Food on Tet holiday of Ha Noi people

New Year's atmosphere gets closer when winter is in the last month of 2017. A little eagerly preparing for the most anticipated holiday of the year shows the expectation of all people. Because this is a meaningful occasion for every family gathering together. They can eat the dishes, tell each other stories, or travel together somewhere around Hanoi, even  visit famous places in Hanoi to feel how Ha Noi changes along 1 year.

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The dishes featured in the tray or indispensable in the meal as a human culture on New Year Eva of Ha Noi still retains until now. It is true to say that Eating food of a region will help you to understand some of the culture as well as people there. Let's enjoy the unique features of the Hanoi New Year!

Dried bamboo soup

Tet is also more special with bamboo soup, a dish from the ancient times but always attractive. This bamboo soup is made from dried bamboo which are cooked after being soaked in water. They are served with chicken bones, chicken wings or pigs. They are cooked until all the dried bamboos and meat are soft which can be enjoyed. Especially, the cook can add some pieces of cinnamon or anise to create scent, add onion, raise smell, add pepper to create delicious taste.

“Nem rán”

It is no coincidence that fried spring rolls are got many praise from foreign visitors and not forget to mention when talking about Vietnamese food. This is an indispensable dish in the tray of rice in the North, especially during the holidays. The way to make this dish is not as simple as the ordinary salad rolls. It must be prepared and mixed in exact proportion to give the best taste. When frying, oil must be hot, picking out in time to enjoy the best food in Vietnam.

Served with vermicelli or raw vegetables, dip with sweet and sour sauce, it is nothing to resist the attractiveness as well as excellent taste of the dish.

Pickled onions

Onions are often mentioned as a side dish with green rolls as well as some other typical dishes including Chinese meats, Chinese cabbage, boiled meat .... Sour, mildly spicy foods will help us enjoy the taste of other dishes as well as help the body easy to digest food. This is also a dish that makes us less susceptible to eating meat or eating more delicious when eaten with nutritious foods or greasy. If anyone is afraid of the Tet food to make us fatter, Onions is the key to save you.

Frozen meat

Between the cold weather, the meat is very attractive food. This dish can be made from pork, chicken or sometimes whole pork leg. Afterwards, the ingredients were added to the simmering and overnight became a very attractive meat dish. A cold meat dish with a pickled onion is the best. This dish is indispensable when New Year's Day comes, just as it is said about the features of the Vietnamese New Year: "Fatty meat, pickled onions, red sentences. Tree Miraculous, green banh chung."

“Giò”

From ancient to present,  ”Giò” is always indispensable dish in the tray of Vietnamese Tet. The dishes are also extremely various as silk rolls, beef rolls, ... When displaying the dishes, sausage is usually cut into pieces, divided into neat pieces, looks nice and easy to pick. The mothers and grandmothers also deftly folded into petals or stars, adding a carrot flower or tomato flower trimmed to make the tray more colorful and attractive.

Welcome to Hanoi once to enjoy the delicious Tet holiday that you will certainly not forget. The taste of dishes is like the breath of a land of thousand years of civilization, building the culinary culture and also the culture of the Trang An people.

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