Where to find delicious mooncakes? The top 10 most popular renowned stores loved by netizens are out

▲ Jing Tian V Store (Link: Jing Tian V Store)

Travel Center / Comprehensive Report

During the Mid-Autumn Festival when families reunite, besides barbecues and moon gazing, mooncakes and pomelos are essential delicacies on every dining table. Eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival has been a long-standing tradition, but with so many varieties available in the market, it can be overwhelming trying to decide where to buy them. You can refer toDaily View’s online temperature gaugestatistics,The top ten most popular mooncake stores across Taiwan are as follows:

1. Jing Tian V Store
Established in 1980, Jing Tian Food Company is renowned for its delicious taste and high-quality products, earning numerous awards. It has won prizes at the Kaohsiung Mung Bean Pastry Baking Competition for four consecutive years (Gold Award in the Traditional Category in 2012, Best Quality Award in the Creative Category in 2013, Gold Award in the Traditional Category in 2014, and this year’s Best Craftsmanship Award in the Creative Category). In addition to continuously developing new products, the store’s specialty lies in baking traditional Taiwanese pastries using premium ingredients. In recent years, mung bean pastries have been their highlight.

Address: No. 388, Yangming Road, Sanmin District, Kaohsiung City
Phone: 07-3856346 / 07-3895234
Business Hours: 08:00–22:00

2. Jiu Zhen Nan Pastry Shop
Founded in 1890, Jiu Zhen Nan Pastry Shop insists on traditional handmade production, with low oil and sugar content and no preservatives, making it beloved by many. Its signature mung bean pastry uses carefully selected, plump mung beans and follows seven traditional processes to create a fragrant, fluffy, and smooth green bean paste filling, wrapped in hand-rolled layered dough. After baking, the layers are distinct and the texture melts in your mouth—light, smooth, and refreshing.

Address: No. 84, Zhongzheng 4th Road, Qianjin District, Kaohsiung City (Flagship Store)
Phone: 07-2888202
Business Hours: 11:00–22:00

▲ Jiu Zhen Nan Pastry Shop mung bean pastry. (Photo / fromJiu Zhen Nan Pastry Shop’s official Facebook page)

3. Taichung Shekou Li Ji Pastry Shop
Established in the 20th year of the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty by Mr. Zhang Linli, this shop has a history of over a hundred years and is truly a traditional, historic bakery. Li Ji Pastry Shop’s Taiwanese-style mooncakes are made using an exclusive “double-sided baking method.” The crusts are layered and meticulously baked, resulting in a flaky, non-greasy texture and excellent taste. The addition of pork, shallots, and sesame as fillings has become the shop’s signature. This rustic, genuine flavor is truly unforgettable.

Address: No. 520, Zhongshan Road, Shenkou District, Taichung City
Phone: 04-25627135 / 04-25620068
Business Hours: 07:30–21:30

▲ Taichung Shekou Li Ji Pastry Shop mooncakes. (Photo / fromTaichung Shekou Li Ji Pastry Shop official website)

4. China Steel Corporation
Apart from being Taiwan’s largest steel manufacturer, China Steel’s welfare canteen also sells Taiwanese-style mooncakes that are considered legendary by many. Affordable and made with wholesome ingredients, their simple yet delicious taste lingers in the memory. The most famous is the mung bean i*, which has a refreshing and non-greasy flavor. These mooncakes are not available for public sale—they are only offered to employees and their families, with a purchase limit of five boxes per person. No matter how much money you have, you can’t get them otherwise!

Address: No. 1 Zhonggang Road, Xiaogang District, Kaohsiung City (China Steel Headquarters)
Phone: 07-3371111
Business Hours: (Mon–Fri) 06:45–08:00, 11:30–12:30, 14:00–18:00

5. Taipei Li Ji Cake Shop
Invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to participate in the centennial National Day reception, Taipei Li Ji became one of Taiwan’s well-known pastry shops. As a century-old establishment, Taipei Li Ji insists on hand-kneading its pastry dough, known for being simple yet rich, with a profound flavor and a full-bodied taste. Popular items such as the mung bean mini mooncakes and egg yolk pastries leave an unforgettable impression.

Address: No. 67, Section 2, Chang’an East Road, Taipei City
Phone: 02-25062255
Business Hours: 09:00–21:00

▲Taipei Li Ji Mung Bean i*. (Photo / fromTaipei Li Ji’s official fan page)

6. Yu Zhen Zhai
Located at the intersection of Zhongshan Road and Minzu Road in Lukang, Yu Zhen Zhai was founded in 1877. Renowned for its delicate texture and exquisite flavors, it has earned acclaim as one of Taiwan’s famous pastry shops. It was even invited to provide pastries for the centennial National Day celebration of the Republic of China. The egg yolk pastries and pine nut pastries specially made by Yu Zhen Zhai for the Mid-Autumn Festival are always sold out quickly every year!

Address: No. 168, Minzu Road, Lukang Town, Changhua County (main store)
Phone: 04-7773672
Business Hours: Mon–Fri 08:00–21:00 / Sat–Sun 07:00–21:00

▲Wang Yue Gift Box. (Photo / fromYu Zhen Zhai official website)

7. Bao Quan Food Co., Ltd.
Since the Japanese colonial period, Mr. Chen Yun sold pastries in downtown Fengyuan. In 1976, the third-generation owner, Mr. Chen Zengxiong, developed the appropriately sized “Bao Quan Mini Mooncake,” which became a bestseller. It sells out every Mid-Autumn Festival, helping Bao Quan become one of the top names in the pastry industry. The multi-layered snowflake crust wraps premium Japanese white kidney beans and imported refined ingredients. The melt-in-your-mouth Bao Quan Mini Mooncake has a sweet yet not greasy taste that makes you want to eat one after another.

Address: No. 154, Zhongzheng Road, Fengyuan District, Taichung City (main store)
Phone: 04-25223077

▲Bao Quan Mini Mooncake. (Photo / fromBao Quan Food Co., Ltd. official website)

8. Han Fang Pastry Art
Han Fang Pastry Art specializes in various traditional Han-style pastries. Its signature specially made white bean paste and mung bean paste fillings are fragrant, delicate, and layered with a refined texture. Not only is it listed as one of Taipei’s group-purchase delicacies, but it has also been shortlisted for New Taipei City’s gourmet gift category. The shop’s most iconic Jin Sha Mini Moon features a special filling mixed from white and mung bean pastes, wrapped in extremely thin and flaky thousand-layer pastry. It offers a fusion of textures, melts in your mouth, and delivers a uniquely cool sensation—truly distinctive.

Address: No. 226, Yongli Road, Yonghe District, New Taipei City
Phone: 02-89235856
Business hours: Monday to Saturday, 9:00–20:00 (no holidays one month before Mid-Autumn Festival)

▲Golden Sand Little Moon. (Photo / fromHan Fang Pastry Art official website)

9. Jin Qiao Food Co., Ltd.
Founded over thirty-five years ago, Jin Qiao Food Co., Ltd. has been recognized by New Taipei City Government as one of the top ten local specialties. Their famous Golden Emperor Pastry features a filling made with Japanese-style handmade sesame paste, red bean paste, and lotus seed paste, all wrapped in layers of flaky pastry crafted through a meticulous lamination process. The result is a richly flavored pastry with a satisfying “crispy, soft, flaky, and tender” texture that lingers on the palate. Not only is it delicious, but it is also made with trehalose and trans-fat-free butter, offering consumers a healthier and more reassuring treat.

Address: No. 265, Liancheng Rd., Zhonghe District, New Taipei City
Phone: 02-22479111 / 02-22494458
Business hours: 07:00–23:00

▲Jin Qiao Golden Emperor Pastry. (Photo / fromJin Qiao Food Co., Ltd. official website)

10. Snowflake Pastry
Established in 1900, Snowflake Pastry is a century-old traditional Chinese pastry shop. Its most well-known offerings include savory cake, Snowflake Mooncake (with mung bean filling), and shaved ice pastry (white bean paste pastry). The Snowflake Pastry lives up to its name with an ultra-thin crust resembling flakes of snow, and a filling that combines mung bean paste with sesame powder, along with fried shallots and diced braised pork, resulting in a not overly sweet taste. The shaved ice pastry is filled with smooth white bean paste, offering a particularly refreshing flavor.

Address: No. 200, Zhongzheng Rd., Fengyuan District, Taichung City
Phone: 04-25222315
Business hours: 08:00–22:00

▲Premium Gift Box (Snowflake Pastry + Five-Nut Pastry). (Photo / fromSnowflake Pastry fan page)