Hanoi is famous for its rich cuisine, so Hanoi’s winter dishes also make many diners fall in love. Examples are the dishes below!

Drive away the cold with famous Hanoi winter dishes

1. Hot cakes

If Hai Phong is famous for its steamed rice cakes and topping, Hanoi is no less competitive when it comes to hotcakes that captivate diners when it gets cold. However, instead of cooled or cooked to solidify into chunks and then cut into bite-sized pieces when eaten, this famous winter dish of Hanoi is made to be as pliable as dough and always hot. on the kitchen.

Each bowl will have a soft, smooth white cake, a lot of minced meat stir-fried with wood ear, herbs, fried onions on top of the bowl and sweet and salty fish sauce that has been carefully seasoned according to the recipe. You can add a little chili or pepper to add flavor and warm the stomach.

The dish is extremely “sticky meat” (Photo @tep_2002)

Scooping a spoonful of cake filled with filling, you will immediately feel the supple taste of rice flour mixed with the greasy taste of fried meat, the crunchy crunch of the wood ear, the freshness of herbs, the crisp taste of fried onions, a little spicy of pepper and chili, and sweet and salty fish sauce just right, all still warm and hot, so you can eat it over and over again without getting bored.

In particular, this Hanoi winter dish is also quite expensive, only about 15,000 – 25,000 VND / bowl, so it will be an extremely perfect afternoon snack in the cold winter.

Winter’s best hot cakes (Photo @whydontyoutryit._.huh)

Reference address:

• C2, C4 – Trung Tu, Pham Ngoc Thach, Dong Da district
• Thanh Tung restaurant at 112 Truong Dinh, Hoang Mai district
• No. 296 Minh Khai, Hai Ba Trung district
• No. 8 Alley 8B Le Ngoc Han, Hai Ba Trung District
• Area B6, Nghia Tan, Cau Giay District
• Sister Dung shop at Mo market gate, Minh Khai street, Hai Ba Trung district
• Oanh Hoe Nhai restaurant is opposite 57 An Duong, Tay Ho district
• No. 102A5 Thanh Cong, Dong Da District

2. Drift cake, cassava tea

A must-try winter snack in Hanoi is drift cake. In cold weather, you can eat a piece of sticky rice cake filled with sweet, fatty green beans and black sesame, add a little coconut milk, fragrant grated coconut and a sweet and spicy broth of fresh ginger. It’s warm wherever you go.

Famous floating tea (Photo @masako_vietnam)

In addition, you can also enjoy the cassava soup that is often sold with it, with a bowl of hot tea fragrant with ginger, coconut milk with fresh coconut, and a piece of sweet, flexible cassava that warms the stomach and brings flavor. In childhood, everyone who eats it once will fall in love with it.

Sweet and fragrant cassava tea (Photo @__ngoc.mai__)

The price of this winter dish in Hanoi is also very affordable, only from 10,000-25,000 VND/bowl, so every time it gets cold, the spacious shops to the sidewalk stalls are full of people.

Reference address:

• Four Seasons Tea, No. 4, Hang Can, Hang Bo, Hoan Kiem District
• The shop of the late artist Pham Bang on Hang Shoes Street, Hoan Kiem District
• Quan Thanh Street, Ba Dinh District
• 101 Doi Can (sidewalk), Ba Dinh district
• 49 Hang Ngang Street, Hoan Kiem District
• 177 Lang Pagoda, Dong Da District
• Alley 237 Bach Mai Street, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi
• Ms. Van’s shop at number 18, alley 58, Do Thuan alley, To Hoang dike, Hai Ba Trung district
• Diep Beo Shop, 52 Hang Dieu Street, Hoan Kiem District
• No. 77 Hang Dieu, Hoan Kiem District

3. Spring rolls

If you need something warm in the winter, it is definitely impossible to ignore spring rolls. This cake is always put in the steamer, so you can be assured of its hotness.

Biting a piece of crispy spring rolls, filled with minced meat and fried with sweet and salty wood ear mushrooms, just add a little spicy chili sauce, it’s really “aching armpits”. If you like, you can also order more toppings to serve the whole taste such as: regular rolls, spring rolls, pork rolls, regular sausages, sausages or skewers… when you’re tired, there are pickles and sour pickles to eat, just have to say “” long “e” always.

Hot spring rolls with delicious filling (Photo @tungboo0107)

So delicious, but talking about the price, this cake can be said to be extremely “chestnut”, only from 12k, if you want to eat more topping, it will only go up to 35-40k. So, as long as you like it, you can immediately enjoy this attractive winter dish in Hanoi .

Spring rolls with many toppings will be more expensive (Photo @ujunhs_)

Reference address:

• Co-Beo Cake, Garden of Flowers, No. 3 Thuy Khue, Tay Ho District
• Thuy Khue spring rolls number 5 Thuy Khue, Tay Ho district
• Dong’s spring rolls No. 33 Dong Cac, Dong Da district
• Spring rolls Nguyen Cong Tru, Hai Ba Trung district
• Spring rolls in Hom market at 58 Ngo Thi Nham, Hai Ba Trung district
• Kim Lien spring rolls No. B16 Kim Lien, Dong Da district
• 105 C4 Quynh Mai, Alley 13, Quynh Loi, Hai Ba Trung District
• At the beginning of Alley 55 Chinh Kinh Street, Thanh Xuan District 

4. Rib porridge

Not a unique specialty, but somehow, every winter, Ha Thanh people immediately think of fragrant rib porridge – a dish that has been associated with many people’s childhoods. This porridge will usually be a fine flour porridge, some restaurants will leave the big ribs on, some restaurants use tender cartilage ribs, some restaurants use minced meat, but either way, it feels good. Get a sweet and fatty taste, mixed with spicy cotton balls and crispy crackers, add a little more pepper to warm your whole body.

Big and tender ribs (Photo @zziepp)

The price is quite cheap, only about 15-35k / bowl depending on the topping but extremely full and full of nutrition. Therefore, this is the most favorite Hanoi winter dish that everyone must try once in their life.

(Photo @mammam.ngon)

Reference address:

• Pork Rib Porridge at Dong Xuan Night Market, Hoan Kiem District
• Noodle Soup, No. 43 Ngo Huyen, Hoan Kiem District
• Mrs. Loi’s rib porridge at 39 Hang Dieu street, Hoan Kiem district
• Hang Bo Rib Porridge, 32 Hang Bo, Hoan Kiem District
• Bach Khoa ribs porridge number 17 Ta Quang Buu, Hai Ba Trung district
• Dao Duy Tu Rib Porridge at 51 Dao Duy Tu Street, Hoan Kiem District
• Co La Rib Porridge at 2A Ly Quoc Su, Hoan Kiem District

5. Fried cakes

Another “specialty” that we can easily see in the winter of Ha Thanh is fried cakes such as fried bananas, fried potatoes, fried corn and sweet and salty donuts. This is literally the winter dish of Hanoi because you will only be able to enjoy it when it gets cold.

Moreover, the special feature of this dish is that it will not be sold in stores, but only as a small street vendor on the sidewalk, surrounded by a few low plastic chairs, and most people will buy it. and enjoy at home.

The dish is only sold at street vendors (Photo @eah_47)

You can see first-hand the process of making the cake: from dipping pre-pressed bananas, peeled potatoes, and de-seeded corn into the dough, then frying in a pan of boiling hot oil, until the cake turns golden. Nurturing, crispy, and fragrant, the fragrance spreads everywhere. Especially when girls and sisters often sell in the evening – the time when the stomach is “protesting” most violently, so anyone passing by wants to stop by immediately.

Biting into a hot, crispy piece of cake with a sweet banana filling, soft, chewy potato and sweet corn kernels, it’s sure to make the cold outside instantly banish. If you don’t enjoy this dish once, you’ve lost all the joys of life.

Eye-catching golden cake (Photo @yenngo9307)

If it’s cold outside and you don’t know what to eat, then immediately refer to the famous Hanoi winter dishes here.

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