Usually I buy them in the Chinese Supermarket, but they are quite expensive just before the moon festival. So I don't have my mooncakes yet, will go tomorrow to pick up some discounted stuff. I believe that the best mooncakes are made in HongKong, though I would love to buy the ones from my hometown, Guangzhou. The ones from my hometown are relatively cheaper, but the quality is as good as the Hongkong ones. There are several kinds of stuffings for the mooncakes. Different regions in China produce different kinds of mooncakes. And I have never tried the other kinds other than the Cantonese type. In the Cantonese type, they have the pastes in White Lotus seed (this is toooooo sweet for me), regular Lotus seed (this is the most ordinary and less sweeter), Red Bean (I don't remember how it tastes like, probably less sweeter than the regular lotus seed), and the Five Nuts ones (My grandma's favourite, but I don't like, they have some nuts and some meat inside, sweet and oily. In fact, I don't actually know what exactly the stuffings are inside.) The egg yolk is what I dream for whenever I think of the Moon Festival. They are so yummy. Oops, my stomach is calling them already. About the ice skin ones, I love them too. The stuffing is lovely. I bought them quite cheap this year, $10 for 4 pieces, two different stuffings.
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I believe that the best mooncakes are made in HongKong, though I would love to buy the ones from my hometown, Guangzhou. The ones from my hometown are relatively cheaper, but the quality is as good as the Hongkong ones.
There are several kinds of stuffings for the mooncakes. Different regions in China produce different kinds of mooncakes. And I have never tried the other kinds other than the Cantonese type. In the Cantonese type, they have the pastes in White Lotus seed (this is toooooo sweet for me), regular Lotus seed (this is the most ordinary and less sweeter), Red Bean (I don't remember how it tastes like, probably less sweeter than the regular lotus seed), and the Five Nuts ones (My grandma's favourite, but I don't like, they have some nuts and some meat inside, sweet and oily. In fact, I don't actually know what exactly the stuffings are inside.) The egg yolk is what I dream for whenever I think of the Moon Festival. They are so yummy. Oops, my stomach is calling them already.
About the ice skin ones, I love them too. The stuffing is lovely. I bought them quite cheap this year, $10 for 4 pieces, two different stuffings.