Special dishes that you should try when traveling to Hanoi part 2

Gio Cha Uoc Le

Uoc Le is a craft village in Tan Uoc commune, Thanh Oai, Hanoi. According to the story told by the adults of this village, in the past, the village regularly held village festivals on the 10th of January. To make offerings to the village emperor and to the king, each armor in the village prepares the ceremony called "jewel pot" with the specialties of each armor, in which the sausage is the most delicious specialty and is chosen to offer the most. Best.

It is because of that tradition that Uoc Le spring rolls gradually become famous, because in order to have a delicious Uoc Le sausage roll, the maker has to put a lot of heart into it, from choosing good pork, mixing the meat and processing it into finished products. . To make Uoc Le spring rolls, the villagers do not use boiling water to make pigs, but they will use a dry towel to wipe off the water on the surface of the meat, then mix it up for processing.

Uoc Le spring rolls are made from small-sized braised pork with only about 35 to 40 kilograms. After that, the meat is filtered, then pounded very quickly with a wooden pestle weighing 6 to 9 kg/pair. Continue to add the best fish sauce according to the recipe of the villagers, then wrap the spring rolls with banana leaves that have been thoroughly dipped in boiling water. In turn, the layers from the inside to the outside are the young leaves, the flat leaves, and then the old leaves. Drop the freshly made spring rolls into boiling water, boil for 55 minutes until the spring rolls stretch and sound is cooked evenly. That's when the delicious spring rolls were born.

What about the two best fried spring rolls of Uoc Le? That's "Cinnamon rolls" and "fried spring rolls". With Uoc Le cinnamon rolls, people will not forget the fragrant cinnamon powder mixed with the iridescent honey of the baked flower-colored patties. People make very good cinnamon rolls, pound the meat with cinnamon powder, cover each thin layer of meat on the tube and spread it on the hot coal stove, until the finished product is delicious cinnamon rolls to the hands of buyers. As for fried rice, it is delicious according to its own distinct taste, it is rich in fat because of the tiny thick fatty meatballs mixed with finely pounded lean meat, steamed until cooked, then fried in a pan of boiling fat until golden. gut. Eating spring rolls in Uoc Le is enjoying a culinary corner of not only Hanoi but also a corner of Vietnam's soul.

Spousal cake - Hang Than

The name "Xu Xue" was born in Dinh Bang village (Tien Son, Bac Ninh) with different characteristics of Hanoi. The cakes of Bac Ninh are wrapped in sticky rice and wrapped in dong leaves, boiled. As for the cakes from the capital, they are made by starch powder (filtered flour), add a little sugar and fragrant grapefruit flower oil, stir well in the pan, then bring the items and then mold them with the filling into a tiny cake. we're talking about that.

Holding the cake in your hand, looking at the beauty of the cake, you will be even more surprised when you take a bite. The soft yet fragrant taste mixed with the fleshy taste of green beans and coconut with a little roasted sesame, will certainly not disappoint the fastidious guests.

Banh Xuyen Hanoi is famous for the name of the famous street that sells them - Hang Than. But the source of the cake is the place we just called the name of the rice dish, which is Vong village. Like its brother, "banh nuoc", banh mi phu is also quite difficult to keep for a long time because the filling is made from green beans, which is very easy to stale. So, make the most of your time to deliver cakes to your loved ones.

Roasted peanuts - Ba Trieu

To choose a Hanoi specialty to bring back as a gift for a long time, roasted peanuts with basil is a dish that many diners choose.

Roasted peanuts with basil is famous for many small shops selling this fragrant peanut along a distance of only about 200 meters on Ba Trieu Street, Hanoi. This sippy dish is named after an old woman named Van, who brought the aroma of Ba Trieu roasted peanuts to the capital from 1963 to this day. There are many shops selling roasted peanuts and basil on this street. But the standard peanut shop - the first place to sell roasted peanuts with basil on this street is the shop with the name "Cu Van" at 176 Ba Trieu. "Uncle Van" is also the brand name that has been registered by his family for the name of this delicious roasted peanuts.

Roasted peanuts with basil Van is famous for its meticulous processing. The peanuts are all shipped from Bac Giang, Nghe An - the type of peanut grown on sandy soil is the selected peanut. Peanuts are soaked with sugar, salt and "four flavors" including cinnamon, anise, cardamom, cloves to be roasted for a taste that is neither too salty nor too sweet. When roasting, you have to manually roast it by hand and pay attention to use clean, dry yellow sand, heat it very hot, and then it's your turn to drop the peanuts in. The roaster must skillfully keep the fire very well so that the peanuts cook evenly without causing the thin red skin to peel off, causing the sand to creep into the gap between the two halves of the peanut. After so many feats, there will be very attractive and crispy batches of peanuts.

Grapefruit Dien

Dien pomelo has long been famous in Hanoi every New Year to spring because of its special delicious taste. Dien is the name of a land in Group 3, Phuc Dien, Bac Tu Liem, Hanoi. This land possesses a very suitable soil and climate to grow a grapefruit with a sweet, aromatic taste that is very cool.

Dien pomelo is famous, so there are many other hybrid pomelo varieties that are not grown on Dien land, confusing buyers. Those hybrid pomelos are pale and not as fragrant as the standard Dien pomelo. An original Dien pomelo usually weighs from 0.8 to 1 kg. That standard pomelo is only about the size of two fists, round, thin yellow skin and not too smooth. Dien pomelo has a very thin pulp, only about 2 cm, yellow, dry and not too soft. Dien pomelo shrimp has a lot of water, the taste is sweet and rich, not pungent or bitter, very delicious.

Dien grapefruit is very delicious, so you should go directly to the garden to choose and buy. Because Dien pomelo is very picky about soil, if you buy it along the road or in an unreputable place, you will easily choose the right pomelos grown in other areas that are not as delicious but the cost is as high as the price of "genuine" pomelos. Because pomelos are quite heavy, if you want to buy Dien pomelo to send to your loved ones, you should move by bus. Your loved one will surely love this gift.

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