Hong Gong 2 Yolk Lotus Mooncake 750g $25 at Coles while stocks last.
Hong Gong 2 Yolk Lotus Mooncake 750g $25 @ Coles
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so many wing wah, havent tried tang myself
https://www.neweastland.com.au/collections/wingwah?sort_by=p…
"Product of China " NO
I tried a few made in China moon cake, nothing as close as made in Hong Kong, some even I can smell the colour paint from the box, end up in rubbish bin.
There is significant price premium on the HK brands… For the record I personally have never experienced paint smells from any of the Chinese moon cakes (sub $20) my wife buys, and we have had the HK brands as gift and I didn't think much of the latter. A bit richer yes, but not worth paying 2-3 times as much for.
Please, anyone who negs Gigiolo for his personal opinion on the taste of moon cakes should explain why. I neg heaps of CCP deals and comments (being of HK origin) but I don't wanna see just blanket neg anything/any comment pro china.
There is a price premium for HK brands, usually double if not more. This is true and most people can taste the quality. But if someone can't or can't justify the 2x premium he has his right express his opinion.
Wait… i was pro china? I think this is where lot of people miss the point (not you buddy). I am only interested in value for money, so i hope all other morons who bring their shitty political game can piss off.
Wait… i was pro china?
sorry I couldn't find better words, but yea say anything remotely in favorable to anything chinese and it sparks a "us v them" mentality.
Like I'm all for slamming them for taking over HK, and incarceration of uighurs, or Xi for changing the rules so he can rule for life and brainwashing their kids, or the stupid global times say about democracy and the way they act etc etc etc.
But people, the comment is about taste of food and value for money.
@cloudy: Also to add on to that, if you really don't want to buy anything that is made in china, depending on how significant it is, might have to lead a very minimalistic life… large majority of electronics, appliances, cars, would have significant percentage of parts made in china…
Ozbargain is all about getting best value for your dollar…
I neg heaps of CCP deals and comments (being of HK origin)
First of all why bring politics to a bargain website. Things from china can be bargains.
Secondly thats pretty racist negging due to country. If you don't see it replace CCP with african and read what you said.
First of all why bring politics to a bargain website. Things from china can be bargains
I think the indiscriminate negging brought the politics, I’m defending ones right to opinion even if it’s in favour for something that’s Chinese.
Things from China can definitely be a bargain, I never said it can’t be, why you said that is beyond me.
Why is it racist of me to defend the Chinese and dislike the political party that controls China?
You seem to be a very confused individual, though I know of many Chinese that can no longer differentiate party and country, that is due to CCP propaganda, which is what I said I hate.
I hope that helps you
@Chchnu: Keep drinking the koolaid. CCP is not a race and it's tankie brainwashing to assert that it's the same.
Why is there a + and -?
Who cares if someone doesn’t like your comment, looks like that just makes people feel like real bullies!You should start comments with DLLM CCP on the CCP deals so that we know you are serious
I've never experienced the paint smells as well. I don't unstand why some people downvote you just because you had some Chinese moon cakes.
For me mooncakes is nostalgia- it's something I've eaten every mid-autumn festival since I was a kid. If you eff up the flavour, you eff up my festivity. It's haram. If you can't do it right- ffs just don't do it :(
You pay for what you get and it's worth every cent imo.
At a glance I thought your username was gigolo
Wing Wah 4 yolk white lotus FTW
It is. It's how I met my wife
have you tried this particular brand or you are one of those people see every thing from China as bad or of poor quality.
Don't know about Chinese mooncakes since I've never tried them but 90% of locally made moon cakes I've tried taste like they're made of rubber. Now I only buy HK and Malaysian moon cakes. Malaysian quality is pretty decent without the markup.
have you tried Taiwan moon cakes or ice cream moon cakes
even mainlanders know this. HK made pastry sweets are something else
in not chinese, nor of chinese origin, but when i was in china is did find HK
pastries tasted better than ones i had in beijing. i attributed it more to the western influence that HK had and the ingredients used (butter vs palm oil) it’s like french pastries in vietnam , but then i get good and bad pastries in melbourne just between shops in a street, so i think with moon cakes (i receive them as gifts) the focus needs to be the brand rather than generalize mainland vs HK , china is a big country and im sure the quality/ style of moon cakes even varies regionally, just like the quality and style varies from suburbs in australia, and even shops in the same street …best french toast ive ever had was at a bakery run by japanese in thailand
Culinary is better in the southern region including Hong Kong. Yum cha originated in that region.
Uhhh this irks me. I try to avoid anything that I’m going to eat made in China. I’m not against stuff made in China, every appliance or clothing I have is probably made there. But I can’t get past the fact that I’ll be exposing myself to any risk in terms of consumption. If their own people are dubious of their own countries food products and actively seek out overseas products at a premium, then it’s probably wiser to do the same.
Its own people for most product made in china are not dubious
Baby formula. Enough said. If manufacturers don't care about killing babies, then no doubt they wouldn't care about killing adults either.
@brotherfranciz: The past incidents have destroyed people's confidence in the baby formula industry.
Even if they magically produce the same as Australian quality and get approved by the Australian government, it's still not gonna convenience everyone. I see some recovery in the last decade, but simply not enough. Local brands with premium quality are also not cheap, so many would rather pay a bit extra to buy the imported.
I think China needs a better diary industry overall, to improve quality and cost efficiency.
Wait…aren't we talking about mooncakes? XD
@phoenixpan: It's probably why they bought out the big brands of the Australian dairy industry.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/accc-clears-chines…
@thangcuoi: Lions dairy was already foreign owned just fyi. That article makes it sound like it was leaving australian hands to the chinese when it had already been sold to japan
@brotherfranciz: I think baby formula is one thing, they also had a gutter oil incident, that would scare me to not want to eat anything if I visited China.
dont worry you are not alone, even my friends from china wont buy ready to eat made in china food from the supermarkets. they rather buy taiwan, korea and japan products.
That's why you missed lots of good stuff. There r also hundreds of Moon cake brand in Mainland China. "a few" or just one Moon cake doesn't means anything. And probably you just made it up considering smelling the paint and ur bully tone
Lol why do you think mainland Chinese buy up all the milk powder in HK, Australia?
Theres a long history of food contamination, corruption and poor regulation.
Like why do Australians and people in the rest of the world buy made-in-China goods?
It's the global economy.
@phoenixpan: Are you buying Chinese made milk powder?
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41292-020-00211-7
@Ughhh: I am in Australia, simply no need.
If I am in China, I know brands that I can trust. They are just almost as pricy as the imported ones, you got what you paid for. Or as you said, get friends here to buy me Australian ones. Don't get exited yet, keep reading.
Most Chinese milk powder won't be comparable to the Australian ones, simply because Australia has a more advanced dairy industry (count the cows per person!).
People here like to use formulas as an example of how bad food quality is in China, however, that's a very naive thought that ignores the complicity of the global economy.
Did you hear a lot of Chinese criticize Australia don't make many electronics, cars, or other stuff? No.
Be smart, be kind, be global.
@phoenixpan: Mate you can keep comparing apples with bananas. What's us not making electronics or cars have to do with not trusting the consumables coming from China.
If I bought a crappy USB hub from china, it would just either not work, or be slow.
Aside from the baby formula, what about this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutter_oil
If I was buying China made processed foods which could have used gutter oil to cook in, is that not a risk?
@squaredonut: Hey, if you don't trust those, it's ok. I believe you can find tons of wikis like that for every country.
No one is forcing you to feed your baby Chinese formula or accepting another idea. I didn't say the Chinese formula is all good, right? Chill.
much of the farmed seafood we buy in australia comes from china and vietnam, lots of the frozen berries in supermarkets come from china ……the labour costs are lower ….. you would be surprised how much food ingredients that are made in china you already eat without knowing in prepared food you buy …. the prawns in your take away curry, the oyster sauce in your stir fry take away, it the ingredients was frozen, or packaged, and is used to make prepared food, there is a good chance a lot of the ingredients come from china.
You better not say that in front of a person from HK or Taiwan. :)
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/hong-kong-freedoms-democrac…
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/china-taiwan-relations-tens…
"Australia adheres to its one-China policy, which means we do not recognize Taiwan as a country."
@cktftw: Regulations, culture, standards are different.
You would find a fake YSL store in a fancy mall in China, but not in HK.
every time i see comments like this reminds me of the bell curve of IQ.
When it comes to food. Immensely.
Food safety standards across regions and jurisdictions vary greatly.
the difference is the culture, the british ruled HK for a long time, so that culture influenced the food, same in taiwan, taiwan has many western influences and they also shape the culture and food standards ….also access to foreign ingredients in HK and taiwan …. foreign influences change foods, and sometimes culture try to protect what they have as “traditional” traditional isn’t always better, it’s what they had access to before air freight shipping, etc. like the french tackle the issue of how a baguettes should be made and that quiche is being surpassed by people wanting kebabs …..
i dread the day pizza becomes the most popular food in china ….. where will all the cheese come from, or croissants become popular where will all the butter come from, if it’s australia, our dairy cabinet prices will increase ….. what will happens to coffee bean prices if coffee becomes the most popular drink in china ?
Hong Kong is part of China
We are talking about mooncake.
product of Hong Kong is a subrange of Product of China. And so is Product of Taiwan. What's your point here?
I think you have an issue with your nose. Go have a check up with your GP
My mum just bought one of these- and I can vouch that they taste no way near as good as Wing Wah. Don't recommend.
My assumption being that coles has caucasian product procurement really doesnt shit from shit… so therefore you wind up with this crap.
Its the old addage… if you got to a chinese restaurant and its full of white customers, back out and walk away, its gonna be a complete shitshow
Agreed. I mean the mere fact that it's called Hong Gong makes me cringe, lol.
Hong Gong
Just try to fool you they are made in Hong Kong, why they want to fool you because Made in Hong Kong mooncake is good.
I remember there was a Hongda motorcycle. lol
This is how Hong Kong is pronounced in Cantonese or at least closer to it than "Hong Kong"
Not totally true. My local Coles/Woolies both sells LKK sauces - the same ones that I would buy at the asian grocery stores. And they have pocky, onion rings etc. Yes some things avoid but i would still buy those items from coles/woolies if they were on sale and cheaper e.g. i've seen LKK chiu chow chilli oil (a staple in our house) at some asian grocers selling for $6-7 a jar. Coles was selling for $4.50 for the exact same jar including weight. I know where I'm buying mine from, white customers or not!
The brands that are asian staples/household brands are always good whether it's in coles/woolies or any other store. Any other asian goods that are not from an asian household brand and is in coles/woolies- it is almost guaranteed it will not taste authentic.
Racist
You're racist.
@Ughhh: Did you see what Tony said? White procurement worker at coles shit, and that we should stay away from restaraunt with white people in them.
If you dont get it replace white with black and you'll see what i mean.
@Chchnu: Mooncakes and autumn festival is not an Australian or white tradition. Would it be any surprise that someone with no knowledge on the history of quality of product, only procures the cheapest to sell?
The restaurant thing is also very true. If you grew up eating proper Italian, Indian, Chinese etc food from those places, you'll know what is good food and what is not. What do you think a Lack of Asians in a Chinese restaurant signals?
A lot of (small suburban at least) Chinese restaurants menus are made for the Caucasian palate.@Ughhh: traditional food doesn’t mean it’s better food, i prefer eye fillet steak in my chinese meals rather than cuts like bolar blade or topside which are tougher, cheaper and more traditional …doesn’t make it a bad restaurant if it’s not traditional , actually makes it better as they optimize access to better ingredients……
italians and indians didn’t have tomatoes until 1500’s and their arrival from the americas, same with chilli and potatoes, rather recent ingredients 500 years in the period of mankind, so the “ traditional dishes” most countries claim are only 500 years old based on ingredients used …… i’d hate to have eaten in the 1400’s no chilli, no potatoes, no tomatoes, no cocoa, and pepper cost it’s weight in gold ……
i love my pepper honey sizzle eye fillet steak at the local chinese restaurant even if it’s not traditional …..
@garage sale: Whether traditional food (as in taste, cooking technique btw, not cut or brand of pepper) is good food or not is a very personal taste thing. If you're looking for a chinese restaurant to eat at, who's personal taste do you trust more? It also depends on the restaurant target /available demographic. Some people think dim sim from a fish and chip shop is Chinese food and love it.
No one alive today will compare to food made in the 1500s or is expecting to taste like that.
But are they better than Wing Chun though?
I don't think so- this one has a strange… mung bean after taste. Suffice to say that the lotus flavour is off :(
Wing Chun
He said this 😆
@nightelves: mah bad- I was wondering if there actually was a brand that had the same name as a the martial arts… lol.
FYI, Wing Wah is ~2X of this price. Have to adjust your expectation accordingly
Where’s the bargain?
May be first time Coles sell mooncake?
Breadtop mooncakes are the best I've had in Australia. There's probably better around but I don't know where
If imported from Hong Kong like Maxim's or Wing Wah as mentioned here.
tried the breadtop one before, too fusion with attractive packaging, while the taste is not as good as how the outer presentation, personally prefer more traditional wing wah
Gotta say it's hard to find any made in Australia at all, the BT ones were definitely good. The mini salted egg yolk custard ones were really good too.
Jerky house has viet made ones from sunshine and those areas - but the city one is closed.
Raya makes them (melb) though it's pre-order and always sells out.
I can gladly say, BT ones are made here in Aus. But the raw material definitely is not from here.
Yes their ice yuzu is so delicious!! I would go back for more in any heartbeat. Support local.
How much are theirs?
A few dollars for one iirc
Only upvoting cos who even gets mooncake at Coles… sadly none here in the country. :(
Wait until 21st, then maybe less than half price.
Yeah we don't need to have it during mid autumn here.
China likes giving their products a name which sounds like it's made from elsewhere.
Hong Gong is pronounced the same as Hong Kong.
In china, hong kong is xiang gang. The Chinese on the packaging says mooncake.
Actually the chinese on the packaging says both 'hong gong' and 'mooncake'
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No deal