Hanoi autumn specialties cannot be ignored when the wind blows

Hanoi is famous for “delicious pieces”. In every season, Ha Thanh cuisine always makes people from far away “fall in love” and those who have to go far to miss.

The most beautiful Hanoi is autumn and Hanoi’s delicious dishes are also the most special every autumn.

Village cereal loops

When it comes to Hanoi’s autumn, surely everyone remembers a gift that is both ethereal and rustic: Com Vong village. Although now, Com in Hanoi is sold all year round, but for many people, Com Vong village is the best when enjoyed during the pig season.

The fragrant green nuggets are gently wrapped in lotus leaves.

From the light burdens of sisters and mothers, green ceramic beads wrapped in lotus leaves to both keep the plasticity and keep the light fragrance scattered throughout the streets of Hanoi. In addition to pure com or served with ripe bananas and red persimmons, today com is transformed into many other delicious dishes such as: fried rice, sticky rice, green rice cake, sticky rice cake…

Ripe crocodile

Ripe crocodile is a special street snack of Ha Thanh. Mixing the harmonious flavors of sour, spicy, salty, sweet with the fleshy taste of crocodile meat, the crunchy taste of crocodile skin and the characteristic mild fragrance, the dish not only captivates students but also attracts people. office and distant guests.

Ripe crocodile is a favorite snack of the people of the capital.

Ripe crocodiles are sold on streetcars or along Phan Dinh Phung road in the shade of four seasons.

Fried Worms

The period from the end of September to the beginning of October is the time when the worms appear the most, and that is also the time when Hanoians bring a unique dish of their own.

The delicious spring rolls are prepared quite elaborately.

There are many ways to prepare the dish such as: steamed radish, fish sauce, stir-fried with gac leaves… but the most special thing is still mixing it to make fried rice. In addition to the main ingredients, the dish also has minced lean meat, spring onions, chicken eggs, dill, lemon leaves, guava leaves and tangerine peels. Tangerine peel is considered the soul of the dish. Without this ingredient, the dish will not smell and taste will not be able to blend together.

Hanoi’s fried rice cakes are different from those in Hai Duong and Hai Phong in that the way they are fried is small, thin and crispy. Dotted with sweet and sour fish sauce, enjoy the fleshy, greasy taste mixed with fragrant leaves, it is impossible not to admire the exquisite culinary talent of the Trang An people.

Red

In the traditional families of Hanoi, the ancestral worship tray in the autumn days would not be complete without ripe persimmons.

The pink season is quite short, lasting a few weeks before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival. The red-orange persimmons are pleasantly sweet, soft and fragrant. Especially when presented on the tray of offerings to ancestors, the shiny red color of persimmon creates an elegant and fresh look for the five-fruit tray.

The persimmons are ripe in autumn.

Traditional moon cake

Although currently on the market there are many famous mooncake brands with sophisticated and expensive fillings, but the original Hanoians still prefer traditional mixed sticky rice cakes.

A traditional cake with mixed fillings.

Bao Phuong mooncakes, Xuan Dinh mooncakes or Huu Nghi mooncakes… are the favorite brands of cakes in Trang An. Hanoians, when going far away, often bring this traditional cake as a gift. The sweet and salty taste of lotus seeds, sausages, pumpkin jam, sesame, fatty meat, lemon leaves … has become a characteristic flavor of memory, which people here always try to preserve for land of thousands of years of literature.

Đăng bởi: Quốc Hưng