Many years ago, my uncle Warm often made an appointment when my grandmother’s death anniversary was reunited in Thanh Minh period. “My family goes to Duoi market so that we can go to Mo market very much. Why does Ms. Ba have to go up to Buoi market to shop for something, far away?”, Mr. Warm asked. My mother replied: “I let her grandchild go to the market. I just went back to Buoi market with many things to carry to let him know the market is fair.” Come on vegetables, melon and fruit cake, all kinds of fragrant leaves. That is the way to go to the market from the previous day to contribute to my grandmother’s death anniversary, my mother used to let my children go to the market. The price of the train ticket at that time was only a few cents to hear tinkling to Dong Xuan market, through Hang Dau booth, then through Quan Thanh temple, finally up to Buoi market. The fair is over, the hat is undulating, the burden is full of people, the hat is full of leaves, and the clothes are black and cloth. In March the carpentry flower bloomed, the thorny taffeta rose, I had a market filled with the scent of flowers. Then my mother gave me a gift of silk rolls on the eyes of Mrs. Tu hump. Mrs. Tu’s back was cuffed, but her cake was thin and delicious. Fish sauce from the market is not as delicious as at home, but Mrs. Tu adds a taste of ca cuong and fresh chili, a pinch of oregano, the taste of home market gifts. Once I took the tram back, down the lake, my mother fed me pho. Now I want to find the market in Hanoi, no longer see the burden anymore. The lever, perhaps only sold at the market Vieng – fair only for luck. From rows of vegetables, fruit rows, bamboo cages containing geese, chickens, baskets, baskets … many things it kept hidden in the heart, could not erase the soul of the twisted pair on the shoulder. human life of the last century. In March, it was drizzling and rainy, so I just wanted to get sunny. Who can buy March sunshine in Hanoi? The sun also makes the face of the countryside market, especially the shops, to smell the spices. Curved beams, one side of the burden is cold vermicelli vermicelli, wooden ladle pouring vinegar flavored with vinegar suddenly sour and spicy of dried chili and pounded with chicken fat. The vermicelli leaves count hundreds, the small mussel leaves are filled with cold water. the whole season of com, bringing rice steam into the city. Now the Hanoi market lacks a couple, the Mo market, the Buoi market, is already bright high-rise greenhouses. The counter selling tobacco leaves, the herbal medicine of Dai Yen villagers is also located on the cement base. Cement and paving stone, have breathed the flavor of the leaves, let the natural look of nature in the market soul. Then the basket is sifted, and the bamboo is less. Second, to bamboo shoots, vermicelli, rice cakes also vacuum. If you keep going to the supermarket at the listed price with the glasses on, sometimes the old mother just gazes blankly … everything in the modern market has changed drastically. Watching people swipe the payment card, no bargaining and no challenge. I go to the market, the soul of the Hanoi fair and the old country market still has something to look back today, to see the figure of the curved lever, the bamboo rays scattered on the shoulders of my mother, her shoulder, of old Hanoi. season.

Brown rice cake.

Along with the traditional cakes, this year appeared a number of bakery products that draw attention to their appearance, and baking ingredients also “rocked” the traditional market and the online market.

Floating cake, frozen vegetarian cake

The market for floating cakes and vegetarian cakes this year does not have much change in prices.

On the occasion of the real Korean New Year (March 3 of lunar calendar) every year, the markets of people living in Hanoi are bustling with stalls selling ingredients for making floating cakes, vegetarian cakes. In particular, the traditional products of floating cakes and vegetarian cakes are still favored 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.

The market for floating cakes and vegetarian cakes this year does not have much change in prices. Sticky flour prices range from 20,000 to 25,000 VND / kg, sugar is about 25,000 – 30,000 VND / kg, green beans from 40,000 to 50,000 VND / kg.

For some families who do not have time to make cakes, drifting cakes, ready-made vegetarian cakes are a convenient choice to present to their ancestors altar during the Korean New Year. Each plate of ready-made vegetarian and floating cakes ranges from 10,000 to 15,000 VND / kg.

These days, a Facebook account named Co Loi boat (at N6E Trung Hoa – Nhan Chinh, Thanh Xuan district) is congested because many customers choose to order.

The facebook owner shared: Because the cakes here are made continuously, there are no old goods or inventory. Just order the cake via Facebook and the time to receive the store will ship to the place. Peak time is 9-11 noon on 3/3 often have to mobilize family members to ship because the number of people who schedule this time frame is quite crowded.

The owner of the store said that since a few days, the number of orders has increased sharply, so it is necessary to mobilize family members to do it continuously to serve and deliver goods to customers. If customers order late cakes, the store does not dare to accept more for fear of not returning the goods in time.

The shop owner added that last year, due to the Covid-19 translation, people rushed to order online, but this year the Korean New Year is on weekdays so the purchase of processed goods has decreased slightly.

Brown rice cake

In addition to the five-color drift cake, the market this year also appeared floating cakes made from brown rice.

Advertised as “eating without fear of fat, not gaining weight”, the brown rice cake has attracted attention, especially to the sisters.

Ms. LH (Cau Giay) said that because she was busy with work, she ordered the cake until last night. She had to ask three places to order the cake because they all had a lot of applications and did not dare to accept more.

The price for a box of brown rice floating cakes is sold on social networks for 70,000 VND. Meanwhile, if there is a need to buy homemade flour, the price will fall between 80,000 and 90,000 for a 500 gram bag.

Ingredients for making five-color “burnt” market

Many housewives rushed to order home-made five-color cake flour, making this item a “fever”.

The influence of the Covid-19 epidemic caused people to limit their travel to the street, so many shops selling raw materials for floating cakes and vegetarian cakes on the online market were very popular.

Accordingly, for about a week now, the five-color floating cake has become a popular consumer product. Instead of going to buy ready-made cakes, many housewives rushed to order home-made five-color flour, making this market suddenly “fever”.

Ms. Linh (a small trader selling baking ingredients at Buoi market) shared on vtv.vn: “These days, my house sells a few quintals of flour because there are a certain number of patrons and this market area is also populated. so the purchasing power is very high “. Her family had to prepare a plentiful supply of goods many days ago to serve the needs of people to buy directly or order online.

The price of five-color floating cake powder for sale online ranges from 50,000-100,000 VND / set depending on type. Most of the set is cheap, usually the ingredients are only 5-color cake flour, sugar, sesame; Also with the clay cakes priced from 75,000-100,000 VND / set, in addition to the above ingredients, the flour set also has coconut, green beans pureed to make more vegetarian cakes.