(Mid-Autumn Festival 2013) Mini Mooncakes from Din Tai Fung

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Almost every hotel and eminent Chinese restaurant is showcasing their mooncake-making prowess this Mid-Autumn Festival, and how can the michelin-starred Din Tai Fung exclude itself from this important festive season?

Unlike other establishments who’ve come up with a wide range of mooncake flavours, Din Tai Fung lays out just two flavours that they are confident will be widely favoured.

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Baked Mini Mooncakes Treasure Set ($23.80)

Mooncakes are sold in boxes of four, in the Baked Mini Mooncakes Treasure Set ($23.80). Each box comes with two flavours each – the White Lotus Seed Paste with Taiwan Songshan Pineapple Filling, and the White Lotus Seed Paste with Pine Seeds, Orange Peels & Quarter Yolk.

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Mooncakes are baked to a gorgeous shade of golden brown, embossed with intricate patterns.

That familiar fragrance of the baked crust wins the first battle against contenders, while its texture wins the second. It is crumbly and less dense compared to many others.

Attributable to its petite size, consumers will not find these mooncakes cloying. The White Lotus Seed Paste with Taiwan Songshan Pineapple Filling is especially addictive, with the slightly tart pineapple filling counterbalancing the richness overall. The White Lotus Seed Paste with Pine Seeds, Orange Peels & Quarter Yolk manages to incorporate a quarter of a yolk in this tiny mooncake so as to please egg yolk lovers.

The Baked Mini Mooncakes Treasure Set ($23.80) is available from now till 19 September 2013 at all Din Tai Fung outlets in Singapore. Customers are entitled to a 10% discount with a minimum purchase of 2 boxes.