Speaking of Shanghai's No. 1 vegetarian restaurant, Gongdelin can be said to be the best. Founded in 1922, Shanghai Gongdelin has a history of more than 90 years, and its vegetarian dishes are based on Huaiyang flavor, and the selection of ingredients is mainly seasonal fresh, with a wide variety of varieties, known as the "originator of vegetarian food". In 2008, Shanghai Gongdelin's vegetarian production skills were listed as a national intangible cultural heritage protection project.
 
Gongdelin is known as the "Suzhou-style moon cake expert", Suzhou-style moon cake is also known as "short-style moon cake", which is made of oil dough wrapped in oil pastry (flour and oil) after folding and rolling out many times, the principle is similar to the Western-style mille-feuille crisp, and then wrapped in various fillings to bake, and the oil is separated by heat during baking, forming an overlapping multi-layer puff pastry, with a crispy and soft taste, oily but not greasy.
 
Buddhism net vegetarian moon cake is a model of puff pastry moon cake, using a new method of puff pastry, layer upon layer, each layer of puff pastry can be torn off, thin as cicada wings, transparent under the light, the whole process is handmade, the main and auxiliary materials are produced in pollution-free mountainous areas, kneading dough, mixing nuts using vegetable oil with lower saturated fatty acid content, moon cakes taste better, for 3 consecutive years in the China Moon Cake Festival was rated as high-quality moon cakes, well-known moon cakes and gold medal moon cakes.
 
Xinghualou's "Four King Kong" moon cakes are famous, and Gongdelin's "Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter" series is not far behind. "Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter" includes spring breeze five kernel roses, summer rain green mushroom moss, autumn moon upper grade five kernels, winter cloud pepper salt and hundred fruits, the filling has been carefully selected, the aroma of the nuts after roasting is fully exerted, and the teeth and cheeks are fragrant. Among them, five-kernel roses use edible sugar roses instead of rose sauce, which is sweeter than ordinary rose mooncakes; The green moss has a seaweed flavor, which gives a refreshing feeling; The high-grade five-kernel granules are complete and full, crispy and fragrant, especially chewy; The ratio of salt and pepper fruit is balanced, and the flavor is seasoned with salt and pepper, which complements each other and is more intriguing.
 
Sucrose-free vegan mooncakes use trehalose instead of sucrose, which has a lower sweetness, only about half of sucrose, on the other hand, most of the sucrose-free mooncakes on the market are replaced by xylitol, and the sweetness is about the same as sucrose. Trehalose is a new type of sugar with a relatively low glycemic index, but it is also not recommended for diabetics to eat too much.
 
In addition to the traditional filling, chestnut puree, pumpkin puree, carrot, spirulina, vegetarian meat floss, yam, osmanthus, jasmine and other ingredients are added, and the new products will be improved every year on edible oil, sugar, etc., the taste is on a higher level, the price change is not big, the bulk purchase is about 10 yuan, and the carton packaging gift box is from 100 yuan to more than 200 yuan.