In the cold of the northern upland, tourists to market sessions of ethnic minority communities in Bac Ha District, Lao Cai Province may be attracted to hot round cakes in green, black and white.
Thua Thien-Hue Province is known for a variety of delicious cakes. Among those cakes is banh goi, a type of dumpling wrapped in dong (phrynium placentarium) leaves. This traditional cake has distinctive flavors of Hue’s authentic cuisine.
Different from other kinds of glutinous rice cake, Hai Duong’s Long cake has a light flavor, sweet-smelling, buttery and hot taste of puffed glutinous rice, ginger, roasted peanuts and sugar.
Insects including crickets, worms and locusts have always been favorite ingredients in the cuisine of Muong people in Thanh Hoa province. When the weather gets cold and wet, it is a perfect time for Muong people to start their favorite 'sau mang' (bamboo worms) collecting.
Nestled between a mountain and a river, the mountainous commune of Thung Nai in Hoa Binh Province’s Cao Phong District draws a large number of tourists every year for its gorgeous scenery, tranquility and food specialties, particularly grilled fish.
'Com chay' (burned rice) is a simple but very crispy and yummy dish of Ninh Binh province.
Siu Chau candy is a special dish made from glutinous rice in Nam Dinh.
Sticky rice cakes are a popular finger food among Vietnamese people. However, sticky rice cakes of Muong ethnic minority group in the mountainous district of Tan Son in the northern province of Phu Tho are special because they come with a variety of colors.
Ear Cake, a tasty food that is served every day by locals in Phu Tho province, has that name because it has the shape of an ear.
“Com dep”, flat glutinous green rice is a specialty of the Khmer in Soc Trang and people in the Mekong River Delta.
'Cong' cake is called 'tube cake' because the tool used to make this cake looks like a tube. This is a popular traditional food in Can Tho city.
For visitors coming to the nation’s northwestern provinces this time of year, savoring delicious grilled dishes by a coal stove in cold weather would definitely be a great experience.