In Hanoi, there are two types of vermicelli: hot and cold. If in hot vermicelli while eating and sweating, the steamed vermicelli inhaled because of the spicy. Bun snail cold in alleys, small alley seems to be deeply imprinted on the subconscious of the old Hanoians. Just like the name suggests, cold vermicelli is made of cool ingredients. Vermicelli is cold, snails are cooled, the sauce is cold and the broth is also cold. Actually, these ingredients are made from boiling water, but the style here is to let it cool. Cold noodles are often sold in O Quan Chuong, Nguyen Truong To Street, Hang Chieu Street and Nguyen Cao Street … in big restaurants. Although cold noodle is popular, but the selection of ingredients and processing are extremely sophisticated. Vermicelli is a type of vermicelli used for cold eating, similar to banh ask of the Southerners. A snail must be a type that eats slit algae, as it is both crunchy and fatty. Nowadays, people can replace snails, sliced ​​snails, rice snails, bitter snails … for processing but must be fresh. Soak the snail in water to wash the rice for a few hours to let the dirt come out. The main spice of this folk dish is vinegar suddenly, so vinegar is also particularly interested, when it can only be vinegar, suddenly filtered out of sticky rice wine from Van village (Viet Yen district, Bac Giang province). . Snails will be steamed by water by vinegar to remove the fishy smell, keep the crispy taste and not lose the greasy taste of the snail. The broth is clean water for snail boil, just spice, scoop some onions to make it aroma and have a little curry powder to create a pink or yellow color. Snail broth is cool but not fishy, ​​no sugar or seasoning, but still sweet. Cold noodle vermicelli must be eaten with leaf vermicelli, because it is the vermicelli that brings a cool and fragrant flavor to this dish. Boiled snails are available in the burden, when customers use them, the seller will put them in a bowl, scoop some snail soup from a ceramic jar, accompanied by a plate of vermicelli leaves (lined with banana leaves) and a little freshly ground chili. tear. In particular, this dish should not use herbs. The sharp aroma of the herbs will drown the mild aroma of the vinegar, and the dish will no longer taste strong. The seller only gives a plate of vegetables like the core of a thinly sliced ​​banana tree and vegetables, that’s enough. This rustic dish not only has attractive colors, but also has a delicious taste. It is difficult to explain why this dish has always been popular with many people from past to present. Photo: IT. Invite readers to watch the video “Smoked land – A strange dish of Vinh Phuc people”. Source: VTV3.