Shanghainese love to eat fresh meat mooncakes, and the more they queue up, the more they love! No, there is still more than a month to go before the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the major fresh meat mooncake shops on the streets of Huangpu have begun to smell, and the queues have gradually lined up. Xiaobian looked around and found that the price of fresh meat mooncakes this year is basically between 5-6 yuan, and many new products have been launched, so which is the "yyds" (eternal god) in your heart?
Bright Estate: Rows and rows
Queue, queue, queue! Speaking of Bright Estate, the hashtag "queuing" is the first impression of many people. For example, queuing all year round, queuing for more than 8 hours, etc., this impression even exceeds how delicious its mooncakes are.
In fact, eating food queues in Shanghai is never a new thing, but after so many years of queuing, it can still be lined up all year round, probably only Guangming Estate, so Xiaobian feels that it is the yyds of the Shanghai fresh meat mooncake industry!
When Xiaobian went to Huaihai Road last week, their family was still lined up. In the past two days, due to the severe situation of epidemic prevention and control, there are actually many fewer people on the road than before, and the uncles and aunts in line can't take care of the sweltering heat, and they all honestly wear masks.
The person in charge of the store told the editor that this year there are a total of 4 months of cake varieties sold in the store, namely fresh meat, crab powder fresh meat, hundred fruits and bean paste, in addition to the crab powder fresh meat price of 10 yuan, other varieties are 5 yuan a, the recent daily sales of about 5,000, fresh meat mooncake sales accounted for more than 80%.
At the sales window, Aunt Zhang, a citizen, was satisfied to get two boxes of fresh meat mooncakes, she said, "Every year I come to the queue, this time it only took half an hour." Unlike many fresh meat mooncakes that come out of the oven outside, the fresh meat mooncakes in Guangming Estate are fried, so when they first come out of the pan, they are particularly fragrant, crispy crusts and fresh meat full of soup are super satisfying to bite down, so be sure to eat them while hot. ”
Xinya: "Innovation" Little Prince
In Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street, the long queue of fresh meat mooncakes at the entrance of Xinya Cantonese Restaurant has always been a scenic line.
The popularity of Xinya's fresh meat mooncake is due to its distinctive characteristics, the crust is Su-style, layer by layer, each layer is melted in the mouth. When making it, the master kneads the mixed flour for more than an hour to have this effect. Before the pork is crushed into meat filling, it is also beaten and hammered by the master for a long time, so that the meat is not only more tender and smooth, but also easier to juice.
In addition, innovation is also a major feature of Xinya, where you can see a variety of "brain hole" flavors, such as cheese cranberry mooncake, Dian-style cloud leg mooncake, black truffle cloud leg mooncake, foie gras fresh meat mooncake, rattan pepper fish fresh meat mooncake, etc., each has its own fans.
The reason why I am so keen on innovation is because Xinya has innovated a "pickled and fresh" fresh meat mooncake before, fresh meat, bacon, bamboo shoots are clearly grained, and the warm and delicious soup is soaked in the puff pastry in the mouth, the juice ripples, and the aftertaste is full of fresh flavor. Once listed, it became a hit, and now its sales volume is second only to fresh meat mooncakes, and it is also a must-buy for many consumers.
Taikang: "Aisen" pork became a signboard
Opposite Xinya, there is also a line that can be compared to the fresh meat mooncake, that is, Taikang Food Store. The fresh meat mooncake counter at the door is not large, but it can always attract many consumers, they use Essen brand meat, the counter posters are clearly marked, the quality is very reassuring.
Taikang's mooncake baked crust crispy, after biting open the outer skin layers are many, the meat inside is very large, the meat is fresh and tender, bite and gravy overflow, the taste is amazing. The crust of the fresh meat mooncake has several layers, which is very thin and crispy. Even if the puff pastry is cold, as long as it is slightly heated in the home microwave, the puff pastry can return to a layered state, and the taste is crisp.
In addition, its home's squeezed fresh meat is also worth a try.
Sanyang South Goods Store: Fresh on top of fresh
Every year around the Mid-Autumn Festival, customers who queue up to buy mooncakes at the entrance of the Sanyang South Goods Store on Nanjing Road always line up in a long line. In addition to moss mooncakes, fresh meat mooncakes are also highly sought after by diners.
"Bought a box of moss mooncakes, a box of fresh meat mooncakes." A customer who had just purchased a mooncake told Xiaobian, "His mooncake skin is delicious and the meat filling is solid." ”
What is the secret of Sanyang's delicious baked mooncake? With such a question, Xiaobian found Ding Hongfang, the "old mage" of Sanyang. Lao Ding told Xiaobian that the reason why Sanyang's mooncakes sell well is mainly in the skin, filling and oil. "Our skins are all hand-beaten, and the puff pastry created by this is close to the outer skin of the Su-style mooncake, which is exceptionally crisp and soft; the oil is made of lard produced in Neijiang, Sichuan, which is boiled by artificial open flame; the meat is made of jinluo brand cold and fresh meat, which ensures the quality of the meat filling."
This year, Sanyang added mushrooms from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, to the fresh meat mooncake to make it fresh. Xiaobian had the honor of tasting the mushroom fresh meat mooncake that had not yet been listed in sanyang south goods store in the back kitchen.
According to reports, mushroom fresh meat mooncakes are divided into three categories: matsutake fresh meat, morel mushroom fresh meat, and porcini mushroom fresh meat. Take the matsutake fresh meat mooncake, after biting open the soft skin, a unique aroma of matsutake mushroom quickly occupies the mouth, and you can't wait to bite open to eat large pieces of matsutake with clear particles, and the fresh and rich aroma is fascinating.
Xiaobian learned that the Sanyang mushroom fresh meat mooncake will be listed around August 20. The pricing is: Matsutake fresh meat mooncake 15 yuan, morel mushroom fresh meat, porcini mushroom fresh meat mooncake are all 13 yuan each.
True Boss Room: "True" delicious
There are many "old houses" in Shanghai, but the name of "real old houses" on Nanjing Road has proved its status. His fresh meat mooncakes are freshly made and sold, and can be eaten all year round.
The shape of the mooncake is very similar to the egg yolk crisp, swollen, the shell is baked crisp, the large fresh meat filling is tight and not greasy, and the traditional old Shanghai soy sauce tastes fresh and sweet.
A senior diner told Xiaobian that the mooncakes in the real old room have two characteristics: long baking time and high temperature! The time is about 20 minutes; compared with the baking temperature of 220 ° C in other homes, the real old house needs about 240 ° C. The purpose of this is to make the outer crust of the mooncake more crisp, crispy and fragrant.
Wang Baohe: "Crab King" personally handled the knife
If "wrapping fresh meat into the mooncake" is a unique food symbol of Shanghai, then the whole crab powder mooncake is the signature of "crab king" Wang Baohe.
This year, Wang Baohe has four fully handmade Su's mooncakes, namely whole crab powder mooncakes, crab powder shrimp mooncakes, crab powder fresh meat mooncakes and fresh meat mooncakes.
The filling of the whole crab powder mooncake is personally handled by Wang Bao and the crab feast master Wang Hao, who uses Wang Baohe's unique skills to remove the fishy smell in the crab powder, and the freshly baked whole crab powder mooncake is fragrant, and after biting open, it is golden and delicious crab powder.
Crab powder shrimp mooncake, the oversized deep sea shrimp has been carefully cooked by the chef, the meat quality has become more compact q bomb, and the crab powder is stir-fried in the pot when the aroma is overflowing, the whole shrimp is tightly wrapped by Wang Bao and the signature crab powder, fresh and fresh, a bite can not help but exhale.
Jinchen Hotel: Low-key "treasure model"
On Huaihai Road, there is a low-key hotel called Jinchen Hotel. But its family's Three Treasures of Jinchen - Fresh Meat Mooncake, Old Shanghai Sorbet, And Vegetable Hemp Ball, but it is famous, last year in the Shanghai Tourism Commodity Design Competition, was awarded the honorary title of "Most Popular In the Market" by the Office of the Shanghai Tourism Festival Organizing Committee.
On the production of fresh meat mooncakes, Jinchen Hotel has its own secret recipe, the beaten pork seasoned with ginger juice to hang out the rich and delicious meat filling, according to the proportion and noodles, the oil dough skin and white dough skin mixed, the layer is more than thick, just the right strength, the achievement of the mooncake puff pastry fragrant, crisp, thin.
Southern milk salted egg yolk fresh meat mooncake, a whole hand-peeled egg yolk wrapped in fresh meat filling, seasoned with Dingfeng curd milk, egg yolk salty and full of flavor, each bite is a great satisfaction, the entrance is clearly layered, but will not be robbed of the limelight.
Jinchen's fresh meat mooncake, although not as famous as the previous ones, but who eats it knows, it is very worth a try.
Shen Dacheng: NetEase black pork will be stuffed
Speaking of the king of cake dumplings, will the three words "Shen Dacheng" immediately appear in the minds of Shanghainese? As we all know, shen Dacheng's pastries are not only loved by foreign tourists, but also favored by Shanghai locals. Among them, the soft skin and delicious filling of the freshly grilled fresh meat mooncake are also the best-selling varieties that diners compete to buy.
At noon, it was the time when the temperature in Shencheng was the highest, and Shen Dacheng's door was still crowded. "Baked, here it comes." Seeing the freshly baked fresh meat mooncakes that had just come out, Aunt Wang, a citizen, said happily, "Every time I come to buy pastries, I always bring a few fresh meat mooncakes home, and his fresh meat mooncakes are very appetizing to me." ”
"From making raw embryos to baking, and then brushing with egg liquid, increasing color and flavor, every step is strictly enforced." Chef Shen introduced the process of baking mooncakes.
The freshly baked mooncakes are fragrant and heavy in your hand. Break open the outer layer, the soft skin of the mooncake can be broken, a bite down, you can feel the full sense of layering; a little force can bite into the fresh meat filling flowing out of the gravy, seasoning is the Shanghainese love fresh sweet taste, large pieces of food is the greatest respect for this mooncake.
According to Chef Shen, Shen Dacheng is about to launch the "Black Pork Shoot Ding Mooncake". Pork is made of NetEase black pork that was unveiled at the Wuzhen World Internet Conference from 2014 to 2018, plus bamboo shoots that are fresh enough to fall from the eyebrows, and the delicious taste is about to come!
Reporter / Fan Yuhao
Editor / Lulu Chen
Photo / Fan Yuhao