Being Tsinoy, one of our most awaited event is the Mooncake Festival. Aside from the dice game tradition, it's the time of the year where we get to eat the mooncakes we buy mooncakes locally (from shops and specially ordered from Chinese homemakers) and imported from Hongkong, Taiwan and Singaporefor a whole month. So when Vikings Luxury Buffet invited me over to try their specially hand-crafted mooncakes, I just couldn't resist.
Hot Mooncakes
I've tried a lot of mooncakes but have never eaten them hot. So these selections got me really excited knowing that I can't avail them anywhere else.
The Minced Goat Cheese Mooncake with Mango Coulisreceived a lot of praise among my companions. I was impressed with the idea of mincing the goat cheese giving it a nice grinded texture that's fun to chew. The mild cheese flavor wonderfully complemented by the sweet mango coulis too. The crust was thick and crumby similar to a hot empanada.
The Beef Bourguignon Mooncake with Choron Sauce is a French-Chinese fused innovation. I was impressed with this. The beefbourguignon is savory and tender. It was great on its own but its even better with the rich zesty choron sauce.
The Crusty Shrimp Cheese Mooncake is a puff pastry filled with shrimp and cream cheese. I loved this! All other hot mooncakes had the same texture but this one was a puff pastry which was soft, chewy and light.
The Asado Mooncake surprised me because it was filled by monggo paste with a hint of asado flavor. I was expecting asado fillings like that of a siopao.
Cold Mooncakes
The Salted Lotus Mooncake is similar to the traditional lotus cream mooncake but this was not purely lotus cream. As you can see, it had a sweet monggo filling first in darker colorbefore the lotus cream in lighter brown and salted egg in the center.
Dessert Mooncakes
Yes! Vikings also offers dessert mooncakes. It's also a first time I've encountered something like this. The Wild Berry Cheese Mooncake has a very sweet sugary artifically berry flavored coating filled with a delicious cream cheese-cake-like filling. On the other hand, the Choco Trifle Mooncake has the same kind of coating but with a rich, sweet and minty chocolate filling.
Hot Mooncakes
I've tried a lot of mooncakes but have never eaten them hot. So these selections got me really excited knowing that I can't avail them anywhere else.
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| Beef Bourguignon Mooncake with Choron Sauce and Minced Goat Cheese Mooncake with Mango Coulis |
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| Beef Bourguignon Mooncake with Choron Sauce |
The Beef Bourguignon Mooncake with Choron Sauce is a French-Chinese fused innovation. I was impressed with this. The beefbourguignon is savory and tender. It was great on its own but its even better with the rich zesty choron sauce.
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| Crusty Shrimp Cheese MooncakeandAsado Mooncake |
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| Crusty Shrimp Cheese Mooncake |
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| Asado Mooncake |
Cold Mooncakes
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| Salted Lotus Mooncake |
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| Salted Lotus Mooncake |
Dessert Mooncakes
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| Choco Trifle Mooncakeand Wild Berry Cheese Mooncake |
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| Wild Berry Cheese Mooncake andChoco Trifle Mooncake |
Yes! Vikings also offers dessert mooncakes. It's also a first time I've encountered something like this. The Wild Berry Cheese Mooncake has a very sweet sugary artifically berry flavored coating filled with a delicious cream cheese-cake-like filling. On the other hand, the Choco Trifle Mooncake has the same kind of coating but with a rich, sweet and minty chocolate filling.
| Vikings SM Megamall | |
| Business Address | 4/F, Mega Fashion Hall, SM Megamall, Julio Vargas cor. EDSA, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila |
| Business Hours | 10am-9pm (mall hours) |
| Payment Options | |
| Service Charge | 10% |
| Budget/Person | 800-1,200 |
| Free WiFi | Yes (SM free WiFi) |
| Unlocked Foursquare Perks | None |
| Contact | (02) 656-3888, 656-4888, 656-5888 |
| Other | Facebook Fan Page | Website |
Disclosure: Everything I tried was provided for this feature.
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