Find out which mooncake best suits your palate

Photo: Goodwood Park Hotel

Mooncake season is back with so many choices and it gets confusing. Let us clear that path a little and guide you along.

For those who like durian

Photo: Old Seng Choong

Online retailer Old Seng Choong (www.oldsengchoong.com) offers the Mao Shan Wang durian snowskin mooncake ($80 for eight). The type of durian is famous for its bittersweet taste, and fans love it.

For the cutie pies

Photo: Hello Kitty Orchid Garden

For those who like it tart

Photo: The Fullerton Hotel

Thank goodness The Fullerton Hotel Singapore (Tel: 6877-8943) has introduced the tangerine lemon and pistachio snowskin mooncake (from $60, above). The brightness from the citrus helps lighten the taste and the bits of pistachios add crunch.And while the prickly pear with bergamot snowskin mooncake (from $32, right) from Goodwood Park Hotel (Tel: 6730-1867) is not quite tart, it is refreshing and a break from the usual mooncakes. The prickly pear keeps it juicy and the bergamot makes it fragrant.

For those who need alcohol

Photo: St. Regis Singapore

For the health-conscious

Photo: Resorts World Sentosa

For those who don’t really like mooncakes

Photo: Birds of a Feather

The golden salted egg yolk is now salted egg cream, with lotus seed paste and caramelised five grains. It is so well disguised, you won’t even know you are eating a mooncake.

For your posh boss

Photo: Crowne Plaza Changi Airport

Crowne Plaza Changi Airport’s (Tel: 6823-5367) premium gift box (from $118) comes with four baked mooncakes and a bottle of Bottega Gold sparkling wine. It really does not matter how the mooncakes taste because the packaging should already impress.