Features of Northern Vietnamese Cuisine

 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.