Miss Ha Noi Banh duc (Rice cake made of rice flour and lime) when the season comes

In the winter, people usually come to hot strong dishes but simple such as hot Banh duc. Do you sudden “crave” for this dish? Let’s go through some addresses in Ha Noi that have good evaluation for this dish!

1.     1.  Banh duc number 8 Le Ngoc Han

Located at 8 Le Ngoc Han, this is considered the oldest and most famous one. Every Banh duc fan knows this place. However, the store’s space is quite narrow, and you have to walk a long way from the parking lot.  

Hot Banh duc Le Ngoc Han

Banh duc here has traditional ingredients such as rice cake, ground pork, black fungus, broth and herbs with extra fry tofu.

1.     2.  Hot Banh duc at 296 Minh Khai

Banh duc here appeared at the same time as Le Ngoc Han’s. The dish here is much simple than the one at Le Ngoc Han, which includes mix fish sauce, together with ground pork, onion oil but still many people’s favorites dish.

Minh Khai hot Banh duc.

According to the owner, her store served only the nearby neighborhood. However, later on, there are more and more young people know, so it has more customers. The dish here is cheaper than the others. Its open time is from 2-5 in the afternoon.

1.    3.   Hot Banh duc at 106 Goc De

The store is very small, just a street side vendor in front of a house at 106 Goc De market.

Hot Banh duc Goc De

The advantage of this store is the sticky Banh duc, not smelling to much of lime and pork is not much fat. However, the broth is not really clear.

1.      4. Hot Banh duc Trung Tu

The hot Banh duc Trung Tu store is in the courtyard of Trung Tu department. No matter how the weather is, it still crowded, and it is just opened in the afternoon.

Hot Banh duc Trung Tu

The special of hot Banh duc here is the onion is fried really good, ground pork with black fungus and the broth is made perfectly. Rice cake is sticky, soft but tasty. Broth is lighter than the one at Le Ngoc Han. You can’t resist it since you try one. If you want to have Banh duc at Trung Tu in the winter, make sure that you come before 5p.m and before 5:30p.m in the summer unless there will be no seat left.