Opened in 1889, Lianxianglou, a time-honored brand in China, was formerly a pastry shop specializing in pastry delicacies, and was also the first enterprise in the country to use lotus seeds to make pastry fillings. The unique taste has made Lianxianglou famous in Guangzhou, and the lotus paste food made has become a delicious memory of several generations of old Guangzhou, and is known as "the first lotus paste". Lotus paste buns, wife cakes, chicken cakes, dragon and phoenix cakes and other delicacies are well-known at home and abroad, and are a model of traditional and innovative series of products of "Old Guangzhou Souvenirs".
As early as the 50s, Lin Heung Lou was designated as an export and frozen food manufacturer of Cantonese mooncakes, and its products were exported to Southeast Asia, North America, Australia and Europe. The moon cakes and paste fillings of Lianxianglou have won the titles of "Gold Medal Moon Cakes" and "Gold Medal Fillings", and have become "China's leading moon cake enterprises".
Lotus Rongyue can be described as the specialty of Lianxiang Building, which is refined from high-quality Xiangtan lotus seeds, special peanut oil and other ingredients produced in that year. As we all know, the authentic lotus seed is selected from Hunan lotus seeds, and the best among the Hunan lotus is the Xiangtan lotus seed, the Xiangtan lotus seed fruit is full, the size is moderate, known as the "inch three lotus", referring to the three lotus seeds are exactly one inch in size, and have been accepted as tribute for many years. The lotus seed made of Xiangtan lotus seeds is fragrant, crystal clear, and has a sweeter and smoother taste.
The classic flavors of Double Yellow Pure Lotus Seed Paste and Double Yellow Pure White Lotus Seed are made from authentic Xiangtan lotus seeds, which are made from 100% lotus seeds in addition to oil and sugar, which is sweeter than the lotus paste stuffed mooncakes mixed with bean paste on the market. Paired with the salted egg yolk of sweet and salty, the familiar taste comes to mind.
There are not many types of moon cakes in Lianxianglou, but the taste is better than adhering to the classics, Wu Ren bacon is one of the representatives, using melon seed kernels, almonds, walnut kernels, olive kernels and sesame seeds and other five kinds of nuts, the best salted meat increases the taste level, and it tastes more salty, fragrant and chewy than ordinary five kernels.
Real materials are the biggest advantage of Lianxiang Building, and the price of moon cakes is relatively close to the people, no more than 150 yuan. It should be noted that the biggest feature of Cantonese moon cakes is heavy sugar and heavy oil, and it is recommended to eat them with black tea, Pu'er tea and other greasy teas.