My mum is a mooncake lover, just like me. She bought a box of Tianje Mooncakes from the MidValley Mooncake Fair for us to share. I must admit, I did not notice this brand when I was at the fair and I am glad that she spotted it since they were pretty good.
Each box consists of 4 pre-selected mooncakes (no changes allowed); flavours include White Lotus Single Yolk, Collagen Cranberry, Ginkgo Black Sesame and Rose Red Bean. All Tianje mooncakes are certified Halal, so anyone and everyone can partake and enjoy this too.
The packaging is a simple, metal container with images of young children playing the lantern.
Mid-Autumn Festival is just around the corner
Get your lanterns out
We started off with one of the traditional flavours, White Lotus with Single Yolk (RM14.75). This year, we noticed mooncake manufacturers are taking the incentive to make low sugar mooncakes to suit health-conscious consumers. All mooncakes we tried from Tianje were not too sweet. The white lotus filling was very smooth and best of all, the salted egg yolk was very moist.
One of the best white lotus single yolk mooncake we've had this year
The Collagen Cranberry (RM15.25) mooncake caught my attention straight away when I opened the box. Made in the shape of a flower with purple petals, it was both pretty and creative. It even looks pretty on the inside, with three different types of filling. I think there was lotus paste plus the white jelly (presumably the collagen) which tasted like nata de coco. Even the skin tastes different, it's much more crumbly and resembles the Taiwanese pineapple tarts we had recently.
Love our new plate we purchased from Tokyo Street, Pavilion KL. Looks like a flower sprouted out of the plate, doesn't it?
Pretty and colorful on the inside
My favorite one
The Gingko Black Sesame (RM15.25) mooncake was another interesting flavour. The filling had a slight nutty texture, since the gingko was not blended to a paste.
Nuts about you
A more traditional flavour, Rose Red Bean (RM13.35) also had a very smooth filling. Usually, I avoid red bean mooncakes as I do not like the taste but this was pretty pleasant.
Prices indicated next to each mooncake is the price per piece. Box of 4 pre-selected mooncakes are currently sold at a promotional price of RM49.90 (original price RM58.60) plus the first 5000 customers will receive a box of coffee roll worth RM20.80 FREE.
The coffee roll (Langue De Chat) was a nice combination of caramel and coffee flavours. Lovely snack with coffee/tea.
Who's smokin' hot?
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