Floating cake, vegetarian five-color cake “ambush” before the real Korean New Year

The real Korean New Year (March 3 of the lunar calendar) is coming, these days, the market for floating cakes, vegetarian cakes and baking ingredients becomes vibrant.

The real Korean New Year (March 3 of the lunar calendar) is coming, these days, the market for floating cakes, vegetarian cakes and baking ingredients is quite exciting. On this occasion, Vietnamese people always keep the custom of making floating cakes and vegetarian cakes to worship their ancestors. This is an opportunity for children and grandchildren to look to the roots of the tradition of “when drinking water, remember its source”. According to a survey of PV, at markets in Hanoi such as Nhon market, Xanh market, Nghia Tan market, … small businesses have sold a lot of raw materials to serve people. In addition, in the toad markets, the sidewalk stalls also have many points selling flour and drift cake. Fresh glutinous rice flour makes cakes float, vegetarian cakes are being sold quite aggressively. These flour packages include all ingredients such as flour, sugar, green bean filling, sesame seeds, grated coconut, canned five-color cake … Customers just have to mold, shape to their liking and boil it. Floating cakes, vegetarian cakes today are more diverse in colors. Not only is the traditional white color but also purple, green from pineapple, red from Gac, yellow from gardenia. The atmosphere of the real Korean New Year is more exciting when there are households selling floating cakes and vegetarian cakes to set up a “field kitchen” to cook cakes on the sidewalk. Their tools are quite simple, just a mini gas stove or a honeycomb charcoal stove can produce fragrant, hot cakes. Ms. Nguyen Thanh Huong, a longtime vegetarian cake maker at Nghia Tan market shared: “In addition to selling floating cakes, vegetarian cakes, my family also sells five-color cakes and cheesecakes to serve the needs of customers. On the days of close to the Korean New Year, due to the sudden increase in the number of visitors, I had to mobilize my husband, children and brothers to help grind the flour, divide the flour, pack, mold, and boil the cake to deliver it to customers in time “. In general, the market serving the real Korean New Year this year is very diverse. In addition to vegetarian cakes, floating cakes, the market also appears modern drifting cakes such as salted egg cakes, chocolate cakes, funny shaped cakes … is preferred by consumers. New in the market of floating cakes, vegetarian cakes this year are convenient cake sets, cakes are available, frozen, users just need to boil them to use them immediately. As a careful buyer, Ms. Bay (Nghia Tan) shared: “Now the floating cake has many eye-catching colors, it looks very beautiful, but there is a mixture of five-color flour. Personally, I am only afraid of the color powder, so I only like the traditional white color, if I do not know the origin, I do not buy “. Therefore, when buying products, customers should choose reputable suppliers to ensure food safety and hygiene. The real Korean New Year is coming very close, instead of displaying a full platter, each family only needs to respectfully offer floating cakes, vegetarian meals to the family family, pray together for good and peaceful things in life./ .