Western people are honest, honest, Western dishes are also very rustic, simple, but have their own characteristics. Not only contributing to Vietnamese cuisine the typical dishes bearing the culture of the river region, but the western street food is also very popular with visitors from all over the world.
Grilled sticky bananas
The West is originally the land of fruit trees, especially bananas. In any land of the horticultural country you can also come across this familiar tree. Therefore, westerners often take advantage of these ingredients to create many delicious dishes. In it, the delicious dish from banana cannot fail to mention grilled sticky banana. A freshly ripe banana is wrapped in glutinous rice mixed with coconut milk, then wrapped in a fresh banana leaf and grilled over embers until the sides are golden. The way of eating this dish is also quite fussy, some people just like to eat cake or not, others like to add a bit of creamy coconut milk with roasted peanuts. And no matter how you choose to eat it, this cake is also strangely attractive.
Just over ripe bananas, wrapped in glutinous flour mixed with coconut milk
Bird’s nest cake
The reason for this name is because the cake when fried is shaped like a nest. The main ingredients to make this cake are rice flour, rock sugar, flour and coconut milk. The cake when eaten will be deep fried, the cake when cooked will have a curved, crispy and golden edge, the middle part of the cake is shaped like an upside down hat. Street food is also quite affordable, only ranging from 5-10k / cake.
The reason for this name is because the cake when fried is shaped like a nest
Pineapple leaf tube cake
Pineapple leaf tube cake is a western street food that is loved by many people. The cake is made from the main ingredients of cassava, rice flour, and the green grated coconut is taken from the juice of the pandan leaves, so the cake has a characteristic aroma of this leaf. The cake when eaten will be heated by steaming method in a stainless steel tube. When the cake is cooked, it will be wrapped in a rice paper or a banana leaf and sprinkle with sesame sugar. When eating the cake, the sweet taste of sugar, the fat of coconut milk and a hint of pineapple leaf flavor is extremely attractive.
Pineapple leaf tube cake is a western street food that is loved by many people
Jackfruit leaf cake
This cake dish is ripe as apricot leaves, but when cooked, it is usually taken “mold” from jackfruit leaves, so it has such a name. The ripe ingredients of the cake are rice flour, apricot leaves, and coconut milk, mixed in the right ratio. When forming a fine powdered mixture, steam it with jackfruit leaves. When enjoying this western street food , people often add a little thick coconut milk and a little roasted peanuts. The fatty sweetness of the coconut milk mixed with the crispy chewy texture of the cake is extremely stimulating, making everyone crave for more plates after eating.
The ripe ingredients of the cake are rice flour, apricot leaves, and coconut milk, mixed in the right ratio
Pig skin cake
This cake is a specialty of Can Tho. The main feature of the cake is many layers of cake overlapping, divided into many layers. The main ingredients of the cake are flour, coconut milk, glutinous flour, sugar, green beans … to create a beautiful color for the cake, people also mix the flour with other ingredients such as pandan leaf juice, or Gac … A standard pork skin cake must have moderate flexibility, when eaten with the sweetness of sugar and a little greasy coconut milk, the aroma of green beans and natural leaves.
The main feature of the cake is many layers of cake overlapping, divided into many layers
Wheat cassava cake
This is a cake associated with the childhood of many people, especially westerners. This dish appears in most streets and streets and becomes a familiar snack that westerners often use to treat guests from afar. The cake comes in many colors and most of them are made from natural colors such as pineapple leaves, rosewood, turmeric, and Gac. The main ingredients for making the cake are tapioca, sugar, when eating the cake is rolled with shredded coconut, when enjoying the crispy crunchy, chewy cake with a bit of coconut fat.
This is a cake associated with the childhood of many people, especially westerners
Sweet rolls
Maybe for Saigonese, pastry rolls are quite unfamiliar, but for westerners, this is a familiar western street food , usually sold in markets every morning. The cake has a thin outer layer, inside, inside is rolled with green beans, sugar, grated coconut. This cake originally originated from Ben Tre. The main ingredient is the bread crust which is flour, creating toughness, in the cake. When rolling the cake, people will steam the shell by water-proofing, then quickly roll it with green beans, grated coconut mixed with sugar. Each cake roll, when eaten, will be sprinkled with a little sesame salt, creating mildness for the cake, adjusting the sweetness of the sugar and greasy coconut.
The cake has a thin outer shell, inside, inside is rolled with green beans, sugar, grated coconut
Noodles
At first glance, many people often mistakenly think this is a noodle dish, in fact these are two dishes, although the “appearance” is quite similar, but the processing is completely different. Vermicelli is considered a “play food”, a sip when “sad mouth” is very popular and is loved by many young westerners. The main ingredients of this vermicelli dish include raw papaya salad, microfiber fresh vermicelli, shrimp, bacon, shrimp floss. When eating these ingredients will be mixed together and filled with sweet and sour fish sauce. When traveling to the west , remember to enjoy a simple, rustic but extremely eye-catching vermicelli dish with a delicious and exotic taste.
Vermicelli is considered a “play food”, a sip when “sad” is very popular and is loved by many young westerners.