Tiramisu And Berries Cheese (Starbucks) Mooncakes
Inside the goodies bag I received from the management of Mahkota Parade, there was a box of mooncakes from Starbucks Coffee.
There were two flavours inside, one was the tiramisu while the other was berries cheese. What design do you think Starbucks Coffee would “print” on their mooncakes? Of course, none other than their own logo.
Splitting the mooncake into half, there’s a layer of rich cheese and mung bean set in the middle, wrapped with a mixture of lotus and coffee paste. Among the paste, there’s some melon kernel seeds as well.
It sure tasted kind of weird to me, neither lotus nor coffee. In fact, it tasted more like chocolate to me. It’s not that sweet but difficult to consume that many pieces at one go.
Compared to tiramisu, berries cheese wasn’t that appetizing. From the colour, it sure looked like any other mooncake.
Upon cutting into the mooncake, my nose immediately detected the aroma of berries. According to the piece of paper inside the box, the paste was made from lotus, raspberries, dried cranberries and dried strawberries. In the middle was cheese and mung bean filling, same as the tiramisu flavoured mooncake.
It wasn’t too bad during the first few bite but after that, I had the intention of putting it aside a.k.a throwing it away the 1/4 piece that I cut out earlier.
Overall, both mooncakes tasted pretty average to me, and definitely way off course from the traditional mooncakes with no fancy or weird flavours. While the new flavours are created to cater the younger generation, after tasting two out of four flavours offered by Starbucks Coffee, I think I am going to stick with the lotus paste, red beans, salted egg yolks and etc. for now.
Oh, I seriously love those jelly mooncakes, lotus paste wrapped with coloured jelly. Heh!
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September 8th, 2008 01:13
Dunno will see Starbucks dumpling in the future or not. :p
September 8th, 2008 02:00
belanja mou …. hehehe
September 8th, 2008 04:25
without tasting i can already feel the weirdness. =p
i think i still prefer those traditional ones. (:
September 8th, 2008 09:30
I prefer the jelly type of mooncake!!! Thanks for the info for the Starbucks mooncake.. hahaha
September 8th, 2008 10:07
u tried the durian flavor? >.<;
September 8th, 2008 10:13
Hey, you should bring it to KL and share with me mer… Anyway, ping pei is nicest ler.. less jelat…
September 8th, 2008 11:07
lol. they are not really the experts for mooncake eh…
September 8th, 2008 18:20
wow, starbucks one leh.
i hope i can taste also.
haha… i also like jelly mooncake. yummy yummy…
i hpoe starbucks can open its branch here also, right here in batu pahat. haha…
September 8th, 2008 23:42
hehe~ saw that u have tried our the starbucks mooncake. honestly? i still like those traditional ones. but anyone wants to buy starbucks mooncake, buy from me ya? XD
September 9th, 2008 11:43
I didn’t know even Starbucks have gone into the mooncakes’ business!
I am not a fan of mooncakes but I do agree that those jelly versions are so much more better!:)
September 9th, 2008 11:44
Jason from Melaka?
September 9th, 2008 17:27
I wish I could try that… never tasted Starbucks mooncake before!
September 9th, 2008 19:39
Bryan : I am so not going to try it if they do. Haha.
Sean : Come to my house and help yourself. :D
Zthon : Haha. Well, curiosity got the best of me and I needed something to blog.
Yung. : I like those as well, and a stall in Jonker Street is selling at RM3 for 3.
Edwin : Nope. I wouldn’t buy either. These were given to me for free.
Cutie : Errm, kinda weird to bring two mooncakes all the way from Malacca ler. :P Beng Pei used to be my favourite too, but I got jelak of it after a while.
Xin : Experts for coffee only.
Emerline Koh : Come to Mahkota’s Starbucks and buy one to try loh. :D
Acute Critique : Hehe. Forgotten that you are working as a barista for them. Haha. Buy from you, you get commission? :P
Christy : Yes, best of all, you won’t get jelak no matter how many you eat. :D
Jwan : Yes. The Jason you met while having satay celup that night.
Neo : Haha. Head down to Starbucks and buy one today.
September 9th, 2008 21:09
willing to share with me..?
i love mooncake..!!!~~
PS* Finally I accept the job offer d.. :D
September 10th, 2008 22:53
i bought once before…when the 1st launched it….
taste weird..leh..
September 11th, 2008 01:55
Vian : Come and take loh! :D
Lee CS : I got mine for free. Hehe. Else, I will never buy ‘em.
September 15th, 2008 14:58
wow.. starbucks mooncake look nice
September 15th, 2008 18:09
JamieDawnRose : Looks nice but not necessarily tastes nice.