HO CHI MINH CITY – Setting foot in Phung Hung market in District 5, visitors feel lost in the culinary paradise of the Chinese people with many delicious sweet and savory cakes.
Chives cake is made from rice flour and chives leaves, the cake is flat or square in shape. The Chinese get rice flour mixed with boiling water, knead with their hands until the dough is soft, supple, and smooth, chives leaves are cut into pieces, mixed with rice flour, and steamed. When eating, crispy bread on a hot pan. Nowadays, many people change cakes with radish filling, sliced cassava roots with lean meat. Photo: Yen NhiSome Chinese wheels sell fried chives with eggs, pickled radish, garlic, and scallions. When eating, the diners dab the cake with the prepared chili vinegar fish sauce, add a little grated papaya, eat crunchy and very fragrant. To make the chives more eye-catching, some rows mix the beets color for a brighter pink color. However, the original is still the white of the rice flour and the green of the chives. Photo: Yen NhiWillow leaf cake, also known as peach- leaf cake, is a familiar snack of the Chaozhou people (Tieu people). The crust is made from dumplings, the inside is filled with sticky rice, dried shrimp, meat, pickled radish, and onions, very similar to salty sticky rice. The cake has a purple color like peaches, so it is also considered a symbol of luck and longevity. The Tieu people often buy willow leaf cakes to worship on the anniversary of their death. Photo: Ru Lu Chen
Fried willow leaf cake with eggs, pickled radish, scallions and garlic costs 35,000 VND / piece. Video: Yen Nhi
Chinese dumplings are available in hot or cold varieties. Hot dumplings have 3 types of filling, namely cadé, char siu, Kim sa, steamed hot, soft and fragrant shell, can be eaten with dumplings. In the photo are caffeinated dumplings with a smooth and fatty filling, fragrant with eggs and milk. The price for each one is 10,000 VND. Photo: Yen NhiThe dumplings are usually steamed, let cool, sweetened with green beans, coconut, taro, and green beans. On the face of this kind of dumplings, there is an image of Phuc with the meaning of praying for good and good luck. In addition, the Chinese also have a variety of non-human dumplings made from flour, granulated sugar, steamed sweet potatoes to eat with roast pork. Photo: Mr. TrueTurnip cake is considered a lucky dish of the first year of the Chaozhou people. Cake made from glutinous flour, white radish is the main. The baker shavings the radish into fibers, squeezes the water, stir-fry it and mixes with the flour, depending on the taste can add dried shrimp, shiitake mushrooms, five flavors, sausage and then steamed. The standard cake has a glossy surface, smooth flour, soft and fragrant, eating more strange when fried. Photo: Hoang NhiThe dough cake at first glance looks quite similar to the molded cake when eaten with sweet and sour fish sauce. The difference is that the cake is made from rice flour, without meat and wood ear. A little cinnamon leaves and chili price to eat together help diners feel less bored. Dough cakes are often sold in the afternoon as a snack but can still make many people feel full because the main ingredient is dough. Each meal costs 15,000 VND. Follow vnexpress Photo: Di Vy
