Hanoi after the stormy rainy days is hot sunny days. On hot summer days like that, enjoying the pieces of white and transparent banh bot loc (rice dumpling cake) is very fun, and also the best choice for Vietnam food tour.
Wonderful food
The dumpling cake is one of the specialties of Hue. The piece of cake is transparent, small and super delicious, making you remember it forever for the first time you eat.
Banh bot loc is a miracle: The tapioca starch is cooked, it is so transparent and clear that you can see the red of shrimp and meat inside. The cake is attractive, and it becomes more delicious when you enjoy the plasticity of the cake, the sweet of the cake core inside.
The rice dumpling cake is made from cassava flour and the cake core is made from shrimp and meat, served with sour and sweet sauce. This cake is presented in CNNGo as one of 30 delicious cakes in the world, next to Shanghai dumplings, ravioli (Italy). ..
The simple cake
Considered one of the specialties of our country, the cake looks like “miraculous” but can actually be made in a very simple way, anyone can do with the recipe in Hanoi cooking class.
To make this cake, you have to prepare cassava flour divided into two parts. Mix the small part in boiling water until the flour turns into transparent color. The cooked dough will be cooled down and then poured into larger flour part, and then kneaded. At this time, the flour mixture is soft, not sticky, you cut the powder into small pieces.
The cake core contains shrimp and meat. They will be cut into small pieces and stir-fried with onion and sugar. Then, they will be covered with the pieces of flour you prepared before.
Finally, the cake is boiled in boiling water and served with the sour and sweet sauce.
With the simple way to make this dish, many people who love cooking can have themselves a perfect snack in the afternoon.
The attractive destinations for “culinary devotees”
If you are “culinary devotees”, but do not like to cook, you can follow the guide of Hanoi food tasting tours to find some destinations as follows.
72 Tran Xuan Soan
If you are looking for a delicious, cheap and not too noisy cake shop, do not miss this address. This cake shop is located at Tran Xuan Soan Street, which specializes in selling banh bot loc. The cake is always carefully packed by shopkeepers, so when made, the cake looks very delicate and eye-catching. The cake shell is sticky and transparent combined with the sweet of shrimp, so it is simple but equally attractive. The accompanyied sauce is also one of the factors contributing to the distinctive flavor of the cake here.
243 Ngoc Lam street, Long Bien District, Hanoi
Have you ever enjoyed the banh bot loc sprinkled with water? Certainly, just for the first time you taste it, you will feel remorse for why not know this dish sooner. This cake also has a sticky and soft shell with a sweet shrimp like the traditional cake. The only difference is that the broth will be added to the cake. Broth with cake is the combination of fish sauce, water, MSG, chili.
23 Hoan Kiem Lake street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi.
Long Vi Dung is a famous cake shop in Ha Thanh. It is not only famous for its rice dumpling cake but also attracts diners with its delicious and delicate cakes. The cake is clear, not too soft nor too tough combined with shrimp meat filled with rich spices. But what makes the difference between the filter cake at Long Vi Dung Restaurant compared to other restaurants is the sauce. With delicate mixing, combining delicately among the spices makes the bowl of delicious sauce, making the cake more attractive.