TVB under the knife, TVB gets knifed

::::TVB mooncakes by Maxims::::::

I love TVB and we had TVB in Europe, they started off with video rentals for TV series but now they have satellite channels where they sometimes broadcast stock series so we get to watch them earlier before they are broadcasted in HK.
Subscribers would get a TVB calendar every year that has the current Miss HK pageants on the front page.

Anyway, someone had mooncakes from TVB so we were really lucky to try them.






They are made by Maxims.
In the box there are two flavours:
White lotus seed paste and egg yolk and lotus seed paste and egg yolk.




Basically they taste the same as the ordinary Maxim's mooncakes which are sweet and sickly.

Chi Lin Vegetarian red bean Mooncake 2015

The last time I tried this was in 2011 because someone shared it with me.

Mooncakes for the eldery by Chi Lin 2011
http://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/%E9%91%BD%E7%9F%B3%E5%B1%B1-%E5%BF%97%E8%93%AE%E8%AD%B7%E7%90%86%E5%AE%89%E8%80%81%E9%99%A2%E5%B0%8F%E9%A3%9F%E5%BA%97/2195495?con=rvw

This year, my colleagues shared it with me and it was the red bean and orange peel flavour.
It was delicious because it was not too sweet with a strong orange peel taste and the mooncake was gone in a flash hence I didn't get a chance for pictures.

Kam Kee Cafe Chinese ham mooncakes 2015

I have a friend who lives nearby this Kam Kee Cafe so got a box of mooncakes by Kam Kee and took it to her place.

If you are too lazy to carry the box, you can also buy vouchers so the recipient can collect!!


The box is quite cute and old fashioned.


Anyway, the person who I gave it to said it was 大個裝．味道好香．有咬感．有金華火腿味!!

DHL x Maxim's 2015 Mooncakes

My colleague gets mooncakes from DHL every year and each year they will surprise you!!!
DHL x Maxim's 2010-2014 Mooncakes:
http://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/review/central-maxims-cake-shop/2389834

This year, there was a cute DHL truck with Chinese tea inside and a separate box of mooncakes!











The mooncakes taste sweet and sickly and they are the same as the other mooncakes by Maxim's except the appearance.

Golden Bauhinia Cantonese Restaurant mooncakes 2015

Thanks to Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre​ for sending over some mooncakes.
The mooncakes were in a lovely satin purple and green box which has a ribbon at the top.





Inside were two mooncakes: Double yolk white lotus seed paste mooncake and Black date paste and walnut mooncake.

Tea custard and Christmas mooncakes by Kee Wah Bakery

Thanks to Kee Wah Bakery for sending me more mooncakes.

This time I got Mini panda egg custard mooncakes, Tea custard mooncakes and Mini assorted nuts mooncakes with orange peel.

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Tea custard mooncakes:
The tea custard mooncakes come in two flavours: Jasmine and Earl Grey, which are my favourite teas.

****EARL GREY****:
The Earl Grey tasted the best because the Earl grey was fragrant.

****JASMINE****:

The Jasmine was also nice but the Jasmine flavouring was not strong enough.
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Mini assorted nuts mooncakes with orange peel:

This was a surprise, the labeling reminded me of Christmas and it tasted like a chewy Taiwanese pineapple cake loaded with pumpkin seeds and orange peel which also tasted a bit like a not so sweet Christmas pudding.

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Mini panda egg custard mooncakes:

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