If you ask Clarke Quay why it paints this side of the town chalcedony, it would be because of Peony-Jade. River-side dining with first-class view. And if you wonder how to get to the Clarke Quay's double storey, shop/warehouses have lifts inside.
Peony-J de. It was once reputed for its black Har Kau and fish and bird dim sum. Gleaming like glass marbles each, it was hard to picture the foods or the restaurant beside this. Glaring, wooden, and sweltering.
Yet it makes more sense as you approach it closer. The coveted red halls coming to you. Since last year, everywhere from confectionery companies to restaurants and hotels are going on a leaner, medicinal take. This year, mooncakes are on a sloughed strike. No more fancy footworks and unconstrained flavours, but down-to-earth goji berries, low-sugar, and sugar fructose.
Black Sesame Truffles in Bamboo Charcoal Powder (SGD 45.00)
Still, move over Bakerzin; for rum & raisin 2010, this year Peony Jade has the legitimate Bamboo Charcoal! Bamboo charcoal to improve your health and cleanse the body.
Dark and slimy, even if it is not black, it is bamboo charcoal. Bamboo charcoal, and that will suffice; for widow. This is because Dark alchemy- the only official solid that will not be superseded/lightened when running into things. We have seen too many chocolate, blackforest, mocha, red bean and red bean paste.
The two white chocolate truffles slightly out of place here. Steeped with liquor, its half-cream half-solid trance makes it cocoa and cocoa butter at once. The paste is black sesame paste inside, so rich— that it gets better with eating it from the fridge every time (the blog post shifts with every sampling time!) And on the skin somebody says they tasted the charcoal.
P.S. Bamboo charcoal and full palm-sized, there is no hesitance on this mooncake at all. Wholly black, only this kind of mooncake can be as black as a frog's skin. The white chocolate truffles were like litmus paper, or red rouge standing against the test of yellow teeth; white chocolate still looking white and mooncake still appearing black. Always look out for bamboo charcoal.
P.P.S. The challenge though, is to which direction and bearing do the 2 truffles/yolk lie, in the cake.
