When winter arrives in Ha Noi, fried sweet potato and banana cakes will become favorite foods of Hanoians and visitors. Stalls selling hot potato and banana cakes have begun appearing along the streets in the capital.
My Long Rice Paper is a special food from Ben Tre province. Coconut rice paper from My Long are famous because they are particularly fatty, tasty and aromatic when roasted over hot coal.
Ha Noi Pho is available everywhere in Ha Noi as the townspeople have the strong passion for this delectable soup. You can find Pho in the Viet Nam’s capital all day and night. The bowl of the hot fragrant broth, the thick rice noodles, and the sliced bits of the tender beef or chicken wins the gourmets’ praises. Especially, Ha Noi Pho is said to…
When travelling to Thanh Hoa, visitors should not miss this tasty cake. The cake is made of rice and is also called rice cake. Rice is grinded into powder and then cooked with water in a pan until it becomes a viscous mixture.
Banh xeo (pancakes), nem nuong (baked rolls), banh cong (cong cakes)... are the roll cuisines that foreign tourists highly recommended to try in Viet Nam.
Ha Noi has many specialties on offer but one of the most renowned snacks which most visitors to the capital want to bring home as a gift for family and friends is banh com (sweet, soft and fragrant green rice cake).
The special “Pau Po Cu” Corn Cake is usually made in the 4th and 5th months of the year (according to the Lunar Calendar) in Lao Cai.
Banh cuon (stuffed steamed rice wrapper roll) originates in the north. Over time, it has become a popular dish nationwide.
Nam cake (steamed shrimp rice cake) is made of rice flour, shrimp, wrapped in phrynium leaves and served with fish sauce. The cooking procedure seems simple but actually requires a great deal of time and effort from the cake maker from choosing the shrimp to preparing the fish sauce.
Hiu hiu, Johns’ groove-toed frog or Johns’ frog in English, is a rare frog species in Viet Nam which can be found at streams in mountainous areas in the northwestern region.
The tender noodles and crispy fried fish slices mingled with the broth is sure to be an unforgettable taste for visitors to the mountainous town of Moc Chau, in Son La Province in the Northwest region of Viet Nam, around 200km from Ha Noi.
Talking about dishes from silkie, most people would think of the “silkie steamed with Chinese herbs”, a dish which is not only delicious but also highly nutritional.