Hot rice cakes, floating rice cakes, and pho warm up Hanoi's winter

A hot bowl of pho will warm up your winter morning - Photo: NAM TRAN

Winter in Hanoi is sometimes accompanied by rains, making visitors feel the cold seeping through every cell of the body more clearly. Therefore, hot dishes will be the number one priority for this season.

Pho rare, well done, flank, brisket

The number one suggestion for tourists coming to Hanoi in winter is none other than pho. Hanoi pho has long been famous throughout the country. On any street or alley in Hanoi, you can find a pho restaurant, some of which are decades old.

There is nothing better than slurping down each mouthful of pho on a cold winter morning when the wind blows. Hanoi pho has the fragrant taste of beef, mixed with a low-fat broth that is not too strong, with a bit of green onion.

Depending on their preferences, diners can choose from: rare pho, well-done pho, flank or brisket. Some famous pho restaurants in Hanoi include: Pho Thin Bo Ho, Pho Khoi Hoi, Pho Dao, Pho Ngoc Vuong, etc.

Cao Bang rice rolls

Cao Bang rice rolls are soft rolls, filled with minced meat and served with sweet bone broth - Photo: NAM TRAN

It sounds far away, but in fact there are many famous Cao Bang rice cake shops in the heart of Hanoi, still retaining the original flavor.

Unlike Hanoi’s rice rolls, Cao Bang’s rice rolls are soft and can be rolled with chopsticks, and the filling is fragrant fried minced meat. Notably, this type of rice roll is not eaten with fish sauce like other places, but is served with hot bone broth, which has the sweet taste of marrow bones that have been simmered for many hours. Accompanied by a hot rice roll with soft-boiled egg.

Hot cake

Hot banh duc is scooped as soon as customers arrive at the restaurant and is served with minced meat, wood ear mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, green onions, etc. and broth to balance the flavor - Photo: QUOC NAM

Surely many people are familiar with the dish of banh duc dipped in soy sauce, which is associated with the childhood of many generations. It is a round, plump cake like a small bowl, and when eaten, it has a refreshing taste that melts in the mouth. Hanoi also has a specialty of hot banh duc that not everyone knows about.

Hot banh duc is made from rice flour mixed with water, add a little tapioca starch and stir until smooth, thick, and slightly transparent.

Hot Banh Duc is eaten in a completely different way than regular Banh Duc. In winter, the cake is scooped out as soon as customers arrive at the restaurant and is served with minced meat, wood ear mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, green onions, etc. and broth to balance the sour and sweet flavors of the dish.

The price for a bowl of hot banh duc is only 20,000 - 25,000 VND/bowl.

Floating Cake

Banh troi tau and sweet tapioca pudding warm the heart on a cold winter day - Photo: FB Mo Te

Only 15,000 - 20,000 VND is the price for a bowl of hot, fragrant banh troi tau with the spicy taste of old ginger. Banh troi tau is made from sticky rice flour, the balls are the size of a chicken egg.

The cake is usually filled with green beans or black sesame. The heat of ginger in the cake will help warm your body. Famous addresses for selling banh troi tau in Hanoi: 146 Quan Thanh, 30 Hang Giay, 90 De To Hoang, Hang Da market, etc.

West Lake Ice Cream, Trang Tien Ice Cream

Ice cream still attracts customers in Hanoi winter

Although it is a cold dish, eating West Lake ice cream or Trang Tien ice cream is a must-try experience when welcoming winter in Hanoi.

Normally, the weather in Hanoi makes you shiver. When you hold an ice cream in your hand and enjoy each cool piece of ice cream, the cold of winter increases. The cold seems to slowly spread from your mouth, down to your stomach and throughout your body. It is also possible that because it is so cold, many people feel that eating ice cream in winter is more delicious than in summer. That is why ice cream shops in Hanoi are still crowded, even though the weather has turned cold.

In addition, when coming to Hanoi in winter, you can also try other attractive dishes such as: hot fried cakes, chicken pho, hot snails, bun thang, etc.

Nguyen Hien (According to Tuoi Tre)

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/banh-duc-nong-banh-troi-tau-pho-suoi-am-mua-dong-ha-noi-20231221005337144.htm

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