A big shout out to all truffle lovers as Aroma Truffle launched their limited edition truffle snowskin mooncakes this mid-autumn festival. The local brand had created a unique fusion using local favourite flavours such as Mao Shan Wang, Chocolate and Italian Truffles to make this deliciously sinful treat.
Started by three Singaporean brothers, truffle lovers should be quite familiar with their world's strongest truffle chips. This year, they wanted to showcase the versatility of their skills as truffle artisans and thus decided to take their love for truffle one step further by handcrafting truffle mooncakes.
"The mid-autumn festival is a time where we spoil our loved ones with decadent mooncake treats. Truffle is a luxurious ingredient. It is something that should be enjoyed during special occasions. We decided to create a unique fusion of favourite local flavours with Mao Shan Wang and Truffle. What better way to celebrate this festival than add a lavish twist to our favourite sweet treat," said Johnathan Chan, Chef, Aroma Truffle.
The two varieties of their truffle snowskin mooncakes that are fully handmade in Singapore are:
1. Premium Truffle Durian Snow Skin Mooncake
The mooncakes are filled with 100% rich and creamy Mao Shan Wang flesh and infused with black Italian truffles. Encased in bamboo charcoal snow skin and sprinkled with edible gold flakes, the mooncake looks like a shimmering night sky.
2. Premium Truffle Chocolate Molten Snowskin Mooncake
The core of this mooncake is a white chocolate ball filled with oozing truffle chocolate lava. This ball is then covered with chocolate flavored lotus paste and crunchy macadamia nuts. This artisanal masterpiece is encased in truffle-infused white snowskin with edible gold flakes too.
I went to their flagship boutique at Chinatown Point to collect a box for review and loved how each box also came with a cooler bag which could keep the mooncakes for up to six hours. This gave me enough time to attend another event before I'm home to put them in the freezer. The knife and mini forks were also packed inside which made it very convenient to bring out.
You should take note of where you want to consume the mooncakes as the fragrant of the durian and truffle was pretty strong. Honestly speaking, I couldn't really get used to the truffle taste in mooncakes when I first try it however, I found them quite nice after tasting them again few days later. I guess this two exotic taste could only be appreciated by certain people. You either love it or hate it. My mom for one loved it so much, she finished two of the four mooncakes all by herself when I'm not around. For me, I still prefer my truffle in chips or fries.
Although there were so many different variety of mooncakes available for sale now, truffle mooncakes was still the first that I've heard and try of. If you are curious of how it taste like, you got to grab a box of their mooncake while stock last as there are only 1,000 boxes of mooncakes available for purchase.
A box of four truffle mooncakes is priced at $88 and you can choose from either of the following options for each box of mooncakes:
- 4 x Premium Truffle Durian Snow Skin Mooncake
- 4 x Premium Truffle Chocolate Molten Snowskin Mooncake
- 2 x Premium Truffle Durian Snow Skin Mooncake, 2 x Premium Truffle Chocolate Molten Snowskin Mooncake
The mooncakes can be purchased at Aroma Truffle's website and the good news is if you key in CHEWYJAS10OFF at the discount code during your check out, you will get $10 off your online mooncakes purchase! This promo code is valid until 13th September 2019.
Alternatively, the mooncakes could also be purchased at their flagship boutique at Chinatown Point #01-20 or at the mooncakes fair at Takashimaya Square B2, Compass One L2 Atrium, Novena Square L1, Jurong Point L1 and Raffles Xchange till 13 September 2019 except for Novena Square which is till 12 September 2019.
So go ahead and bring your palate up to the next level with these exciting truffle and durian flavoured snowskin mooncakes from Aroma Truffle!
XOXO
