The bullfrog mooncakes are sold out all the time, but some people don't like the idea too much because it's making the mooncakes just like steamed buns.
The price for the bullfrog mooncake is 15 yuan ($2.3) each — much more expensive than regular mooncakes.
The brand also has two more intriguing new creations: abalone-pork mooncake (10 yuan) with a small whole abalone inside each cake and the bamboo shoot pork mooncake (8 yuan).
Shanghai First Food Chain
Address: 720 Nanjing Rd E.
Pork mooncake with prawn and cheese
Last year, Sunya Cantonese Restaurant thought outside the box to create the yanduxian mooncake inspired by the traditional Shanghai dish of the same name, which is a rich pork soup made with Jinhua ham (Chinese bacon) and bamboo shoots.
It was in big demand as people loved the idea of having a soup dumpling-style mooncake.
This year, Sunya has come up with a fusion mooncake that adds prawn and cheese in the traditional pork mooncake. To be honest, it's hard to say no to prawn and cheese and it's a hit again. A limited number of 2,000 mooncakes are made and sold every day, so get in early to grab a box. Each person can buy no more than two boxes day.
It's sold at 10 yuan per piece.
In the meantime, Sunya is also selling yanduxian mooncake (36 yuan for a box of six) alongside plain pork mooncake (4.5 yuan each) and pork and crab mooncake (8 yuan each).
Sunya Cantonese Restaurant
Address: 719 Nanjing Rd E.
Coconut egg custard mooncake
The egg custard mooncake from brands such as The Peninsula Hong Kong and Maxim's has been very popular in recent years. The soft, sweet and slightly salty custard filling of this more delicate Cantonese style mooncake is less heavy than traditional kinds.
Because of the cost of ingredients, these egg custard mooncakes are not cheap.
This Mid-Autumn Festival, Xing Hua Lou has made their version of egg custard mooncake with liquid coconut cream in the middle.
It's sweet with hint of saltiness from the egg yolk.
It's advertised as an upmarket product made with butter from New Zealand and coconut cream from Thailand. The small mooncakes are 50 grams each and a box of eight retails for 238 yuan, which is about 30 yuan per piece.
Xing Hua Lou
Address: 343 Fuzhou Rd
Duck tart mooncake
Peking duck is a staple in Chinese cuisine, and Quan Ju De is one of the best-known roast duck restaurants.
For several years, Quan Ju De has been selling a duck tart mooncake that has duck meat filling and a crust similar to pineapple tart. The meat used is the lean breast meat.
A gift box of nine mooncakes retails for 89 yuan on the official Quan Ju De Tmall shop (quanjudebj.tmall.com).
