The banana leaf trays look like the trays you used to play with when you were a kid… …but they cost as much as 600,000 VND! Instead of using plastic or stainless steel boxes, we can completely use banana leaves to create extremely eco-friendly decorative trays. Because banana leaves are very biodegradable organic waste, users do not have to worry about recycling like when using plastic. The trays are made from green banana leaves The tray can be reused by washing with water. Admittedly, it is that food, or even utensils placed on banana leaves, always look more beautiful when placed on dishes and plastic boxes. For those who are far from home, when using these banana leaf trays, they will feel familiar and close like being in Vietnam. Banana leaves are the perfect backdrop for dishes. Looks small and cute, but these trays are currently being sold in Korea for about 200,000 VND to 600,000 VND depending on the product size. There are 3 types of long, large and small banana leaf trays for you to choose from.

Tao Thanh Pho restaurant has passed 3 generations of development in Binh Da Ward. Photo: Thuy Moc Bien Hoa is famous for its traditional craft villages such as tet cake making (Hiep Hoa Ward), gai cake making (Tan Mai Ward, Ho Nai Ward), Ben Go Wine (An Hoa Ward)… and shops. Long-term food with bold Southern flavor. * Nostalgic for old dishes Pho is one of the dishes present in most places in Vietnam. For Vietnamese people, pho is considered a national dish, a culinary specialty of Vietnam in the world. Pho in any region will have its own flavor of that region. And few people know that, in Bien Hoa City, there is a shop that has become nostalgic for many generations with the name Tao Thanh Pho restaurant. Tao Thanh Pho restaurant is located on Tran Quoc Toan Street (Binh Da Ward) since the 1960s, built by Mr. Hoang Dinh Tao. Ms. Hoang Thi Nuong, the daughter of Mr. Hoang Dinh Tao, who succeeded the current Tao Thanh Pho restaurant, said that since 1955, her father had returned from Saigon to Bien Hoa to work as a street vendor selling pho. After a few years, her father saved up capital and opened a pho restaurant named Tao Thanh with the meaning that the shop was created by Mr. Tao himself. Before 1975, Tao Thanh Pho restaurant was located right at the Xe Lam station at Tam Hiep junction, so today the shop is not only a perennial restaurant in Bien Hoa, but it is also a memory of the youth and childhood of many people. many people, especially the expatriates. Ms. Nuong shared that in previous years, the pho shop sometimes welcomed elderly diners from abroad to visit the restaurant for breakfast and tell stories about the old times when they used to eat Pho Tao Thanh. Now, the old generation is older, sometimes Tao Thanh restaurant welcomes a few young people, who are descendants every time they have the opportunity to visit their hometown, they come to the shop to enjoy the countryside and take pictures to send to their grandparents. , elderly parents are living abroad. Ms. Nuong shared: “I am 70 years old this year, this pho shop will continue to be maintained by my nephew. My grandson used to be a teacher, but because he wanted to keep the job left by his grandparents, he decided to continue the pho restaurant left by his grandparents, because the shop has attached too many memories not only of the family but also of many generations. for decades now”. Banh tet Cu Lao Pho with the typical flavor of Southern sticky rice. Photo: Thuy Moc Coming to Bien Hoa, many people heard and looked to buy banh tet, banh ú made by the hands of bakers in Hiep Hoa Ward (also known as Cu Lao Pho). Pho islet is known by many people for its rustic dishes like the people who were born and raised on this land. Currently, the area of ​​Hiep Hoa has about 10 baking households with decades of seniority. Every Tet holiday comes, bakeries are busy with packers and customers coming in and ordering cakes. Ms. Tran Cuc Lang has more than 30 years in the baking profession, which has been passed down from her parents’ generation. Ms. Lang said that her bakery now needs about 50kg of sticky rice every day to pack all kinds of banh tet and banh ú, both retail and deliver to wholesalers. Every afternoon, Mrs. Lang’s small cake stall located right on Ha Huy Giap Street (Quyet Thang Ward) for nearly 20 years has become a destination for city people after work. Most people who buy cakes are familiar with the taste, so there is no need to ask for each item or the price. * Unforgettable delicacies Talking about the delicious dishes of Bien Hoa, many people also know famous dishes such as: Tan Mai fish salad, Nam Ri shrimp hot pot, popular restaurants crept in residential areas with a thickness of decades. . With the advantage of having the Dong Nai river in the heart of the city, the people of Bien Hoa take advantage of the natural environment to form an area for raising rafts on the river. With abundant raw materials available, people in the fishing village area have created a special dish from fish, in which Tan Mai fish salad is known to many people for its very own delicious taste. Tan Mai fish salad is made from red snapper, carp or giant fish. Ingredients from red snapper are most commonly used by chefs for fish salad because this is a meaty species. Fresh fish after cleaning, the chefs take the bones and cut them into thin pieces, just eat and mix with spices. Tan Mai fish salad, when eaten, cannot be without a dipping sauce made from the meat, liver and fat of the fish boiled with onions, lemongrass, galangal, and roasted sesame seeds. The taste of the sauce is the factor that determines whether the fish salad is delicious or not. Along with sauce, wild vegetables to serve fish salad with many kinds such as cloves, guise leaves, apricot leaves, fig leaves, basil, coriander, perilla, lettuce … Nam Ri shrimp hotpot is famous for many years in Bien Hoa city. Photo: Thuy Moc As a newcomer living in Tan Mai Ward for more than 10 years, Mr. Tran Hoang said that before, he was afraid to eat raw fish. However, after eating it for the first time, Mr. Hoang was no longer afraid to use raw fish. Whenever friends and relatives come to visit, Mr. Hoang often treats guests with this unique raw fish dish, which everyone compliments on its rich and unique taste. Coming to Bien Hoa, if you have a little time to wander in the alleys in the residential areas of local people in wards such as: Hiep Hoa, Tan Van, Buu Hoa, Tan Mai… visitors from afar will come across these A small old restaurant with the taste of the Southern region. Today, in the face of the need for integration and development, Bien Hoa City not only retains traditional popular dishes but also is a place where many culinary styles from countries around the world converge such as: culinary Japan, Korea, China, European countries… Therefore, preserving local culinary values ​​is a matter of great interest to many people, especially in the field of tourism. Because in the process of integration, exchange opportunities between countries are promoted, tourism has development conditions, cuisine will be a potential that needs to be invested and promoted in the most effective way. the promotion of the image, richness and distinctiveness of the cuisine and culture of the local people.

The collection of essays Rain in the salty land by Nguyen Chi Ngoan. Photo: Cultural sports. Little stories Spreading over 20 poems, there are strands of memories gathered about a poor countryside, sun-kissed but sparkling fields full of hope of the people of the countryside, full of love and kindness. The first sketch in the author’s painting is the East wind, which carries many happy memories of childhood. The space in the land of U Minh, the author’s hometown, opens up full of haunting, haunting tears filled the air. It is easy to recognize familiar images from a peaceful memory region that contains a longing bewilderment filled in childhood nostalgia. There was the sound of ducks calling in the afternoon, there were silences sobbing the familiar scent of the countryside deeply imprinted in the subconscious of children far from home. Like the smell of grandma’s eucalyptus oil, the mother’s braised fish sauce or the father’s bottle of massage, covering a clear life, full of Western breath, unique. With a gentle and simple voice, the author skillfully weaves each small story in the collection of prose as if telling his own story. The images in Nguyen Chi Ngoan’s prose appear so simple and true. “Sometimes my mother asked for a few slices of banh tet from a neighbor to dry, but we and I had more slices of crispy fried banh tet.” That lack still does not rob people of their generosity and affection: “Mother smiles, she dries them for the children in the neighborhood. They like it as much as they do now.” But in the harsh and intense color array of nature, “salty land” is not a punishment of heaven and earth, but it is just a challenge and puzzle that nature has bestowed, from which there are crystallization of species. firmly rooted trees rise above the land where one can find sweetness in every grain of salty soil. Young author Nguyen Chi Ngoan. Photo: FBNV. The heart of the people of U Minh land Perhaps, through this collection of poems, the author and young teacher Nguyen Chi Ngoan skillfully let us fly up and see the beauties of this life: “Even though the salty smell permeates every tooth root, we can see the beauty of this life. I still live in harmony with the land and people, just like the salty land still silently nurtures desires. Living in hardship but dreams still bloom. Through the little book, the author instills in us a feeling of loving others, loving life, and loving ourselves more. And when you open your heart to each page of the book, readers will see before their eyes the sunny rivers, as if they want to burn the hairs of children. There are no storks flying straight, no kite flutes in the salty dry fields or the shaded gardens of childhood. But the author is not pessimistic about “salty soil”. The passages carry the color of a sparkling sadness full of hope. I see that the author is deeply embracing the soul of his homeland. He diligently planted the green sprouts that rose like a sturdy cactus in the sand and windy desert. Choosing a separate intersection that is relatively sparse compared with contemporary 9X-age authors, Nguyen Chi Ngoan has blown a lively and passionate Western breeze with his closeness, traditional lifestyle and characteristics of Vietnamese people. river region, creating a very unique flavor for delta literature. The way the author chooses to return to the topic of awnings listening to the rain and sunshine, dinghy or white reed hills flickering in memory. With a very personal life material, the Western space appears gently, gently awakening the hearts of readers to find their own souls and forgotten memories in the chaos of life. The charming view can be touched to feel the way of life, the liberal and generous features of the river filled with emotions.

Shrimp sauce is one of the typical dishes of Western people, never absent from simple and rustic meals. The typical taste of the western shrimp sauce is different from that of any other region. The sweetness of Bac Dat Mekong River shrimp together with the crispness of the western platypus has created an unforgettable taste. Fish sauce served with white rice, boiled meat, boiled vegetables, … or banh tet, banh chung, … creates a unique resonance, remembering it forever for the first time. Aunt Tu Co fish sauce was born from Aunt Tu Co’s passion for cooking with family members. I got up at 5 a.m. to go to the market to buy the live Bac Dat shrimp, and picked each papaya by hand. I did all the steps myself because she said: “ The papaya should be well-sliced, otherwise it won’t be crunchy. Fish sauce must soak at the right time or else there will be no meat left. ” This is a homemade dish that does not use borax, colorants or preservatives, but only contains memories of the countryside, the simple meals that gather with the family. Posts: : Nice News

Banh chung and banh Tet have bright colors This is not only one of the auspicious signs of Tet but also explains why banh chung and banh Tet are two indispensable items on a Vietnamese Tet altar. Plum blossom bloom is a good omen for Tet Photo: Anh Tuan. Lush kumquat tree It is natural for trees to sprout and sprout in the spring, so if your home has a green tree with many leaves in your house, pay attention to their branches, if the tree has many green buds, that year will have many buds. If there are enough “four quarters”: Ripe fruit, green fruit, flower and bud will be lucky and successful for the whole year. Apricot flowers, peach blossom buds Our people think that after New Year’s Eve, if the apricot blossom (type 5 petals) blooms more and full, it is an omen. And luckier when there is one or more 6-petal flowers. The concept for apricot blossoms is the same: if the blossoming flower has many double petals (double flower) 3 layers (row) on the calyx and shaped like a rose, there will be many bliss. According to Hai Ngoc / Lao Dong