It was during the dim sum weekend breakfast at Royal Gourmet Premiere Hotel last week, that I've had the chance to try out their mooncakes as well. This was in conjunction with the upcoming mid-autumn festival. It's the third year running that Premiere Hotel came up with their special 'home made' mooncakes, improving from year to year, with four flavours to choose from.
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| Mooncakes @ Royal Gourmet Premiere Hotel |
Arriving at the hotel on a Sunday morning, the mooncakes were during our dim sum meal. What hit me first when I saw the mooncakes being brought out were the irregular shapes. It fascinated me that each of the mooncakes sold by Premiere Hotel were hand made, hence the non-uniform shapes. I did like the human touch being put into producing each and every piece of these sweet delicacies.
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| Interesting red packaging of the Premiere Hotel Mooncakes |
Prices of the Premiere Hotel mooncakes:
A Box of 4
Red Bean Paste - RM68 nett
Lotus Paste - RM78 nett
Lotus Paste Single Yolk - RM82 nett
Sugar Free White Lotus Paste Single Yolk - RM88 nett
Snow Skin Pandan Lotus Paste - RM78 nett
Snow Skin Durian - RM88 nett
Deluxe Set 1 (2 Red Bean Paste + 2 Lotus Paste) - RM73 nett
Deluxe Set 2 (2 Lotus Paste Single Yolk + 2 Red Bean Paste) - RM75 nett
Deluxe Set 3 (2 Lotus Paste + 2 Lotus Paste Single Yolk) - RM80 nett
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| A box of four mooncakes in the pretty mooncake packaging |
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| Shown here is the Snow Skin Pandan Lotus Paste and the Lotus Paste Single Yolk Mooncakes |
The mooncakes did go well with the accompanying tea and dim sum spread. As usual, I went for the traditional Lotus Paste Mooncake first, and was pretty satisfied with the smoothness and sweetness of the mooncake. Of course, you can opt for the Sugar Free White Lotus Paste mooncakes if you feel the regular ones are a too sweet. The Snow Skin Pandan Lotus surprised me with its very thin skin, unlike others which I have tried recently.
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| Shown here is the Premiere Hotel Sugar Free White Lotus Paste and the Snow Skin Durian Mooncake |
My ears picked up the words 'durian' and 'mooncake' almost immediately the moment they were mention, with my anticipation running high when the Snow Skin Durian Mooncake was served. It was a bit unfortunate that the ones we had wasn't thawed longer, and tasted akin to durian ice cream. We let it warm to room temperature and it tasted a lot better. It's good to note here that Premiere Hotel used fresh D24 durians pulp, and not some durian flavouring. Good stuff, though I've had better ones recently.
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| Mooncakes @ Royal Gourmet Premiere Hotel |
Royal Gourmet Mooncake Delights are available from now until 8 September 2014. Customers can choose from 6 varieties of handmade mooncakes with no preservatives added. Best consumed within 7 days of purchase (Butter Pastry series) or even earlier; 3 days(Snow Skin series) to ensure optimum freshness and enjoyment.
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