What kind of filling is the best for mooncakes
Mooncakes first depend on where you are from. Choose the right mooncake according to your favorite taste. Secondly, if you want to try some mooncakes with fresher flavors, you can try some new ones.
When it comes to the most popular mooncake filling, it must be five-kernel filling. Five-kernel filling is popular not only because of its texture and flavor, but also because of its long history. Mooncakes with five-kernel filling have been around since the Tang and Song dynasties. To this day, five-kernel has not been eliminated by the years, so it is evident that five-kernel is trapped in the brains of Chinese people. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, families eat five-kernel mooncakes.
According to incomplete statistics, the more popular mooncakes on the market today are: Beijing-style mooncakes, Cantonese-style mooncakes, Soviet-style mooncakes, Yunnan-style mooncakes, and Hong Kong-style mooncakes. Before sending the moon cake, first figure out where the other person is, one to meet each other's tastes, and the other can also see the sincerity of your gift!
1. Lotus root mooncake: lotus root mooncake is the most common mooncake on the market. Lotus root lotus root and egg yolk as filling. Its skin is thin, oily and fluffy, the filling is tender and sweet, and the sweetness is deep and refreshing. It can be called the classic variety of mid-autumn mooncake. Lotus is lotus seed (crushed).
2. Fresh meat moon cake: Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai specialty snacks. As the name suggests, the filling consists entirely of a mass of fresh meat with a crispy pink skin and a little toughness lurking. It's a must that the rich gravy slowly seeps in.
3. Chestnut mooncake: Chestnuts are the main ingredient for the filling in chestnut mooncake. Chestnuts are rich in starch and minerals, but lower in fat than other nuts, making them relatively healthier.
4. Bean paste mooncake: The filling of bean paste mooncake is made by steaming and mashing red beans, adding sugar and then deep-frying them. The bean cake tastes equally good, with a strong bean flavor and without the unpleasant feeling of other moon cakes sticking in your throat when you swallow them.
5. Five kernel moon cake: the so-called five kernel is not only five, but made from a variety of different fillings, usually including walnuts, peanuts, pine nuts, sesame seeds and so on. Has the meaning of complete harmony.
6. Ham mooncake: The filling of ham mooncake is Yunnan specialty Xuanwei ham with honey, lard and sugar. Purple wheat flour from Chenggong, Kunming is used as the skin. Its surface is golden yellow or brownish red, there is a layer of hard shell, oily and colorful, filling wrapped in lasagna pastry. This kind of mooncake has both fragrant ham and sweet and salty honey juice, which makes it comfortable to eat without being greasy.
Yearly branded mooncakes
Maxim's mooncakes
When it comes to mooncakes, the number one in my mind is definitely Maxim's and its millennial spokesperson. Haha, I've been brainwashed by the commercials. But its products have never let me down.
The mooncake, Maxim's famous signature mooncake, is the "king of out-of-stock" every year. The flavor is unforgettable and it's a fighter among mooncakes.
My favorite is the golden sand salted egg yolk. When I bite into it, the filling slowly flows out of the mooncake. It's so satisfying.
The Children's Coax series still has the milk yolk filling, only the packaging has been changed to a gift box from the Marvel Comics series.
I wonder how many babies pester their parents every year to buy, buy, buy this box. Uh, probably and overage babies like it too, haha!
After eating the mooncakes, the box can also be used to hold some snacks. After all, innocence can't be discarded!
Kai Wah Bakery
It's also an old bakery from Hong Kong. This year, they are considered the best. Many new models have complimented me.
The Fruity Yogurt Yellow Mooncake innovatively combines fruits and yogurt, choosing strawberry and orange peel flavors that represent the fresh world. Sanu co-branded Milk King mooncake, an all-star limited edition, is also a coaxing series.
The cute and cuddly exterior is filled with chocolate and cream and comes in an individual gift box.
New Product Bean Paste Mooncake
The Xinhui Chenpi, with its smooth bean paste filling, is immediately reminiscent of the classic sugar water, Chenpi Lotus Seed Red Bean Paste.
Well, I think it's perfect for those who are nourishing their health, so I bought it for my elders this year.
Yuen Long Wing Wah
I continue to be a veteran baker in Hong Kong, although I really don't like the five-kernel mooncakes because my mouth gets too tired every time I chew them.
But my dad just loves them, so I still visit every Mid-Autumn Festival.
But I really have to complain about the "traditional" packaging, and there really isn't a single one left. Of course, it is possible that the elderly like this, saying it is nostalgic.
The Peninsula Hotel mooncakes
There is also a Hong Kong mooncake at the end, which I really can't describe.
The Peninsula Hotel is the oldest surviving hotel in Hong Kong and one of the most luxurious and famous hotels in the world.
Their mooncakes are the Rolls Royce of the mooncake world, and they're known for being expensive. Oh no, they are known for their high quality products that you probably can't even buy with money.
Guangzhou restaurants
As a native of Guangzhou, how can there be only Hong Kong mooncakes at Mid-Autumn Festival?
Guangzhou Restaurant's Double Reed White Lotus Seed Mooncake, however, is something I grew up eating, and that familiarity can't be replaced by any other brand.
Yuanzu Foods
A food brand founded in Taiwan. I first noticed it because there was a store on my way to work and I thought its cakes were good at the time. Unfortunately, it went out of business, so I was lucky to find the online store.
Emptiness Ice Cream Mooncake
Ice skin appearance, four kinds of fruit sauce, star shape, where there is a little fresh and cute. A small one, as a snack, seems to be good.
Liu Mang Ik
Real name, only durian and mango dessert store. Although I'm not interested in mangoes, as a durian guy, I've been unable to get away from this store since I've been following it.
Six-link iced mooncake
Ouch, this is really kind of unbeatable. Ice and Thai golden pillow durian, super unbeatable temptation.
Heng Hua Ting
"May I ask where is the oldest restaurant, passers-by point to Xing Hua Lou", a century-old restaurant that started as a caterer and made its fortune with mooncakes. Unfortunately I haven't had a chance to try their food yet, but luckily, the mooncakes are something to try.
September Moon
The appearance and packaging of this mooncake really shocked me. Gosh, how could it be so delicate and beautiful with a strong old Shanghai flavor!
And the use of four different kinds of wine hearts as mooncake fillings is still quite innovative.
Flower basket mooncakes
When it comes to Apricot Flower House, of course you have to mention their classic "flower basket".
This basket alone is a big plus. The nostalgic three-layer design carefully arranges four different flavors of mooncakes, opening the first layer of surprise.
Ying Ji
Eat authentic Macau flavors from an old Macau baker. The English almond cake and egg white omelette are my favorites. It's a bit pricey, but the flavor is pure and fragrant.
So, like grandma said, you have a good meal, it's more expensive, not for you to eat as a meal.
Milk mooncake
There are four flavors of truffle/cheese/runny/butter yellow. Wow, there's a premium feel to it. Isn't this for poseurs like me?
My heart
I love cultural and creative products, and I certainly don't miss the food brands around the Forbidden City. But I think these peripheral products sell not only the product itself, but also its cultural connotation, everything is worth savoring.
Palace Mooncake Gift Box
The embroidery on the box is really beautiful and stunning! Absolutely!
Love at first sight is probably what it was. I couldn't take my eyes off it since I looked at it. Plus, I really want to touch the box.
Of the seven flavors, the Rose Cherry Mooncake appeals to me the most. I really hope I can try it this year.
Such a beautiful box won't be thrown away. How nice to put jewelry.
I've even watched the mooncake promo many times. Every time the music comes on, I immediately get goosebumps and feel like I'm dreaming my way back to the Forbidden City. I was inexplicably moved.
Of course, in addition to the above ten brands of mooncakes, there are also mooncakes like Starbucks and Haagen-Dazs.