Treasure box of chocolates and a moonchocolate

I love the new mooncake revolution that breaks the traditional, first they launched snowy mooncakes then the custard filled ones, now they have chocolate mooncakes as well as icecream mooncakes.

As well as the mooncakes, the boxes this year have become more creative, from tea tables to environmentally friendly ones.

The Lucullus mooncake box has a traditional touch to it which reminds me of the Chinese cheongsam dress and the beautiful Chinese knot buttons.




The back of the box is beautifully decorated with peonies and red roses.


Inside the Treasure box are chocolates, with four big pieces of chocolate which form the mooncake.






The chocolates are great for sharing.
[Clockwise from the top left: Mango white truffle, green apple truffle, lotus floral truffle and dark truffle ]

Persimmon truffle

Sesame truffle, Lychee truffle

Autumn leaf corn truffle, milk hazelnut crunch, milk pistachio coffee, dark four brother

The chocolate mooncake:


On each quarter, you can see the words Lucullus on the edges.

Green: coffee crunch, Red: pistachio chocolate crispy, blue: praline rice crispy, Yellow: dark truffle.




The chocolates were enjoyable, especially the new flavours such as lychee truffle and green apple truffle.

For those who still prefer the traditional mooncakes, there are other choices which have chocolates as well as the traditional mooncakes.

www.lucullus.com.hk

Chocolate tour gift box by Lucullus

Previously tried the World tour gift box which was similar to this.

The "Happy chocolate tour gift box" is a cuter version containing:
Milk, almond praline, melon, vanilla, milk rice crispy, orange, dark rice crispy, strawberry, hazelnut praline, coke jelly, lemon, red apple, mango and blackcurrant chocolates.











They were too cute to eat, but the size was good because they were guilty free and I could try more flavours.
The coke jelly was the best with chewy coke jelly in the middle and the taste of chocolate and coke together were surprisingly good.

Lucullus Gourmet Shop (Central)

Nutty bites at Lucullus Gourmet Shop

Got some nutty bites from Lucullus Gourmet Shop because it came in a lovely slender brown tin.




There are two flavours, Cranberry and Rice crispy.


The chocolate coated cranberry had a sweeter taste with nutty bits in it.

Personally I preferred the nutty one because it was not so sweet with lovely pieces of rice crispies.

Lucullus palmiers

Lucullus Gourmet Shop (Kowloon Bay)
Thank you Garycwm for getting me these Palmiers from Lucullus Gourmet Shop.

I did not know what they were at first but when I opened them the box was filled with lots of Palmiers.


The palmers had so many layers and were very delicate and crispy.


The taste of butter was light and it was coated with sweet sugar so it was delicious.

Lucullus cakes sticks

After trying the cake slices, I wanted to try the other cakes, the ones I got this time were called STICKS!
They reminded me of the thin slices of cake sold at Stick Stick's

Photos of cake sticks @ Stick Stick'S
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2095395

The ones sold here looked more like rectangle slices.
Anyway, the stick's tasted better than the slices.
The whole thing was much lighter, and there was no heavy dense chocolate mousse base at the bottom.
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Rocky chocolate stick

 

Rocky chocolate stick:
This was topped with marshmallows and drizzled with chocolate which had solidified.
The marshmallows that was in the filling was lovely and soft.
Not too sweet but chocolatey enough.
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Hazelnut stick

 

Hazelnut stick
This was my favourite, the hazelnut mousse actually had a strong hazelnut taste.
Much better than the Hazelnut mousse I had at Sweet Lodge.
It would be good if there was crushed hazelnut mixed in the mousse.
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Overall, the sticks were really good, but I would of preferred the cake to be softer.

Black forestThe cake and cream was dry, especially the cream, it was so dehydrated that it felt crumbly.
It was lacking cherries and the wine taste.

black forest cake

 

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Chocolate cake wtih berries
I was expecting the blackforest to taste better, but actually this one tasted better.
It had more berries but the chocolate was stronger.

chocolate and berry cake

 

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Overall, the chocolate cakes have a heavy chocolate base which gives it weight and stability when it is being transported.
Then the top part of the cake is sponge and the cream.
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