Hunting for the original fresh pork moon cake

Popular pork moon cakes

Guangming Cun Da Jiu Dian 光明邨大酒店

Gourmets will have to wait in line to get a bite of the piping hot meat cakes freshly baked at the hotel. Unlike other xianrou yuebing makers that use ovens, Guangming Cun cook their moon cakes with a large frying pan.

Address: 588 Middle Huaihai Road 淮海中路588号

Changchun Food Store 长春食品商店

Apart from traditional pork and sweet bean paste moon cakes, the store also sells cakes stuffed with shrimp, dried mushroom and dried scallops. But the pork one is always the best seller. One tip: carefully rip or take a small bite of the cake first, because they are stuffed with hot broth.

Address: 615 Middle Huaihai Road 淮海中路615号

Wang Jia Sha 王家沙

These Suzhou-style moon cakes feature seasoned pork and preserved vegetables. The juicy minced meat, savory broth and thin pastry make it special. The line to buy them is long even before the first batch of moon cakes becomes available at 8am.

Address: 805 West Nanjing Road 南京西路805号

Harbin Food Factory 哈尔滨食品厂

These pork moon cakes are a bit bigger than ones from other stores, with a more scorched pastry. The fresh pork moon cakes are sold together with moon cakes stuffed with radish slices, seaweed, assorted fruit and sweet bean paste. The store is also famous for its almond bars and palmier.

Address: 613 Middle Huaihai Road 淮海中路613号

Yue Lai Fang 悦来芳

This time-honored brand's fresh pork moon cakes are all hand-made. Through traditional baking procedures, the minced meat stuffed moon cakes are golden and round. Its crispy crusts and juicy fresh stuffing makes it different from other brands.

Address: 3003 North Zhongshan Road 中山北路3003号