Mooncakes are traditional snacks/desserts of Mid-Autumn Festival, the second most important festival in China. It is said that there is a moon goddess who makes these cakes, so people call them mooncakes.
中秋節(jié)是中國第二大傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日，月餅是人們在中秋節(jié)常吃的一種零食/甜點(diǎn)，傳說月餅是月神嫦娥做的，因而稱之為月餅。

People often give mooncakes as gifts when visiting friends and family around Mid-Autumn. There are many flavors of mooncakes on the market. So how do you choose?
在中秋節(jié)前后，人們在走親訪友時(shí)將月餅作為饋贈(zèng)親友的禮物。市面上的月餅有各種不同的口味。如何選擇月餅的口味呢？

Here we introduce the top 10 flavors of mooncakes that you should consider trying to help you choose.
我們在下文中介紹了排名前十的口味，你在選擇月餅的時(shí)候可以嘗試一下。

1.Five Kernel and Roast Pork
五仁叉燒餡

Five kernel and roast pork mooncakes are the most traditional classic flavor. Compared to other common flavors, five kernel and roast pork mooncakes are much more expensive. They are filled with mixed nuts and seeds (almonds, walnuts, and dried winter melon, sesame, and pumpkin seeds) and roast pork. You will get a different taste with each bite. Most Chinese, especially seniors, love this flavor.
五仁叉燒口味是經(jīng)典的傳統(tǒng)口味。相較于其他更為大眾的口味，五仁叉燒月餅價(jià)格更高。五仁叉燒餡由各種堅(jiān)果仁（杏仁，核桃，冬瓜干、葵花籽以及南瓜子）和叉燒肉混合而成。每一口都有不同的滋味。大多數(shù)的中國人，尤其是老年人，都很喜歡這個(gè)口味。

2.Red Bean Paste
紅豆沙餡

Red bean paste (紅豆沙 hongdousha /hong-doh-shaa/) mooncakes are filled with a rich, thick, red bean paste, and taste sweet and smooth. The red bean paste gives a lingering flavor, and the scent fills your mouth after each bite.
紅豆沙口味的月餅里填滿了滋味豐厚，口感黏稠的紅豆沙，吃起來香甜順口。紅豆餡回味悠長，每吃一口都會(huì)感到口舌生香。

3.Lotus Seed Paste
蓮蓉餡

Lotus seed paste mooncakes are a famous Mid-Autumn Festival dessert of Cantonese origin, which have become popular all over China and even overseas.
蓮蓉餡月餅是一款有名的粵系中秋點(diǎn)心，在中國乃至世界范圍內(nèi)都很受歡迎。

Due to the high price of lotus paste, white kidney bean paste is sometimes used as filler, sometimes with duck eggs, so make sure you don't go too cheap and get a real lotus paste mooncake.
由于蓮子蓉的價(jià)格非常昂貴，人們往往在其中加入蕓豆蓉，有時(shí)也加上鴨蛋。所以要注意不要買便宜的蓮蓉月餅，要購買真正蓮蓉餡的月餅哦。

4. Snow Skin
雪皮月餅

Snow skin mooncakes are non-baked mooncakes, which originated in Hong Kong, and have become fashionable in China. The crust is made of frozen glutinous rice, and looks snow white. Now some people add juice to the crust to make it look more colorful. The fillings can be sweet or savory, or both, such as fruit and duck egg yolks.
雪皮月餅是一種未經(jīng)過烘烤的月餅，誕生于香港，而后享譽(yù)全國。餅皮是用冰凍后的糯米制成，看起來白亮如雪。現(xiàn)在人們也在餅皮中加入果汁，讓它看起來更富色彩感。餡料可以是甜味的也可以是咸味的，比如水果餡或鴨蛋黃餡。

5. Vegetable and Fruit
果蔬餡

Fruit and vegetable mooncakes are filled with fresh vegetables and fruits, and taste soft and smooth. Fillings including honeydew, litchi.
果蔬餡月餅里有滿滿的新鮮蔬菜和水果，嘗起來柔軟順滑。餡料包括白蘭瓜，荔枝。

6. Chocolate
巧克力餡

Chocolate mooncakes make Mid-Autumn Festival more romantic. The attractive mooncake appearance and the thick scent of chocolate mix traditional Chinese culture and Western romantic culture together. The crust is made from chocolate and the filling can be oats, berries, Oreo flavor, etc.
巧克力味的月餅?zāi)茏屇愕闹星锕?jié)更加浪漫。這種誘人的月餅以好看的外觀和濃香的餡料實(shí)現(xiàn)了中國傳統(tǒng)文化與西方浪漫的文化的融合。餡料是由巧克力，漿果，奧利奧餅干等混合而成。

7. Green Tea
綠茶餡

Both tea and mooncakes are among the most traditional of Chinese foods, and together they create a new mooncake variety: green tea mooncakes. They are mainly filled with tea leaves and other ingredients, like lotus paste. With the taste of fresh tea leaves, the usually greasy taste of mooncake is well balanced.
綠茶和月餅都是最傳統(tǒng)的中國食品，兩者融合就成為了一種新式的月餅：綠茶月餅。這種月餅里主要的餡料是茶葉和蓮蓉等。茶葉的清爽口感能夠很好的中和月餅常有的甜膩味道。

8. Ice Cream
冰淇淋餡

Ice cream mooncake is a new look for traditional Chinese mooncakes. Cooling instead of warming, the refreshing taste makes it popular among young people.
冰淇淋月餅是傳統(tǒng)中國月餅的新新式。它采用冷凍而非熱加工的方法制成，在年輕人中頗為流行。

9. Cream Cheese
奶油芝士餡

The main feature of cream cheese mooncakes is the golden and crispy crust with a thick milky flavor. It is not as sweet as other mooncakes.
奶油芝士月餅的特色是其中金黃干脆的芝士脆屑，加上濃郁的奶香。它不像其他的月餅?zāi)菢犹鹉仭?/div>

10. Seafood
海味月餅

Seafood mooncakes are more expensive than other types of traditional mooncakes. As their name suggests, they are filled with seafood like abalone and seaweed. They taste fresh and salty. If you don’t like sweet mooncakes, and like seafood, seafood mooncake is a good idea.
海味月餅比其他各種口味的月餅都要昂貴。顧名思義，海味月餅中的餡料是鮑魚，海帶等海鮮。它們嘗起來咸鮮可口。如果你不喜歡甜味的月餅，又喜歡海鮮，海味月餅將是一個(gè)不錯(cuò)的選擇。

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