A traditional treat enjoyed every autumn.

In Northern Vietnam, the sấu fruit is a very familiar summer fruit. When mentioning sấu fruit, people immediately think of a refreshing bowl of sấu vinegar soup, or a glass of sour, sweet, and crunchy sấu juice – that's the sấu of summer.

In autumn, ripe sấu fruit turns a beautiful golden yellow, with a pleasantly sweet and slightly sour taste, unlike the harsh sourness of green sấu. Therefore, ripe sấu is not used to make sour soup like green sấu. Hanoians use ripe sấu to create many delicious Hanoi dishes such as pickled sấu, sấu preserves, and sấu preserved in sugar...

Ripe ambarella fruit is appealing not only for its harmonious sweet and sour taste but also for its distinctive, pleasant aroma. Enjoying ripe ambarella doesn't require much fuss; simply peel the skin, cut the fruit into spiral slices to remove the seeds, and eat it with a little salt and chili.

The golden-yellow pickled star fruit, with its well-rounded sour, spicy, salty, and sweet flavors, is incredibly stimulating to the taste buds and very addictive for women. Besides pickled star fruit, star fruit syrup is also a wonderful refreshing drink for the people of Hanoi.

Sour plums are not an expensive fruit, so anyone can easily have the opportunity to enjoy them. Every autumn, you can easily buy ripe sour plums at any local market for about a few tens of thousands of VND/kg, or buy pickled sour plums from street vendors throughout Hanoi for about 12,000 - 15,000 VND/100g.

For those far from Hanoi, ripe sấu fruit is not just a food item, but also a part of their memories. It evokes memories of autumn afternoons, after school or work, gathering on leaf-strewn streets to buy some pickled sấu fruit to enjoy while chatting with family or friends. Each ripe sấu fruit, each dish made from sấu, carries within it a piece of Hanoi's soul and cherished memories.

Ripe sấu fruit is a seasonal treat. It only ripens for a few weeks, so the sấu season passes very quickly. Therefore, if you have the chance to visit Hanoi during this time, don't forget to enjoy the delicious treats made from ripe sấu fruit.

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