# The best styles of Chinese mooncakes

Cantonese, Suzhou, Beijing, Chaozhou and Yunnan: the regional styles of Mid-Autumn mooncakes.

- 14 votes · 16 items
- Apr 18, 2019 · 杨思雨
- https://even.best/en/l/3473/the-best-styles-of-chinese-mooncakes

## Top 16

1. **Cantonese mooncake** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Thin golden crust, rich filling and an embossed pattern.
2. **Shanghai pork mooncake** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Shanghai's fresh pork mooncake, best eaten hot.
3. **Beijing-style mooncake** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Made with sesame oil, lightly sweet and crisp, traditionally meatless.
4. **Yunnan ham mooncake** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Yunnan ham mooncake, sweet and salty.
5. **Hong Kong mooncake** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Close to Cantonese with more fillings such as white lotus paste.
6. **Teochew mooncake** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Flat flaky mooncake from the Chaoshan region.
7. **Taiwanese mooncake** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Taiwanese style between Cantonese and Suzhou.
8. **Ningbo seaweed mooncake** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Ningbo mooncake filled with seaweed.
9. **Quzhou sesame cake** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Quzhou sesame mooncake.
10. **Hainan mooncake** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Hainan mooncake between Cantonese syrup crust and Suzhou flaky crust.
11. **Huizhou mooncake** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Huizhou mooncake filled with preserved mustard greens.
12. **Chengdu tea mooncake** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Chengdu mooncake made with green or black tea.
13. **Qiaodun mooncake** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Flaky mooncake from Qiaodun, Cangnan, derived from the Chaozhou style.
14. **Shanxi mooncake** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Shanxi mooncakes such as Guo Dulin.
15. **Suzhou-style mooncake** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Flaky layered crust, sweet or savoury.
16. **Shaanxi mooncake** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Shaanxi mooncakes, mostly meatless.

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