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Aug 12, 2023
By Ms. Minh Thu
Have you ever joined the Mid-autumn festival in Vietnam? If not yet, you should try, because you can not only merge into the festive atmosphere of the festival, rejoicing with local people but you can also have chances to try many specialties such as Vietnamese mooncakes. Vietnamese mooncakes are indispensable to Vietnamese people in the Mid-autumn occasion because they bring many beautiful meanings. Now, let’s discover this pretty Vietnamese mooncake with the best Vietnam tour operator!
Moon cake is a type of cake that is eaten on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Vietnam, which falls in the 8th month of the lunar calendar every year. Mooncakes are round and square cakes, 3 - 4 cm high and about 10 cm in diameter. Cakes are often pressed into molds to have beautiful patterns. In addition to round and square shapes, moon cakes also have many other eye-catching shapes such as carp, jade rabbit, lotus flower, … The filling is also very diverse, but there are mainly two types, salty and sweet.
Mooncakes are called moon cakes because the origin of mooncakes comes from China. Mooncake in Chinese has pinyin “yuebing” (月饼), which means moon cake. The reason why the cake is so named is because it is eaten on the 15th day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the moon is at its fullest. And also because the shape and color of the cake is very similar to the moon.
The filling of mooncakes is also very diverse. If it is a savory cake, the filling will include Chinese sausage, lotus seeds, fat, cashews, lotus jam, pumpkin jam... To modern things like lemon jam, marmalade, raisins, dried peaches, walnuts. These ingredients have both the sourness of jam, the flesh of nuts, the fat of sausages, etc., which blend together to make the Vietnamese mooncake taste extremely unique.
Moon cake filling can also be much simpler if it is green bean or lotus seed paste, and has salted egg yolk. The crust surrounding the filling is also extremely thin, only about 2.3 mm around the plump filling.
Modern mooncakes have received many changes in the filling. The filling can now be green beans, jambon, taro. More modern, there are chocolate, coffee, matcha, tiramisu, jelly or ice cream, making customers have more choices for the Mid-Autumn Festival with family.
In Vietnam, traditional Vietnamese mooncakes consist of two types: baked cakes and flexible cakes. The filling is salty, sweet, full of flavor, showing the warmth and sweetness of the family. The cake has a round shape symbolizing reunion, reunion, inside there are all kinds of fillings showing fullness and abundance.
Besides the Lunar New Year, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also an extremely important holiday for Vietnamese people. Moon cake is an indispensable cake for the Mid-Autumn Festival. On this occasion, every house puts on the altar a tray of five fruits and moon cakes to pray for hapiness and abundance. Mooncakes are loved from children to adults because of their sweet taste.
On the surface of Vietnamese mooncakes, there are often words that carry auspicious messages (such as "song hy", "cat wall"), or the name of the production facility. Besides, there are symbols of the Moon, Chang'e, Jade Rabbit, flowers and leaves, as additional decorations. Such motifs are not only beautiful but also express auspicious meanings. Therefore, Vietnamese people also have a culture of giving mooncakes to each other. Mooncakes are often beautifully wrapped in tidy and eye-catching boxes, then are given to grandparents, relatives or coworkers at the company representing wishes.
The crust and filling are the two main components of a mooncake, and they might differ depending on the crust's make-up (flour, rice flour, or glutinous rice flour) and the method of preparation (heating in an oven or not), where pies and cakes are distinguished. As filler, you can use things like green beans, jam, char siu, sausages, salted eggs, sugar, cooking oil, lard, lotus seeds, and melon seeds. Currently, due to health concerns, individuals avoid using melon seeds to make mooncakes. They substitute other grains like sunflower seeds, macadamia nuts, walnuts, and cashews.
Baked cakes have a crust made from flour, sugar water mixed with malt, and cooking oil. After molding the sweet dough around the cake, the baker puts the cake into the press and then bakes the cake in the oven until it's cooked. During baking, egg yolks are added.
Both the crust and the filling are cooked in advance, and vegetarian sticky rice without the filling is also widely available. Finely sifted glutinous rice, sugar water, and a small amount of flavoring, such as grapefruit or vanilla, are used to make the crust powder. Push the dough cake into a mold that has been non-stick powdered. After the mold has been taken off, the cake doesn't require any additional preparation before serving.
1. Kinh Do mooncake
Kinh Do mooncake is no longer strange to Vietnamese people at all. As to the brand’s slogan “seeing Kinh Do is seeing Tet”, about 2 months prior to the Mid-Autumn festival, we can see many outstanding stalls put up along many sideroads attracting the eyes of traffic participants. To meet the needs of consumers, Kinh Do brand has launched a variety of moon cakes to suit each person's taste. Even the most fastidious diners always want to come back and choose Kinh Do to enjoy as well as a meaningful gift every moonrise.
With a modern and synchronous production line, plus more than 20 years of history in the production of snacks, Kinh Do mooncakes are always popular with customers.
Fresh ingredients are rigorously selected. No additives are used, only vegetable oils are used along with 100% natural, premium and healthy ingredients such as ham, sausage, lotus seeds, beans green, green tea… which are extremely attractive and unique. In particular, Kinh Do mooncakes have created a new breakthrough in the recipe as well as reduced the sweetness, making the cake more delicious, more natural and not boring.
Kinh Do mooncakes are popular not only for their fresh and attractive taste, but also for their eye-catching packaging, which is very suitable for gifts. The elegance mixed with a little luxury has completely conquered consumers.
Contact address: 8th Floor, Empress Tower, 138-142 Hai Ba Trung Street, Da Kao Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
Phone number: 02838270838
Email: Scustomercare.mkd@mdlz.com
2. Nhu Lan Mooncake
Nhu Lan mooncakes are a high-end Vietnamese mooncake, and as such, they are constantly concerned with food cleanliness and safety, ensuring that the cakes are manufactured in accordance with strict medical regulations and giving consumers' demands and health top priority.
Nhu Lan mooncakes are recognized as high-class, quality, and luxurious gift products with commodities that perfectly meet people's needs in terms of culinary trends and have a history of over 45 years of establishment and development. Low-sweet, reduced-fat mooncakes, mooncakes for dieters, vegetarians, and diabetics can all be found from Nhu Lan brand.
With the variety in categories, as well as flavors, customers can freely choose the product models that best suit their needs and preferences. Besides, processed and produced according to the exclusive technology line, each moon cake is born with an irresistible delicious taste. Not only that, with the size not too large, we can enjoy a cake with a full taste. Surely, this will be the type of food that you cannot miss on the occasion of the upcoming full moon in August, which will contribute to making your family's traditional Mid-Autumn Festival full and cozy with memorable and happy memories.
Contact address: 68 Ham Nghi, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, City. Ho Chi Minh
Phone number: 0382292970 or 038214239
Email: cosonhulan@gmail.com
3. Bao Phuong mooncake
Bao Phuong mooncakes are available for purchase during every Mid-Autumn Festival with traditional cake ingredients such as Tham Cam, green beans, lotus seeds, etc. They have a classic flavor, especially without the addition of preservatives.
The expiry date is relatively short with only 7 days for snow skin cakes and 15 days for baked goods, but consumers are always satisfied with the quality and safety when choosing Bao Phuong mooncakes to enjoy.
The special moon cake of Bao Phuong brand is designed with a luxurious and classy box for the product to give as a gift to important people, such as: partners, customers, superiors,... Besides, you can also use it to make high-class gifts, to give to grandparents, parents or dear family members. All of them represent sincerity, lasting friendship, as well as the most meaningful and lucky wishes.
Contact address: No. 183 Thuy Khue, Tay Ho, Hanoi
Phone number: 02438230797 or 0978792070
Facebook: Bao Phuong Mooncakes Facility I - 183 Thuy Khue
4. Huu Nghi Mooncake
Huu Nghi brand cakes have a very unique taste compared to other mooncakes on the market. This product line offers unique flavors such as: green bean, lotus puree, chocolate, strawberry, etc. From Mid-Autumn Festival 2022, Huu Nghi mooncakes have more fresh colors with the line of moon cakes filled with melted lava. Unique and new flavors are being loved by young people such as cranberry yogurt, black pearl milk tea, mayonnaise, caramel, butterfly pea flower... Cake with traditional style, this will definitely be the ideal choice for you right now. All Huu Nghi mooncakes are very delicious, special and attractive with impressive appearance. Along with that is the perfect quality tested by leading experts in the confectionery field. As a result, customers can rest assured to enjoy attractive Huu Nghi moon cakes with absolute safety for human health.
Besides, the product is also polished with a luxurious and beautiful appearance. At the same time, the product also ensures food hygiene and safety with strict inspection criteria. As a result, customers can rest assured to enjoy their favorite cakes, according to their own taste. In addition, possessing a beautiful and modern design, we can also use this cake to be meaningful gifts for grandparents, parents, superiors, partners or leaders in institutions. agencies, organizations, etc. This shows respect, respect, as well as the best wishes for health to the recipient. From there, helping to connect more feelings of solidarity and love, as well as being a solid bridge between businesses and partners, customers, etc.
Contact address: 115 Giai Phong, Dong Da, Hanoi
Phone number: 0931318383
Facebook: Friendship Moon Cake
5. Phuc Long Mooncake
Phuc Long has been a familiar mooncake brand to Vietnamese people for the past few years. Not only mooncakes, all products of Phuc Long are always sold in high quality. The company's mooncakes are also meticulously made from premium ingredients, through all the delicate and rigorous stages of making cakes as well as making tea or coffee. In the past few years, Phuc Long has also become one of the most popular mooncake brands.
From about 1 month before the Mid-Autumn Festival, you will see in Phuc Long shops selling luxurious and beautiful moon cakes with all kinds of flavors from traditional to modern. And there's no reason why we shouldn't enjoy the cake with the famous Phuc Long tea, which is delicious and fragrant, right? Phuc Long offers both available cakes for you to eat right at the tea shop or beautiful boxes to give as high-class Mid-Autumn Festival gifts. Phuc Long's mooncakes are in the high-end segment, but the price is not too expensive, about 90,000 VND/piece. The exact price depends on each cake.
Contact address: No. 32 Street No. 6, Song Than 2 Industrial Park, Di An Ward, Di An City, Binh Duong Province
Phone number: 02743790540 – 41
Facebook: Dai Phat Food
Email: daiphat@daiphatfood.com.vn
Above is all the important information about Vietnamese mooncakes. You should try this cake one time when you come to Vietnam, you will definitely love it because this is the quintessence of heaven and earth, most suitable to eat when the moon reaches its fully round shape. This will be your pretty memory when you are in Vietnam.
