North market in the city

‘Dreaming of Huong pagoda 35,000 VND / kg. Plum type 1 is guaranteed to be sweet, not acrid, and costs 100,000 VND. There are some cheaper prices, but whatever you pay for, ‘she said, the saleswoman with a thick Northern accent at the market at Base 26 (Go Vap district, HCMC) was bright.

This season, plum – plum is sold throughout the northern specialty markets in Ho Chi Minh City I sat down next to her stall with ripe yellow apricots, and picked up a few of them in my hand and saw a characteristic aroma. Next to it is a tray with plums left with white chalk, green stalks, neatly arranged, full of eye-catching. – Pick up 2kg of apricots for me, choose which one to not crush. – Peace of mind, 10 results as one. She sells here every day, never being complained by customers. Someone bought a dozen pounds of sugar soaked and soaked in salt. Finished buying, driving slowly in the market, all over the main aisle, the plum, plum stalls are displayed everywhere. Glancing at the scribbled price lists on the cardboard sheets, the prices did not seem much different. Europe is also the implicit agreement of the sellers, no one wants to devalue. In Ho Chi Minh City now, if you want to eat specialties in the North, go to Base 26 market, Tan Son Nhat market (Go Vap district) or Do Dac market (district 2), Ong Ta market (Tan Binh district), Hoa Hung market ( District 10) … No shortage of things, from sending in from home. Want to have meals “North standard”, go to the market early in the morning, do not forget to visit the shops selling crab, fish, and shrimp to freely choose the freshest products. Silkworm pupae, Northern tofu, North spring rolls, banh chung, vermicelli, dried bamboo shoots, vermicelli, yellow flower sticky rice … all. There are things, if you are not a Northern person, you will be surprised like when you buy chicken, the owner is always “promoted” with lemon leaves. The fresh vegetables, fruits, spices in the North every morning, all of them are very fresh: from wormwood, basil, dill, bone-smoked leaves to vertical fruits, peaches, gac…. The same things, bought in other markets or supermarkets, are available, but from different shapes, colors to flavors. In addition to the seasonal products, special markets in the North in Ho Chi Minh City are indispensable for seasonal specialties. This season is plum, plum. Half a month from now, the market will be filled with goods selling litchi fruits, from howling litchi (early season litchi, sweet and sour fruit) to Luc Ngan thieu litchi (Bac Giang), Hung Yen. When the litchi season is low, it comes to Hung Yen longan. It turns to autumn, around August – October is the season of crocodile, lemon peach. Before that, in March – April, there was no shortage of lilies with pristine white colors. New Year’s day is a bunch of leaves, bunch of leaves followed by the mothers and fathers to go to each kitchen. Phuong Nam is hospitable, always a land where people everywhere come, study, work and set up a career. In this southern land, there is no shortage of “North market”, “Chinese market” with special regional dishes, so that those who are far away from home, choose the city to be the second homeland, always feel warm. heart …