Even Singapore's favourite salted egg chips brand, IRVINS (@irvinsaltedegg ), has jumped on the bandwagon!
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Presenting their first-ever Yam Lava Mooncake! At SGD40, you get a total of eight mooncakes in a box wrapped in a beautiful Japanese-style cloth 🎁. There are two types of fillings to choose from: yam and mung bean. However, you cannot mix the two flavours within the same box. Fortunately, since I'm a big yam fan, that wasn't a problem for me.
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To my delight, the yam paste was satisfyingly oozy and sweet ☺. The distinct earthy flavours were very prominent too. As for the lava salted egg yolk 🍳, while it wasn't as oozy or as much in amount, I felt the balance it provided was just right. Its savouriness managed to complement the overall sweetness of the yam.
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The mooncake skin itself was made out of activated charcoal 🖤, which gave it its shiny black hue. For one, though, I felt that it was tad bit too thick. Spent quite a while chewing on the skin, as a result. Nevertheless, I think this combination of yam and salted egg yolk is one that is done right 👍. Definitely one of the more interesting mooncakes I've encountered this year, especially since I'm a salted egg fan as well!
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📍 IRVINS Salted Egg 🇸🇬