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What's the difference between Cantonese, Beijing-style, Suzhou-style and Dian-style mooncakes?

One, Cantonese mooncake

Cantonese mooncake is a specialty of Guangdong, originated in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in recent times, Canton mooncake is characterized by: thin and soft skin, beautiful shape, not easy to break, packaging, is one of the indispensable food people in the Mid-Autumn Festival.

There are many varieties of Cantonese mooncakes, including white lotus seed paste mooncakes, egg yolk white lotus seed paste mooncakes, egg yolk bean paste mooncakes, double yolk lotus seed paste mooncakes, fruit mooncakes, and five kernel mooncakes. Second, Beijing-style moon cakes

Beijing-style moon cakes is the representative varieties of moon cakes in the northern region, the main feature is the proportion of sweetness and skin filling moderate, heavy use of sesame oil, taste sweet, crispy and fluffy, the more famous Beijing Taoxiangcun tap red moon cakes, five kernel moon cakes, iced moon cakes, moon cakes of mixed grains, flower moon cakes, and so on.

Three, Huizhou moon cakes

Huizhou moon cakes are the specialties of Huizhou, Anhui Province, the main characteristics of the moon cakes are: small and exquisite, crispy skin and full of filling, the main representative of the "dried plum moon cakes".

Four, Shenchi moon cake

Shenchi moon cake is the traditional specialties of Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province, Shenchi County, to the fragrant, fresh, crispy, sweet and famous for Shanxi, moon cakes are characterized by: crispy skin, filling incense, fluffy, not greasy, rich flavor, long storage unchanged, by the people of Jin, Shanxi, and the people around the Montreal area of the favorite.

Fifth, Suzhou-style moon cakes

Suzhou-style moon cakes are Suzhou's specialties, crispy crust, sweet taste, more famous lotus seed paste, chrysanthemum pastry, etc., the flavor of the fragrance of the nose, not greasy.

There are many types of mooncakes, each with its own unique taste and flavor, and among the five types of mooncakes, my favorite is the Cantonese mooncake.