Sweet Yam

I have been tasting various baked skin and snowskin mooncakes lately so I decided to give my palate a change. This time round, I am going to try the Teochew
"Oor Nee" mooncake with golden Japanese pumpkin.
"Oor Nee" is actually made of yam and this creation originates from the Teochew dessert.

Normally, "Oor Nee" is served in a Teochew restaurant. It is made up of  sweet yam paste mixed with ginkgo nuts and topped with coconut milk. Now the chef at Peony Jade has turned this dessert into mooncakes. The "Oor Nee" mooncake paste made from yam differs from the traditional lotus paste filling. Even the pastry is different from the traditional baked version. These " Oor Nee" mooncakes are flaky as the dough is made rolling together alternating with layers of dough and stir fried in oil, not baked.

Poeny Jade " Oor Nee" mooncake taste like yam pastry rather than mooncake.  I would give thumbs up for the chef's combination of the Japanese pumpkin together with the yam filling. The Japanese pumpkin gives a nice edge to the yam and it is not overly sweet for my liking. On the down side, eating these delicacy can be a little messy as the pastry flakes tend to drop as you bite them. If you leave them for a few days, the pastry becomes soft.  A solution to this is warm them up in the microwave for a minute before eating. It will taste exactly the same as the "Oor Nee" dessert you have at a Teochew restaurant.

I think this "Oor Nee" mooncake will appeal to the older generation as they are not too sweet or dry and resembles very closely to the Teochew " Oor Nee" dessert you have at the restaurant. They make good gifts for your parents and grandparents.