Taste Atlas lists delicious snacks in Vietnam

Taste Atlas - a website known as a world culinary map - has published a list of unique Vietnamese desserts.

Flan or caramel is a dessert originating from Europe but is very popular in Vietnam in particular and Asia in general. The cake is favored for its soft texture, rich flavor from eggs, sweet from milk, and caramel sugar. Photo: Foody

Banh da lon is a famous specialty of Hoi An ( Quang Nam ). The cake is made from green beans, tapioca starch, rice flour, and coconut milk. The color is the first factor that attracts diners. When enjoying it, diners will feel the chewy texture and the sweetness of coconut milk. Photo: Foody

Pomelo sweet soup is a traditional dessert familiar to Vietnamese people. Only from very simple ingredients such as pomelo pulp, green beans, and shredded coconut, you can create a sweet and cool snack for the hot summer. Not only pomelo sweet soup, Taste Atlas believes that all sweet soups in Vietnam have attractive, rich flavors and are easy to eat. Photo: Foody

Fruit yogurt is an ideal snack for fruit lovers. Fruits such as jackfruit, durian, lychee, longan, etc. will be peeled and served with yogurt, sweet syrup and ice. Depending on the restaurant, customers can request their favorite fruit. Photo: Foody

Banana cake has many variations. Banana slices are coated in different types of flour, fried, grilled or baked to give different results. Banana cake fried in oil will have a crispy, fatty but quite greasy taste, often served with chili sauce. Steamed banana cake can give a soft, spongy texture like sponge cake, often served with coconut milk or sesame sprinkled on top. Photo: Foody

Crispy rice with shredded pork is a simple, rustic gift originating from the Vietnamese countryside. The rice is cooked, dried, then pressed thinly and fried in oil to make it hard and crispy. Rice is often sprinkled with a little shredded pork on top to reduce the feeling of fullness. Photo: Foody

Banh bo is a sponge cake made from: rice flour, water, sugar and yeast. The surface of the cake has many small bubbles due to air holes in the cake, so it is also known as honeycomb cake. The cake is baked or steamed, giving it a soft, spongy taste. Photo: Foody

Jelly is mainly made from agar powder, gelatin, coconut milk, condensed milk and flavorings according to preference such as vanilla, chocolate... This dessert is often shaped quite eye-catching such as flowers, hearts or to be eaten with sweet soup. Photo: Foody

Che troi tau or sui din is a type of cake originating from China. The cake has a shape similar to banh troi but is larger, rolled in black sesame on the outside, cooked in hot ginger water, and when eaten, sprinkled with peanuts and a bit of shredded coconut. Photo: Foody

Unlike banh troi, banh ran is a popular cake sold at a fairly cheap price, only about 3,000 - 5,000 VND/piece. The cake has sweet and salty fillings, and is covered with sesame or a layer of cane sugar on the outside, making it extremely eye-catching. Photo: Foody

Banh troi is a popular and meaningful cake in Vietnamese tradition. The cake is shaped into round white balls, when eaten, add sugar water, sprinkle with sesame seeds and enjoy. The cake is often eaten on the occasion of the Cold Food Festival on March 3rd with the meaning of representing Vietnamese agricultural culture, at the same time bringing good luck and happiness to the homeowner. Photo: Viet Nguyen

Green bean cake is a specialty of Hai Duong. This cake is made from very simple ingredients such as green beans, sugar, vegetable oil... to create a sweet and fatty taste. The elderly often like to eat green bean cake and drink green tea to balance the taste. Photo: Creative Commons

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