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Hanoi specialties in autumn is various!
If you once visit Hanoi, you cannot forget the beauty here. Specially, if you are here in the autumn, you will find the difference that only exists in Hanoi. Light sunny day with windy weather is very suitable for a good tripto discover this city. Vietnamese cuisine in general and Hanoi in particular are very worth trying. So, what should you eat in Hanoi in autumn? Let’s check top 5 Hanoi specialties for this beautiful autumn days!
1. Hot rice cake
Hot rice cake, one of the most popular specialties in Hanoi in autumn, has long become a form of jokes that cannot be missed in every afternoon of many Hanoians. This is a year-round dish, but many people specially “favor” it more when it’s windy in the autumn. Hot rice cake is often sold at street vendors or small, simple sidewalks. With this dish, the customers eat spicy flavor should add a little chili, a little pepper to make up incense, which make the taste of this cake more attractive and delicious.
To enjoy delicious hot rice cake, you can visit the food shops in Hoe Nhai, Nguyen Binh Khiem, Trung Tu, Truong Dinh, Le Ngoc Han … Price for a bowl of castings is usually 15,000VND.
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2. Young sticky-rice flake
Covering all over the streets of Hanoi, the smell of new sticky rice and the roadside nuggets as an indispensable feature. Since ancient times, Young sticky-rice flake has been a familiar and unique gift of the capital of each collection, the most famous of which Vong Village.
To prepare the seeds, people have to choose the type of glutinous rice, when the rice is colostrum. Next, the rice will be finely homogenized, then roasted and ready to sift … and then bring sun. The pot is wrapped in blue lotus leaf, forced sticky rice stew to get up the grainy of grains. Today this simple dish has spawned many other popular dishes like com cake with mung bean filling, com sweet soup and com ice cream.
From the cereal, the Hanoians also processed a lot of delicious dishes such as pork rolls, rice noodles, cereal or rice nuggets. If you want to enjoy this specalty of Hanoi in autumn, you can visit Hom Market or Vong Village with the price from 50.000VND.
3. Stuffed sticky rice balls
Your visit to Hanoi to discover and savor typical autumn-winter snacks will be missed if you miss the hot drizzled, gingerbread and black sesame.
Dishes are made quite simple, with glutinous rice flour inside the peanuts, ground beans puree. Especially, the dish is cooked with sugar, ginger fiber. The smell of roasted sesame, fat of peanuts, sweet bar of sugar and pungent ginger blends in the stuffed sticky rice balls makes the taste extremely delicious.
You can visit Bach Mai street, Luong Van Can, Hang Giay, Hang Can, Quan Thanh, Ngo Sy Lien market, Thanh Cong market … to enjoy the special dishes of autumn in Hanoi with prices from 10,000 – 15.000 VND / bowl.
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4. Pork rib porridge
Perhaps not to say too much about the taste as well as popularity of porridge in Hanoi, because it is not natural that here are so many famous porridge. Porridge and ribs are good, and indeed, you can enjoy porridge at every hour of the day.
Pork rib porridge add some green onion, a little pepper and chilli powder will be a great treat to make you feel warm in colder weather. You can easily spot street vendors, hotdogs or more crowded carts in so many places, so do not hesitate to try one of the hot porridge in the autumn. Some delicious porridge such as Dong Xuan, Ngo Huyen, Doi Can, Hang Bo …
I highly recommend you these addresses: Dong Xuan Market,37 Luong Su C, and 43 Ngo Huyen 🙂
5. Hanoi fruit: “Sấu”: one of the most simple specialties in Hanoi in autumn
A common urban tree in Hanoi bears a simple, yet popular fruit both to locals and tourists. The fruit, called, quả sấu, sour in taste and is known as Hanoi’s specialty in aumtumn. This fruit in English called “Dracontomelon”. Sấu is also a very typical gift of Hanoi every fall. From the end of September to the beginning of October, when the season is over, you can easily catch the burden of selling this fruit in the streets. It is extremely eye-catching.
If having chance, you should visit here once in life to truly enjoy the bauty and the taste of these speciallocal food. Trust me, it’s really worth trying 🙂
Thank you for reading this article and see you soon in my new blog entry!
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