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.

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COCONUT MOUSE- SPECIAL DISHES OF BEN TRE

Pay a visit to Ben Tre to enjoy wonderful coconut mouse food
 Ben Tre is famous for its coconut products; the reputation is all over the world. However, you guys may not have heard about the coconut mouse dishes here, it seems strange, right? We are going to give you some suggestions for these special dishes. Come and have a taste, you cannot forget to give a compliment.

Coconut mouse looks like a vole, but its teeth are much sharper. It gets food from the coconut, all of the nutrients. Therefore, it tastes good and delicious.

1.      Coconut mouse baked by steam rice

   Coconut mouse is processed many ways: grilled, baked, or curried… according to most of the gourmet, the most wonderful dish is coconut mouse baked by steam rice. At the time rice is cooked, the mouse is also cooked and starts to give an irresistible aroma. The meat is white and has a special flavor. Mangle the mouse and blend with laksa leaves, some black pepper, salt with chili and lemon, even much more delicious than chicken. That’s a wonderful thing to have a taste of this food.

2.      Deep fried coconut mouse

    No gourmet in Ben Tre does not know about this greasy food. In Ben Tre, especially at the end ò the year, there are a lot of coconut mice. Because they take a lot of coconut for eating, the mouse itself contains a lot of nutrients. The first reason people kill the mice are to prevent them from devastating the crops. Gradually, they realize that this is a good source of succulent food. The process to get this food is quite simple: Firstly, wash the mice carefully to give out its smell. Then, marinate the with some chili, garlic, five spice powder, fish sauce, sugar, Monosodium Glutamate in 15 minutes. Next, fry them on a pan, after a while, pour the coconut water in, turn down the fire, and turn over some times until they get brown yellow.

3.      Grilled coconut mouse

 Marinate the mouse meat with finely chopped chili, onions, garlic, citronella; Monosodium Glutamate, salt, black pepper, sugar and five spice powders in some hours to have permeable mouse meat. Then bask them in the sun shine before you grill. It’s better to use coal fire, the meat can be put on a furnace bar or tongs. Until the meat is dried, its color turn brown yellow, you can enjoy. Use with chili fish sauce, pepper salt or soy, the same of appetite. The residents here like to enjoy this dish with coconut flavor rice or sticky rice, that’s wonderful.

4.      Stewed coconut mouse

Besides, another succulent food from coconut mouse is stewed coconut mouse. After frying the marinated meat mouse, stew with some coconut milk so that the sweetness is even. When the water is penetrated into the meat, pour another amount of coconut milk, repeat this 2 to 3 times before you turn off the fire. Then sprinkle some roasted peanuts. Enjoy with salads, herbs, pepper lemon salt. Do not hesitate to visit Ben Tre to have a taste of these wonderful foods.
Susan, 

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