to mooncake or not to mooncake

Is it just me or do you also feel like you're losing interest in mooncakes year by year? I blame it on the ridiculously inflated prices of mooncakes which is always accompanied by some seller's excuse that China was badly hit by floods, hence the price of lotus seeds has hiked up la, etc. 

If 5 years ago, RM10 could get you a Lotus Paste Single Yolk (LPSY) mooncake, today, you'll be lucky if you can even find a decent red bean paste mooncake for that same price. The baked LPSY being sold today approximates at RM 16 - that's like RM 2 per tiny piece (if cut into 8 segments)!

As a fan of the Lotus Paste DOUBLE Yolk, i managed to forgo my fave this year. *proud*

However, i had a different 'itch' to try something new this time around - the Doraemon and Hello Kitty range of mooncakes!

 From their snowskin range of mooncakes, i tried their ....
'Tiramisu'.................didn't really fancy the cocoa powder dusting on top, real mess. Cheese flavour wasn't rich enough.

 'Black Humour' ...........nice rich chocolaty goodness, but rather sweet to my liking.

The 'Tropical Pure Durian' was their best seller and at RM 17 per mooncake, this was definitely the charmer.
Apart from the rather powdery tasteless skin, the filling was da bomb! So smoooooth and creamy, this mooncake must be kept in the freezer and consumed right away from the freezer!

Bought 4 of their mooncakes @ RM 17/piece (gulp!) and got this free velvety hand-carry Doraemon bag.
Too cute!
It seems a much better deal if  i look at it as though i bought this bag and got 4 free mooncakes instead! lol.

Will this be Darren's very first bag?

This year, i also got to try mini mooncakes from Peninsula Connoisseur, Hong Kong.
When i say 'mini', they really ARE small....It is exactly the size of a slightly flattened salted egg yolk.
With a very buttery skin, they cost about RM25 each! Siao, man....

And last but not least, money cannot buy homemade lychee jelly mooncake, made by mark's aunty.
An awesome looking shape of the jelly, with the perfect texture and sweetness of juicy lychee flesh inside. ..
Heavenly.......

Well, we're officially done with mooncakes, for this year at least.
I have a year to start learning the art of making mooncakes. My crystal ball tells me it's gonna cost RM20 a piece next year! ...............wanna bet on that?