Papaya Salad at Ho Bo Lake - 'The number one snack' of Hanoians

Hanoi cuisine is famous for beef noodle soup and vermicelli with grilled pork, which are on the list of the world 's top street foods, making Hanoians proud to the point of being complimented and asked where the right place is, which restaurant is the best... But the number one snack is the papaya salad with dried beef from Hoan Kiem Lake (the way Hanoians often call the area around Hoan Kiem Lake). The sweet sound of the scissors clicking makes my mouth water just thinking about it. Spicy chili sauce to satisfy your cravings, mixed with the crunchiness of grated papaya is the spicy aroma of green perilla leaves, on the stems of the leaves it seems like there are drops of dancing, sparkling sunlight. Hanoi has many places that make papaya salad, each with its own style, but the soul of this dish, seemingly simple but famous, is still the chewy, crunchy, sweet, cool papaya from Bo Ho, Ma May. The salad is not too dry, goes with the beef, the sweet and chewy dried liver, a little tendon to support and attract each other, mixed with the sweet and sour and spicy dressing, plus a little bit of roasted peanuts, it is like a happy song with people dancing and whirling in the flavor. It must be said that the papaya salad at Bo Ho with only simple ingredients is much more delicious, more memorable than the salads and salads in countless restaurant parties.

Heritage Magazine