外媒看中國：10款最好吃的月餅
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.
中秋節是中國第二大傳統節日，月餅是人們在中秋節常吃的一種零食/甜點，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?
在中秋節前後，人們在走親訪友時將月餅作為饋贈親友的禮物。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.
五仁叉燒口味是經典的傳統口味。相較於其他更為大眾的口味，五仁叉燒月餅價格更高。五仁叉燒餡由各種堅果仁（杏仁，核桃，冬瓜幹、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。大多數的中國人，尤其是老年人，都很喜歡這個口味。
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.
紅豆沙口味的月餅裡填滿了滋味豐厚，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心，在中國乃至世界範圍內都很受歡迎。
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.
由於蓮子蓉的價格非常昂貴，人們往往在其中加入芸豆蓉，有時也加上鴨蛋。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過烘烤的月餅，誕生於香港，而後享譽全國。餅皮是用冰凍後的糯米製成，看起來白亮如雪。現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鹹味的，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.
果蔬餡月餅裡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.
巧克力味的月餅能讓你的中秋節更加浪漫。這種誘人的月餅以好看的外觀和濃香的餡料實現了中國傳統文化與西方浪漫的文化的融合。餡料是由巧克力，漿果，奧利奧餅乾等混合而成。
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。這種月餅裡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.
冰淇淋月餅是傳統中國月餅的新新式。它採用冷凍而非熱加工的方法製成，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乾脆的芝士脆屑，加上濃鬱的奶香。它不像其他的月餅那樣甜膩。
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。它們嘗起來鹹鮮可口。如果你不喜歡甜味的月餅，又喜歡海鮮，海味月餅將是一個不錯的選擇。