ingredients liste) - impressive!
6. Caramel coffee
The best of the 8 - with chewy rice pieces in the white bean paste, with a little coffee flavor, a little malt flavor (like maltesers chocolate!, and the skin didn't taste of raw dough, which was a problem with most other mooncakes in the box. Hazelnuts are actually used!
7. Rose and cranberry
Most appalling snow mooncake ever - rose was very pungent, I cannot imagine why it was paired with dried cranberries which was just plain sour; the only sweetness comes from the sugar and sweetener in the white bean paste. Besides, the only "rose" comes form flavoring, not actual biological plants!!!
8. Osmanthus and chestnut
The most acceptable of the floral mooncakes, because the osmanthus flavor wasn't too strong; chestnut paste replaces the normal white bean paste, with chopped chestnut pieces.
I did not enjoy half of the so-called "trendy" flavors; I would say this is a failed innovation, especially with the very perfume-like and artificial floral flavors. I won't recommend this assortment to someone doesn't like to experiment, especially first time snow mooncake eaters.
If you are still interested, St Honore is having a "sampling promotion", selling individual pieces at $40 for 4 for your own choice of flavors; the only reason I missed this promotion was because I was too impatient and bought this box before this promotion started. Lesson learned!
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