Oleander – a fruit with a strange name but is a delicious dish associated with the childhoods of many children. (Photo: Internet) The name does not sound poetic, but the environment is likened to the cherry blossoms of the South. Because during the flowering season, each row of trees will take off all their leaves and begin to bloom in clusters of pollen roses creating a breathtaking sky. At that time, the environment also gradually results in the fruits of the young green, small bunches like cowpea. The lips are considered the southern cherry blossoms. (Photo: Internet) Flowers and olives when they are young. (Photo: Internet) She looks like this when she was still young, but she has “failed puberty”. They turn completely black with a sturdy, coarse shell and with a long, zigzag size. Each of the umbrellas swayed on the branches, causing the children below, waiting for the wind to pass to fall. When ripe, the fruit turns black, the skin is rough. (Photo: Internet) The two sides of the body have ribs running from the head to the stalk, so people often use a knife to pull this edge to separate them. Each piece of rice is arranged into equal layers and outside is a thick black honey layer. They do not look “charming” at all, but enlightenment is that they make people fall in love. Although the appearance is not eye-catching, the lips have a sweet taste that makes people fall in love. (Photo: Internet) The lips have a sweet taste, a little pungency and a strange concentration. Perhaps due to crystallization from several months, the rice layer thickens and gives off a very unique aroma. Adding more salt and chili is rancid, not a delicacy that can be replaced. Chili salt-dipped lips – western dishes. (Photo: Internet) Just looking at it makes people saliva. (Photo: Internet) The scent of the medium is unlike any other fruit. (Photo: Internet) In addition to rice, the seeds are also raw materials for popular tea pots in the southern countryside. They are pale pink in color, finger-sized and usually attached to the inside of the lip. After soaking in water to soften the skin and then peel off, just cook with coconut. This tea dish is very fragrant and has a “already” chewy texture. The seeds are also used to cook tea. (Photo: Internet) With a new discovery, Western cuisine is just as simple and rustic as their very nature. From the gifts of nature that have created a sky of memory and taste, sometimes remembering suddenly makes people feel relieved.

Banana sticky rice soup: freshly baked banana pieces mixed with the mild aroma of nuggets are a gift not to be missed in the autumn of Hanoi. Longan tea with lotus seeds: elegant tea has made many people nostalgic when coming here. Besides, this is also an extremely nutritious nourishing dish. Grapefruit tea: it will melt you by the blend of crispy grapefruit pulp, sweet coconut milk and a bit of cool ice. Coconut water root tea: diverse in colors, unique in flavor, attractive in the way of enjoying is what you can feel from this Thai origin tea. Thai Tea: This unique cultural exchange is hard to ignore with street food enthusiasts Banana tea: often cooked very meticulously, it can be said that the sweetness of the tea is delicious, but not too bold enough for people to remember forever. Sweet soup is also enough to make up the unique culinary flavor of Ha Thanh people. Mango tea: attractive from eye-catching decoration to unique taste, hard to mix. Avocado Sweet Soup: If you like the rich but not too rich flavor of the butter, this is a great choice for you. Fruit tea: the solution to help you balance your life and cool your body.

From the early morning of April 14 (the 3rd of the third lunar month), on the streets and markets in Hanoi, small merchants sold a lot of floating cakes, vegetarian cakes as well as baking ingredients to serve. citizen.

Floating cakes, vegetarian cakes are all made from fragrant sticky rice flour. Floating cakes made small balls of longan fruit, in addition to white, in red sugar filling, while vegetarian cakes are round and flat, filled with cooked green beans and pureed with sugar.

In order for the cake to be soft and easy to squeeze, the baker must soak the sticky rice, stir well with a little salt and then grind it.

After the kneading is finished, the cake is placed in a pot of boiling water. The freshly boiled cake will sink on the bottom of the pot. When cooked, it will float and be picked up and put into a plate.

At a shop on Ngo Thi Nham street (Hai Ba Trung), people waited in a long queue to buy floating cakes, vegetarian cakes to worship.

With the mindset of wanting to buy delicious cakes to burn incense, many customers have to wait about 30-40 minutes for their turn.

Mr. Pham Xuan Thanh, the owner of the restaurant, shared that he and his family members got up at 3 a.m. to make cakes, in time to serve the people. On this day, customers are crowded from early morning to dusk, so the whole family is always in time to rest.

At the Hang Be market (Hoan Kiem), the business is also busy. Floating cakes are made on the spot, when the buyer needs, the shop will squeeze the dough to do more.

On average, vegetarian cakes cost 20,000 VND / bowl, floating cakes cost 15,000 VND / plate.

The Vietnamese custom of offering floating cakes and vegetarian cakes reminds the story of “wrapping a hundred eggs of Au Co’s mother”. Floating cake represents 50 eggs hatched into 50 children to the forest following their mother. Vegetarian cake represents 50 eggs that hatch into 50 children following their father into the sea. Therefore, the real Korean New Year of the Vietnamese people mainly means towards the origin, commemorating the merits of the dead.

However, with a rather busy, hustle and bustle life due to the current work reel, many families choose to buy drifting cakes, ready-made vegetarian cakes to worship their ancestors. Recorded by PV on the morning of April 14 (March 3 of lunar calendar), on the streets and markets in Hanoi, small merchants sold a lot of floating cakes, vegetarian cakes as well as baking ingredients. to serve the people.

Sharing with PV, a baker at the Nghia Tan market area said: “These days, the demand of people coming to buy ready-made cakes is relatively high, so most small businesses trading this item have to Prepare ingredients such as sugar, green beans from early and carefully, after being bought, rice for baking, after being bought, must soak enough time, then grind and then go through many other stages to make cake dough. In actual welding, the baker has to get up at about 4:00 am to make it to have the cake for customers to buy … “.

Floating cakes, vegetarian cakes are all made from fragrant glutinous rice flour. Floating cakes made small balls of longan fruit, in addition to white, in red sugar filling, while vegetarian cakes are round and flat, filled with cooked green beans and pureed with sugar.

A cake floats after it is finished with the filling by the baker.

After the kneading is finished, the cake is placed in a pot of boiling water. The freshly boiled cake will sink on the bottom of the pot. When cooked, it will float and be picked up and put into a plate.

Vietnamese people in the past have created floating cakes, vegetarian cakes which are cool and cool dishes. This dish is sweet, very suitable for hot days.

People wait in line to buy floating cakes, vegetarian cakes at Nghia Tan market area (Cau Giay, Hanoi). This year, the average price of vegetarian cakes is 20,000 VND / bowl, floating cakes cost 15,000 VND / plate.