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Traditional Baked Mooncake are ready :D

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Rachel’s Traditional Baked Mooncake 月餅 are ready. All mooncake are handmade and baked instore.

The mooncake range are:

  • Double duck egg yolk in Lotus Seed Paste, 雙黃蓮蓉月饼
  • Lotus Seed Paste, 蓮蓉月饼
  • Red Bean Paste, 豆沙月饼

We also have mini mooncake filled with:

  • Lotus Seed Paste, 迷你蓮蓉月饼
  • Red Bean Paste, 迷你豆沙月饼

Snow Skin Mooncake (冰皮月餅) and mini version of Snow Skin Mooncake (迷你冰皮月餅) will be available soon.

 

Double Egg Yolk with Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake
Cured Duck Egg Yolk
Molding Mooncake
Mooncake comes out nicely from mold
Mooncakes go into oven
Mooncake
Mooncake
Double Egg Yolk with Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake
Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake
Red Beans Paste Mooncake
Mini Red Bean Paste Mooncake
Mini Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake

Sweetcorn Coconut Ice Lolly. Yum~~~

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New Treat! Sweetcorn Coconut Ice Lolly, YUM~~~

Rachel’s homemade Sweetcorn Coconut Ice Lolly and Red Beans Coconut Ice Lolly are from the taste of 50’s, or could be even earlier.

Both of the sweetcorn and the whole red beans had been slow cooked separately for hours until it reached silky smooth texture. Then we topped it up with creamy coconut milk and finally we added a hint of sweetness.

It is a perfect companion for the summer J

Good news. It’s gluten-free, vegan and dairy free 😀

Only at Rachel’s

Sweetcorn Coconut & Red Beans Coconut Ice Lollies
Ice Lolly Ready to be frozen
Sweetcorn Coconut & Red Beans Coconut Ice Lollies

Home cured duck egg yolks for the Mooncake are almost ready!

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Team Rachel’s is getting ready to make Mooncake, “Yuè Bĭng” (月餅), to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th September 2016.

We have been curing the duck eggs for few weeks to get the egg yolk to form to the firm honey texture that will melt in your mouth.  It will be ready in next few days, so we will start making and baking mooncake soon !

Rachel’s traditional filling Mooncake月餅range are:

  • Double duck egg yolk in Lotus Seed Paste, 雙黃蓮蓉月饼
  • Lotus Seed Paste, 蓮蓉月饼
  • Red Bean Paste, 豆沙月饼

We also have mini mooncake filled with:

  • Lotus Seed Paste, 迷你蓮蓉月饼
  • Red Bean Paste, 迷你豆沙月饼

Snow Skin Mooncake (冰皮月餅) and mini version of Snow Skin Mooncake (迷你冰皮月餅) will also be available.

The filling for the Snow Skin Mooncake in traditional size are:

  • Double duck egg yolk in Lotus Seed Paste, 雙黃蓮蓉 冰皮月饼
  • Double duck egg yolk in Custard, 雙黃奶黄冰皮月饼

For mini version of Snow Skin Mooncake, we make them in three different fillings:

  • Lotus Seed Paste, 迷你冰皮蓮蓉月饼
  • Red Bean Paste, 迷你冰皮豆沙月饼
  • Custard, 迷你冰皮奶黄月饼

Below is a little story about the mooncake

Mooncake is a traditional Chinese dessert or tea cake typically eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhōngqiū Jié (中秋節). It is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month on lunar calendar (八月十五).

The Mid-Autumn festival is for lunar worship and moon watching, when mooncakes are regarded as an indispensable delicacy. Mooncakes are offered between friends or on family gatherings while celebrating the festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the four most important Chinese festivals.

PS: Many thanks to Mr. R , whose help us to get the duck eggs, Team Rachel’s really appreciate your help.

curing duck egg
curing duck egg
curing duck egg
curing duck egg
curing duck egg
Firm Honey Texture Egg Yolk
Baked Mooncake
Minin Baked Mooncake
Pandan Snowskin Mooncake
Snowskin Mooncake

 

Duanwu Festival 2016

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Happy Duanwu Festival!

Duanwu Festival, also known as Dragon Boat Festival, is just a few days away. Sticky Rice Parcel (ZongZi) has been part of the celebration for a long history. To celebrate this year’s Duanwu Festival on Thursday, 9th June 2016, Team Rachel’s have prepared a deluxe version of Meaty Sticky Rice Parcel with extra home cured duck egg yolk and chestnut. It will be ready from Monday noon, the 6th June 2016. Aside from this deluxe special sticky rice parcel, the meaty and vegan versions we normally serve are available as usual.

It’s time to pop into Rachel’s and get your sticky rice parcel ready for this special occasion! The options are:

  1. Deluxe Meaty, 2016 Special – sticky rice with five spices, home cured whole duck egg yolk, chestnut, marinated pork, shrimp and Chinese mushroom
  2. Meaty – sticky rice with five spices, marinated pork, shrimp and Chinese mushroom
  3. Vegan – sticky rice, black eye pea and Chinese mushroom
More pictures to follow 🙂
Picture update !
 
All parcels have been wrapped and ready to cook in the morning 😀 yeah~~~~

 

Firm Honey Texture Egg Yolk