As a person who doesn’t really eat chocolate on its own (I find most to be too “heaty” for me and I can’t manage any more than a few small bites), it is truly a mystery as to why I decided to buy Janice Wong’s chocolate mooncakes. But having tried her chocolate bon bons during our stays at Equarius Hotel and Capella Hotel, I liked how their chocolates were really easy to eat. They had a melt-in-your-mouth texture as opposed to remaining hard and solid during consumption, which I took quite a liking to.
- My order:
- Chocolate Mooncakes
- Spent: SGD$63.36
Since MasterCard Concierge was having a promotion, where there was a supposed 30% discount off the snowskin or chocolate mooncake set, I thought it a good time to give it a go. There were some hiccups along the way though, as my initial entering of the promo code only resulted in a mere 10% off the original price of $88. I had to write in to the MasterCard Concierge team given that this wasn’t the first time their deals didn’t tally with what was actually offered. They sort of rectified the issue and the eventual effective discount was 28% off the original price instead of 30% but well… close enough.
After placing my order online, there was the option of delivery (that cost a whopping additional $15) or self-collection at either the Great World City or Paragon outlet. I opted for self-collection since I would be in town anyway for a stay at Regent Hotel.
These mooncakes were made with 70% Chumphon dark chocolate from Thailand, comprising a chocolate outer shell with a chocolate square sponge on the inside surrounded by chocolate filling. In my head, I imagined the chocolate sponge inside to be a lot larger, possibly even taking up the entire interior of the mooncake shell. Alas, it was but a tiny bit gravely overshadowed by the chocolate filling instead (which may be a good thing for pure chocolate lovers).
I tried the laksa lemongrass mooncake first and despite the fact that I usually find lemongrass rather off-putting, this was surprisingly rather pleasant. There was definitely that unmistakable hint of lemongrass, although there was no spicy kick to emulate the laksa element.
The next one I tried was the ginger flower mooncake. For those of you expecting a pungent mouthful of ginger, that didn’t happen at all. It was but a subtle aftertaste very delicately weaved into the flavour profile as a whole.
The coconut curry leaf and kaffir leaf mooncakes were similar to the first two, in that they were also mild in flavour and not too overpowering. In that sense, I thought it was pretty skillful that they managed to achieve such a fine balance in their end products. However, even though the size of each mooncake was relatively small, I still found it difficult to finish it all as I’m not one to eat pure chocolate to begin with. It was too much of a chocolate overload for me ):
My overall rating of the experience: 3 out of 5 stars. I must say that the unique flavours and its incorporation into the chocolate was very nicely balanced, being noticeably present but not to the point where it overpowered. I would’ve liked for the chocolate sponge inside to have taken up the entire space instead of co-existing with the chocolate filling, but that’s just the non-pure-chocolate eater in me speaking. The small portion of each mooncake was also quite apt as everything tasted fairly rich when combined. Given that I’m not a huge fan of chocolate on its own, I wouldn’t buy this again even at a discounted price but I do foresee chocolate lovers enjoying this much more than I did.
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