Dragon fruit bread, patriotic bread, black bread, crocodile bread are creative Vietnamese ways to attract diners.
Dragon fruit bread
In mid-February 2020, a familiar loaf of Vietnamese bread appeared with a version of dragon fruit. A bakery brand in Ho Chi Minh City created this product to “rescue” dragon fruit that cannot be exported due to the Covid-19 influence. The dough is kneaded with pure red dragon fruit, then shaped and baked as usual.
The cake has a pink pulp and intestine, dotted with black seeds, and has a mild flavor. There are three flavors: dragon fruit bread, avocado dragon fruit and dragon fruit filled with taro. The average price is from 6,000 to 22,000 VND per loaf.
Dragon fruit bread is supported by the community and hundreds of people line up to buy it. Sheet Business Insider (USA) called this creation and adaptation of the Vietnamese in translation. A reporter of this newspaper, after eating it, commented: “I am immediately impressed with the fresh and gentle aroma of dragon fruits. The outer crust is crispy, the crust is soft. Not only is it famous, it’s really delicious. “
Crocodile bread
In July 2020, the image of a bread in the shape of a crocodile was widely shared on social networks. The cake weighs nearly 2 kg, length 60-70 cm, is the idea of a bakery in Long Xuyen, An Giang.
Still using flour as a traditional recipe, the baker uses his hand to shape it, then skillfully uses a knife and scissors to add details such as scales, eyes, and nose. Baked cakes are cooked, out of the oven is sprinkled with sesame, coated with durian butter. The price of the cake is 50,000 VND per loaf.
CAKE “AS BLACK AS COAL”
Inspired by the sandwiches of coal mine workers, with the same desire to bring the specialty of squid rolls closer to tourists, a group of friends including Khac Tuan, Nguyen Quyet and Pham Tuyen (Quang Ninh province) was launched. This dish is around August 2020.
The crust creates color from the squid gourd of squid and bamboo charcoal. Pork rolls made from crushed squid, fried hot, cut into small pieces and sprinkled with vegetable sauce.
In addition to Ha Long squid pies, the shop also has crab pies, grilled shrimp, cheese beef, BBQ chicken, roasted pork. Cake costs from 25,000 – 45,000 VND, in which the squid pies are the highest priced cakes.
Love Water Bread
Around October 2020, a bread with a red crust, with a golden star appeared. This cake is called with dear names such as “patriotic bread”, “Fatherland bread”.
This is the idea of Ngoc Huy and Thu Huong, owners of a small bakery in Hanoi. The two were inspired by the anti-epidemic spirit of the Vietnamese people, and at the same time wanted to bring Vietnamese cuisine closer to international friends.
The red color of the peel is made from beet juice, and the yellow star is colored with turmeric powder. The bread has 5 types of filling, inspired by familiar dishes in family meals with unique names such as distributed ginger beef (ginger beef stock), innovative chicken (sweet and sour chicken with vegetables). , subsidized fat tipping (crispy fried fat with sauce), fried egg (fried egg with onion), traditional red sausage pate.
The cake has a kernel of 15,000 VND per piece, not multiplied by the price of 4,000 VND.
Patriotic bread making process. Video: Mr. Phu
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