Japanese Garden on the grounds of the Main Botanical Garden (Russian Academy of Sciences) The Japanese Garden within the Main Botanical Garden (Russian Academy of Sciences) is one of the hottest destinations in Moscow, Russia during the early May holiday. Hundreds of people in Moscow lined up to buy tickets to the Japanese Garden to admire the cherry blossoms in full bloom in the mild sunny weather. Everyone wants to see and take pictures with the symbolic flower of the land of the rising sun. Admission to the garden for adults is about 90 thousand VND, halved for students. Children under seven years old are free to enter. The Japanese Garden is usually open to visitors from the end of April (when the cherry blossoms bloom) until the end of October. Many people can’t wait for their turn to buy tickets, choosing to watch cherry blossoms from the iron fence. For them, this does not cause discomfort. The Japanese Garden, built between 1983 and 1987, is located on the east side of the Main Botanical Garden campus (Russian Academy of Sciences). Dozens of cherry trees were shipped here from the island of Hokkaido. In addition, in the garden there are also many other representatives of the Japanese flora. During a visit to Russia in 2013, then-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe planted the 51st cherry tree in the Japanese Garden. Seedlings are grown from the seeds of the tree first planted here by Mr. Shinzo Abe’s father, former Japanese Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe, in 1986. In its more than thirty years of existence, the Japanese Garden has become one of the distinctive centers of oriental culture. It organizes many different exhibitions, classes on calligraphy, painting, tea ceremony culture… Every year, the Japanese Garden welcomes tens of thousands of visitors. In Moscow, there are many spots to watch the cherry blossoms bloom, but the Japanese Garden attracts a large number of Russians to visit, because it is an old site and has beautiful scenery. Cherries bloom only in Moscow for about two weeks. It is this that creates excitement and crowding at the entrance to Japanese gardens.

During the Vietnamese subsidy period, fat tart was a popular dish that was often used to simmer fish sauce, stir-fry garlic, sauté pickles, and chopped rice to roast. However, in recent years, greasy fat has been bought by the rich in Hanoi at a price that is not cheap. Photo: Facebook Depending on the price of pork up or down, but each time, the fat will have different prices, ranging from 300,000 to 400,000 VND / kg. Notably, the special liposaurs cost up to 500,000 VND / kg. Photo: Facebook On Facebook there are many posts selling lip balm, every sale post will see quite a lot of comments to buy. Photo: Facebook Many sellers said that it mainly greases according to customer orders. Each time you make a little extra, you will sell it. But just post it to where it ends. Photo: Facebook Some people even have to close the store, refuse customers because they do not make it in time, afraid that the output will not be uniform, the quality is not guaranteed. Photo: Facebook Sticky rice is a legendary dish during the subsidy period. Today, in Hanoi there are not many selling this dish. Photo: Baoxaydung. Ms. Kim’s cassava sticky rice shop on the sidewalk of Ngo Si Lien market, or her grandparents’ cassava, is one of the rare goods selling this special dish in Hanoi. Photo: Explore. The sticky rice shop has no roof, nor a table for customers to eat, just a small table selling iced tea and sticky rice pots with a pair of iron cages, plastic bowls containing scallions, dried onions … break. The shop opens for sale at 2pm, and only after 3-4 hours is out of stock. Photo: Explore. Especially when it is cold in Hanoi, Mrs. Kim’s tapioca dish is twice as expensive, customers may miss an appointment with this dish if it is too late. Photo: Explore. Video: Smoked land – Strange food of Vinh Phuc people. Source: VTV3

From the early morning of April 30, people everywhere flock to the Reunification Palace to visit. People were instructed to line up 2 long lines in front of the palace. It takes about 30 minutes for each person to buy a ticket. Reunification Palace is located at 135 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia (District 1, Ho Chi Minh City), after visiting here it is easy to access other entertainment spots such as Botanical Garden, Notre Dame Cathedral, Nguyen Walking Street. Hue … Mr. Hoi (District 12) shared: “On the occasion of April 30, I took the opportunity to take my relatives to visit the Reunification Palace to enjoy the holiday atmosphere. Then the family will move to the airport to continue to Con Dao ”. The holiday ticket price is unchanged. Adult tickets cost 40,000-60,000 VND, child tickets 10,000-15,000 VND. Inside the palace, people divide into small groups to visit, avoiding crowds. Facing complicated developments in the Covid-19 epidemic, people adhere to wearing masks to protect their health and those around them. Ms. Nhi (living in District 7) shared: “On the occasion of April 30th, I and you come here to learn more about the country’s history, see first-hand historical artifacts as well as a trip. small days off ”. The weather in Ho Chi Minh City during the 4 holidays is forecasted to be hot, the temperature is 25-30 degrees Celsius. Outside the palace, functional forces are present to divert, avoid congestion. In addition, from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m. on April 30, Ho Chi Minh City banned and restricted vehicles on some roads, including Le Duan Street (the front of the palace) to serve the bicycle racing team. .HCM for the 33rd time in 2021.

“Here, if you want to hurry, you have to go early, at around 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm when the shop first opens, the more late the night, the longer the queue will be until midnight. If you go on weekends, you must queue at all times ”, Nhu Quyen (living in District 11), a regular customer of the restaurant, told Zing . Ms. Dung tea shop has only two people making and a table for all tools and materials for preparation. Today, due to her late arrival, Quyen and her husband had to queue for more than 30 minutes to buy 3 glasses of water. The couple had to continuously take turns letting one person line up, the other rested and looked after the car. Just received the cup from the shop owner, Quyen’s husband quickly plugged the straw and passed it to his wife. The client used to take a drink, nearly half a glass of water had run out. “The water here is delicious and cheap. A glass of about ten and a few thousand only. This hot season has nothing to drink. But if I buy it here, I have to wait in line for a long time, ”Quyen said while wiping the sweat on his face. Line up until 2am Her peach tea shop Ha Thi Dung (56 years old) does not have a signboard, but still has two names given by customers. In addition to Co Dung Mashed Peach Tea, which is named after the owner of the shop and the typical water dish of the shop, this place is also known by many people as “Tra Doi”. The shop is open for sale from 19:30 to 2 am the next morning and is always in a crowded state. There are only two people selling, so it is almost impossible to work without a break for 6 hours. All mixing tools and ingredients are neatly arranged on a table, above is hung an electric light for both lighting and customer identification. The more guests come at night, the more crowded the customers are, especially on weekends. Tea Wait also does not have a menu. However, in turn, any customer who is that customer can read the names of the drinks that need to be purchased. While the shopkeeper brews water, buyers also prepare bags, straws, and even calculate cash in hand to save time, making latecomers wait longer. When asked about the restaurant’s best food, the guests waiting could tell about a dozen dishes: pickled peach tea, milk-sweetened blueberries, milk orange, blueberry syrup, pickled strawberries … And concluding a sentence: “But everything here is delicious”. Mr. Nhu (23 years old) said that she comes here almost every weekend with a group of friends. One day Nhu’s group arrived after midnight and had to line up until almost 2:00 in the morning to buy water. “After buying water, we pick up the chairs on the sidewalk to sit eight until almost morning. We like this place because the water is delicious, there are many dishes and the price is for students. The queue is a bit long but on weekends, so sometimes it’s also free. Just take turns waiting, the rest just sit and talk ”. Meanwhile, Mr. Thanh (37 years old) knew about Co Dung’s digging tea shop through online reviews. Curious, he wanted to wait in line for a drink, but after 15 minutes of waiting and still not his turn, he gave up. “I heard it was crowded, but I didn’t expect it to be this crowded. I guess I have time to come back in line, drink it to see what it tastes like, ”Mr. Thanh said. Peach tea “wait but not upset” The owner of the tea shop, Ms. Dung, said her shop has been selling for more than 30 years, at the corner of Nguyen Chi Thanh street intersecting Duong Tu Giang. “Because there is not enough rent for the premises, I only sell the evening. Also thanks to the people around for help, creating conditions so it can be sold until now ”, said Ms. Dung while still slowly making tea and peach beams for customers. The restaurant’s water dishes such as pickled peach tea, milk pickled blueberries, pineapple ginseng … cost 10,000-15,000 VND. Meticulously selecting each apple, counting the amount of syrup and condensed milk to put in a cup, Ms. Dung confided many times that many customers are also impatient, but not so that it can be reckless. “Everyone who came here had to wait in line, so I had to work hard to make delicious water, according to the customer.” Having just visited the restaurant a few times, but Ha Thi (living in District 5) is especially impressed with the service attitude of the owner. Regardless of any request from customers such as less sweet, more sour, proportion of ice…, Ms. Dung happily responded. “Once I bought it on a long way, I was afraid that the drink was no longer delicious, she enthusiastically advised. Although the shop is crowded and has to wait a long time, she is always happy, never upset, ”Thi said. According to many customers, another plus point of this sidewalk tea shop is that it has almost no price increases. The drinks here are less than 20,000 VND, the typical peach tea dish of the restaurant is only about 11,000 VND, 14,000 VND in blueberry. “I drank at this restaurant from 2017-2018. After the epidemic, I thought the price would increase like many other places. But now the price remains the same, unchanged ”, Nhu Quyen (27 years old) said.

As noted by PV, right from the early morning, many vegetarian cake drifting shops opened. On the sidewalk of Ngo Thi Nham street (Hanoi, people in the capital line up in a long queue to buy floating cakes, vegetarian cakes at the shop that is praised for having the “best in Hanoi”. It takes about 30-40 minutes for each customer to wait in line before they can buy it. “Every year I line up to buy cakes here from the early morning. I also want to buy delicious cakes, I also go home early to light incense so that I can go to work in time,” shared Ms. Huyen (Hai Ba Trung district, Hanoi). It is known that cake prices this year also do not increase compared to other years, on average, vegetarian cakes cost 20,000 VND / bowl, floating cakes cost 15,000 VND / plate. Mr. Thanh, the owner of this famous vegetarian cake shop, said, “I have to mobilize the whole family to teach from an early age to serve everyone. On this day, customers are crowded from early morning to almost dawn, so the whole family is ready to serve everyone. Always have no time to rest “. Video: People in the capital line up to buy floating cakes, vegetarian cakes from the morning Right from the early morning of the real Korean New Year (March 3 of the lunar calendar), vegetarian rice cakes were sold on the streets as well as in Hanoi markets. From the big street to the small street, from the big market to the small market, people are always busy with buyers and sellers. At Ngo Thi Nham Street, many people lined up from 5-6 am to buy floating cakes, vegetarian cakes. It takes about 30-40 minutes for each customer to wait in line before they can buy it. It is known that the price of cake this year has not increased compared to every year … … on average vegetarian cakes cost 20,000 VND / bowl, floating cakes cost 15,000 VND / plate Many people flock to this store to own delicious cakes. Mr. Thanh, the owner of the restaurant, said that he had to mobilize his family, and even stayed up all night in time to make enough cakes to sell to everyone on this day. Ready-to-cook dough for making floating cakes, vegetarian cakes right on the sidewalk. Traditionally, to have the best dough, the baker often soaked sticky rice to bloom, stirred it with a little salt and then brought it to smooth grinding, ensuring flexibility, not cracking. The cake floats into small balls, the inside is red sugar. The vegetarian cake is round and flat, in which there are beans. After kneading, they will be put in a pot of water to boil the cake. On this Korean New Year, there are shops that sell thousands of plates, even a few thousand dishes of vegetarian cakes.

According to folk beliefs, the 3rd day of the third lunar month is called the real Korean New Year. On this day, people often make floating cakes, vegetarian cakes to make offerings to 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”.

As noted by the reporter of the To Quoc e-newspaper earlier this morning, many people flocked to a famous store on Ngo Thi Nham street to buy floating cakes, vegetarian cakes for the ceremony.

In the Chinese sense, “Han” means cold, “real” is to eat, the real Korean New Year is to eat cold food. Although originating from China, the real Korean New Year of the Vietnamese still has its own nuances. In addition, this custom also has changes in accordance with the culture and customs of the Vietnamese people.

The use of floating cakes, vegetarian cakes to worship also has many good meanings. This custom represents the long rice culture of the Vietnamese people. Both cakes are made from fragrant glutinous rice flour, the fruits of hard work can be offered to grandparents and ancestors. The cake floats into small balls, the inside is red sugar.

And the vegetarian cake is round and flat, with bean filling. Want to fill the green beans in the cake is more fragrant, the worker will choose the type of pepper, small seeds. In recent years, to serve the tastes of customers many people have used natural ingredients with colors to mix to make dough.

The owner of a shop on Ngo Thi Nham street shared: “According to experience from previous years, from the beginning of the third month of the lunar calendar, until March 3, the number of customers coming to buy goods is very large, so we had to command the whole family got up early in the morning to make the cakes. The most crowded peak period starts from 7am, lasts until afternoon and leaves customers gradually into the evening. Each customer usually has to queue from 30 minutes to 1 hour to buy cake ”.

According to observations, in the market for floating cakes, vegetarian cakes this year are convenient and ready-made cakes, users just need to boil them to use them immediately. Although there are more models, the price for each floating cake plate ranges from 15,000 to 20,000 VND.

“Every year, my family has gotten used to it here, so even if I have to wait a long time, I accept it. The cake here still retains the traditional taste of Hanoi, so the food is delicious” – Ms. Huong (Hai Ba Trung , Hanoi) share.

Recognized on many food streets, the air markets for people to go to the season of floating cakes, vegetarian cakes are bustling from the early morning.

“Our family has mobilized all the human resources in the house from last night to deliver goods to customers. This year, people mainly order cakes through home delivery technology applications, so they also reduce the number of customers. to the shop “- said a shop owner on Gia Ngu street.

Not only selling cakes, but small traders here also sell fresh flour for baking. These flour packages include all ingredients, customers just have to mold, shape to their liking and boil.