Bosses: Mooncake

When I saw that moon cakes are being sold everywhere, I knew that the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming up. Around September-October annually, the Chinese people celebrates this festival, when the moon is at its fullest and roundest. Traditionally, this chinese pastry are eaten during this festival, whilst enjoying the full moon where the families gather together.

Pandan Moon cake with single egg yolk

The classic shape of the baked moon cake is round / rectangular, with thin skin and thick fillings which consisted of lotus paste. Commonly the centre consisted of an egg yolk, which is said to be symbolizing the full moon. During the festival, almost all bakeries and restaurants in Singapore compete in making the best-seller moon cakes (I even saw Starbuck's and Haagen-Dazs'), although some of them adopted the modern-modificated version: snowskin moon cakes.  

I bought this Pandan Moon cake from Bosses Restaurant in Vivo City. The waitress came to the table post our lunch and offered some sampler for us. The typical moon cakes are always been too sweet for my liking but this one isn't. The pandan gives an aromatic flavour to the lotus paste, and how beautiful they're when being cut!

Bosses

1 Harbourfront Walk

#02-156/157 VivoCity

Tel: +65 6376 9740