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Fragrant nose with banana cake shops, rustic potato cakes on the streets of Hanoi

Referring to banana cake, potato cake, but remembering the days when my mother took me to the market to eat banana cake. Banana cake is submerged in a pan of boiling oil, when it is ripe, it is brought up to drain the fat. Oh hot banana cake, crispy crust, add a little sweet banana, it’s great for a winter day.

Fortunately, Hanoi has no shortage of shops selling banana cakes and sweet potato cakes, especially street vendors. Let’s visit a few places selling delicious banana cakes in the capital!

Banana cake, Giap Bat potato cake

This fried cake has been sold for almost 10 years, but it still keeps the price of 5,000 VND/piece even though the value of money has changed. Although there is no favorable geographical position for sales, thanks to the friendship of the village and the number of regular customers for many years, this family restaurant still retains customers until now.

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The fat cake will be cut into small pieces. Photo: @nhhimlovefoods

Banana cake, potato cake or cornbread are all deep fried in an oil pan, after the fat has been absorbed, the owner will cut the cake into small pieces, accompanied by a bowl of sweet and sour chili sauce. Sweet and spicy taste together to create a delicious taste.

The minus point of the shop is that the crust is still thick, the quality of the cake is rated as “good day or not”. The address of the restaurant is 80 Giap Bat, Hoang Mai District, if you are near, you can try a few.

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Add a piece of chili sauce and it’s delicious. Photo: @glambertjubee

Address: 80 Giap Bat, Hoang Mai District

Banana cake, potato cake De La Thanh

As a restaurant near the university, the address of 257 De La Thanh, Dong Da district is always crowded. Although the sidewalk space, few seats and no parking space, the shop has never been empty.

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Small fragrant yellow cake tray. Photo: Instagram

Banana cake, De La Thanh potato cake are shaped to be big, hold in your hand, every bite is full of potatoes and bananas, but it is not greasy. Perhaps this is the plus point for this bakery. Potato cake is the most favorite type of cake because there are both ways to prepare it, which is cake and rice cake, there are sweet potatoes in every corner, crispy crunchy is very interesting.

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Potato cake. Photo: @vuthuhangg

The minus point is that this area is easy to get stuck in rush hour traffic, selling on the sidewalk makes the hygienic quality of the cake not guaranteed.

Address: 257 De La Thanh, Dong Da District

Banana cake, Ngo Si Lien street potato cake

Fried believers in Ngo Si Lien area definitely do not miss the coordinates of this snack shop. At 56 Ngo Si Lien Market Lane, Dong Da District, this restaurant has all kinds of flavors for a whole bunch of snacks to serve diners. Not only banana cakes, potato cakes, you will also see corn cakes, shrimp cakes, fried doughnuts, pillow cakes, tea of ​​all kinds.

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Sold in the market so always crowded. Photo: @linhchimm

A list of delicious snacks, isn’t it, most of them are childhood dishes. If you have an empty stomach, it is recommended that you try each dish a little to enjoy the feeling of fullness with “wheat flour mixed with vegetables”.

Address: 56 Ngo Si Lien Market Alley, Dong Da District

Banana cake, Tran Phu potato cake

At C3 Ton That Thiep (old Alley 34A Tran Phu), Ba Dinh District has a restaurant that customers call with a familiar name “Mrs. Silver Hair”, the reason is that she looks very young but her hair is almost gone. white coating. With her hospitality, she has been serving hot cakes for decades.

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Childhood banana cake. Photo: @lhph

Like a few other shops, she quickly “updated” more dishes to fill the stomachs of students. The shop sells mainly potato cakes, banana cakes, corn cakes, accompanied by black bean tea, green tea, mixed tea.

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Which one is yellow? Photo: @nanahminn

Because it is only a small shop, along with her own health, this silver-haired woman cannot guarantee the quality of the cake. But with food prices only from 6,000 VND to 10,000 VND, you can also come and support her.

Address: C3 Ton That Thiep (Old 34A Tran Phu), Ba Dinh district

Đăng bởi: Độc Hành Khúc

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