Generally, a mood cake is a Chinese baked good eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival, which gives appreciation to the lunar cycle and is considered a delicacy. They are everywhere in China around this time of year, including Starbucks. I've had them before but I never really know which flavours are which and so I have decided to try out a brand of them with multiple flavours and rate them! This is partially because I am curious and mostly because I am bored...
The scoring is as followed (in order to remain somewhat standard):
1 -> 5 points for taste
1 -> 5 points for AFTER taste (believe me, it's important)
1 -> 5 points for eatability (Did I even finish it...)
1 -> 5 point for general ranking
Overall verdict in 1 word! (Bonus - What flavour do I think it is?)
Round 1: Green Moon Cake
Taste = Nutty (5)
After taste = Sour Nuts? (3)
Eatability = Yes (5)
Ranking = 1st (5)
Verdict = Alright Alright Alright (Total = 18 points)
(+ Maybe some kind of nut bean)
Round 2: Orange Moon Cake
Taste = Spicy...? (1)
After taste = Worse... (1)
Eatability = NO (1)
Ranking = 5th (1)
Verdict = Never Again (Total = 4 points)
(+ Chunks of something green)
Round 3: Blue Moon Cake
Taste = Spicy Nuts?? (2)
After taste = The same... (2)
Eatability = NO (1)
Ranking = 3rd (3)
Verdict = Could have been worse (Total = 8 points)
(+ peppers)
Round 4: Purple Moon Cake
Taste = Beans (3)
After taste = Red Bean (4)
Eatability = Yea (5)
Ranking = 2nd (4)
Verdict = Not Bad (Total = 16 points)
(+ Probably red bean)
Round 5: Pink Moon Cake
Taste = Fruity? (4)
After taste = Smelly (2)
Eatability = Nope (2)
Ranking = 4th (2)
Verdict = Nada (Total = 10 points)
(+ Chunks of something)
So the overall verdict goes as followed: Green > Purple > Blue > Pink > Orange
And this is with the generally opinion that they were all pretty horrible... in terms of a flaky texture and hard outside. Not really what I was expecting, so I think I will consider this round a FAILURE. Just means I will have to go back to the shop and get the other set... which has 6 varieties this time!!
