Vietnam has a very diverse culinary culture and each region has its own impressive features. Here, we invite you to discover Northern Vietnamese Cuisine!
If the cuisine of the Central region is bold with the
identity of a sunny and windy land, the South is a mixture of different
cuisines, then the cuisine of the North is boldly imprinted with the essence of
a long-standing culture. Because of that, from the food to the clothes of the
Northern people, everything is filtered and becomes a standard that is not easy
to change. Hanoi is considered to be the convergence of the quintessence of
Northern cuisine with famous and delicious dishes.
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Highlights of Northern Vietnamese cuisine
Northern Vietnamese cuisine focuses on the use of spices like the
Central and Southern regions, but the way of seasoning has its own unique
features. Northern dishes have an ethereal taste, not intense, not too spicy
and often emphasize the natural freshness of each food. Typical in Northern
cuisine is that it is often not as spicy, fatty, and sweet as other regions; the
dish has a moderate taste, not too strong but colorful; mainly use diluted fish
sauce, shrimp paste, many vegetable dishes and easy-to-find freshwater aquatic
products such as shrimp, crab, fish, mussels, mussels, etc. And in general, due
to the ancient tradition of poor agriculture In the past, Northern cuisine was
less popular with dishes with the main ingredients being meat and fish.
Derived from the meticulousness, ingenuity and
sophistication in processing, especially during the holidays, that ingenuity is
even more evident with the full high trays, each tray must have four bowls and
six plates. sophisticatedly prepared, delicious and also very eye-catching.
Another very northern characteristic is the cake gifts, which are not a filling
dish, but the rustic and rustic cakes such as rice cakes, orange cakes or jams,
etc., bring people a lot of food. the excitement, preserving many beautiful
memories of the people of the North.
About Hanoi Food Culture
Hanoi is considered as a convergence of the quintessence of Northern cuisine with famous Northeastern delicacies such as pho, bun cha, snail vermicelli, vermicelli, sticky rice nuggets, banh cuon Thanh Tri, etc. many special spices such as Ca cuong essential oil, shrimp paste, Lang basil. In some other areas, famous for Chiem Hoa field fish sauce, mint honey from Ha Giang mountains, copper snails, Doan Hung pomelo, Thanh Son sour meat, Viet Tri dog meat, mackerel braised in fresh tea, wine tired of Ha Long, Hoanh Bo soaked sticky rice wine, sa worm,...
The dishes that make up the famous Northern Vietnam culinary reputation
Green bean cake is the most famous specialty of Hai
Duong province. The rustic green bean cake looks very simple but contains pure
flavors, passionate aromas that once eaten, remember forever, unforgettable.
The ingredients for making mung bean cake are from pure mung bean flour, mixed
with fat, sugar, ... and when enjoying to be able to fully feel the delicious
taste of this cake, a cup of Thai Nguyen green tea is indispensable. A perfect
combination of sweet and fatty mung bean cake and bitter acrid taste creates a
feeling of spread and fullness when enjoying.
Referring to Northern specialties, the quintessential dish
of Vietnamese cuisine, it is impossible to miss the famous Vu Dai Braised
Fish. Braised fish dish is stocked with black carp with a traditional
recipe that is stored in an earthen pot for 16-24 hours, creating a dish of
braised fish with firm meat, soft bones and increasingly popular in Vietnamese family
meals.
Referring to Squid Patties, a delicious dish that
everyone loves, it is impossible to mention Ha Long squid - a famous dish for
Northern cuisine. Fresh squids are carefully selected, then seasoned and
pounded by hand, then molded into pieces of squid and fried, left to dry. This
dish has a sweet, fatty taste and an attractive aroma that is hard to resist.
La Vong Grilled Fish is a famous Hanoi specialty that everyone who comes here can enjoy at least once. Made from the traditional recipe, the dish has become attractive and famous throughout the country with the strong flavor of shrimp paste and the firmness of the salmon meat. It is a dish of marinated fish and then grilled on a charcoal stove and fried in a pan of hot grease, served with a little tangled vermicelli, which is the right taste of Hanoi.
Diversity in processing materials as well as ingenuity and
sophistication in the reduction of spices have made the characteristics and
imprints Northern Vietnamese Cruisine
that cannot be found anywhere.
