Discover the ‘addictive’ taste of Soc Trang pia cake

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Among the specialties of Soc Trang cake, the cake Soc PIA was named dish best flavor, making many diners infatuation unforgettable right from the first taste.

Soc Trang is a western land inhabited by many ethnic groups such as Kinh, Hoa, and Khmer with many famous spiritual tourist destinations imbued with religion, culture, and history.

Regarding tourism in Soc Trang, visitors can not only enjoy the beautiful scenery of famous tourist destinations, visit each ancient temple or participate in colorful festivals with the identity of the three ethnic groups, but also try the delicious cakes. strange and delicious of this place. Indeed, Soc Trang has a rich and diverse cuisine, from vermicelli with broth, toss with braised pork, to Cong cake, and the sweetest and most indulgent is the pia cake – a delicious sweet cake. pure fat of the famous Southern durian fruit. Even Pia cake is so attractive that anyone who has ever tasted it thinks that this snack is too delicious and after eating, must buy it as a gift for relatives and friends. Let’s explore with LuhanhVietNam what this cake has so many people love it.Discover Soc Trang Pia Cake - A popular dishFamous dishes in Soc Trang land. Photo: vntrip

Soc Trang Pia Cake – a famous specialty of the West

First, let’s go down in time, learn about the history of forming this famous cake in Soc Trang. According to many local elders, pia cakes have appeared since the 17th century. The small cakes followed in the footsteps of the Han people who migrated to the South and then further reduced in flavor to suit the taste. more suitable for Vietnamese taste.

As a rustic cake, the ingredients that make up the pia cake are mostly ingredients that are available or easy to find in the South such as flour, taro, green beans, durian, salted duck eggs… and then combined and seasoned. Taste the right proportions to make unique, different pia cakes unlike any other.Discover Soc Trang Pia Cake - a history of more than four hundred yearsPia cake has a history of more than four hundred years. Photo: @i_am_ngo

The ingredients are simple, but to make a standard pia cake, it has to go through a lot of stages and needs to be meticulous from making dough to baking. Because each pia cake has 2 main parts, the filling and the shell, the way to make the cake is also divided into two parts. Skillful bakers will make cakes from taro, green beans and eggs. After treating the beans and peeling the taro skin, they will put it all in a steamer until it’s cooked and then pureed. But in order to have a delicious, delicious filling, there is another step of stir-frying with sugar and then adding durian in the right proportion. Finally, when the filling has cooled, the worker will wrap the filling around each duck yolk, add a little pork to add more fat and aroma to the cake.Discover Soc Trang Pia Cake - requires meticulousnessProcessing pia cake requires meticulousness. Photo: banhpiatrulyvietnam

As for the crust, unlike other western specialty cakes such as Tet cake, little cake, banana cake, pia cake only takes shape after going through a series of operations of rolling, rolling, and folding flour many times with different ingredients. a layer of “water dough” and “oil dough” overlap, then wrap the filling to bake. Then, in the hands of the baker, the finished cake is covered with golden color, giving off a fragrant durian scent that is enough to captivate the most discerning diners.Discover Soc Trang Pia Cake - SnacksSoc Trang-style snacks. Photo: Timeoutvietnam

Although it is a sweet cake, the pia cake does not make the paper feel too tired or bored because the ivory-colored cakes are decorated with eye-catching yellow-orange circles, and have a small, medium round shape, convenient to hold and eat. The most unique and attractive is probably the taste of pure durian, which is added a little to the cake to create a soft, flexible mixture that is not too friable, when eaten or taken in the mouth, it does not melt immediately but remains on the tip of the tongue, making everyone loves it.Discover Soc Trang Pia Cake - Famous CakeThe famous cake is known by many customers all over the world. Photo: banhphongtom.vn

The small Soc Trang pia cakes , along with the moon cakes, are often eaten during the midday or late-night conversation, next to a small teapot. Although it is difficult to eat many cakes at the same time, when the whole family gathers together, they can eat one piece after another without getting bored. In the autumn moon worshiping ceremony of Soc Trang people, it is definitely indispensable for a plate of pia cake to offer to Earth, Heaven and Ancestors.Discover Soc Trang Pia Cake - Delicious Pia CakeDelicious pia cake is loved by tourists near and far. Photo: yu.xiang97

Famous Soc Trang Pia Cakes

Besides the famous Soc Trang cult cake, coconut leaf sun cake or the famous Num Brang Noc cake, pia cake is considered a specialty that anyone who mentions the land with Nga Nam floating market knows and remembers. Not only is it unique in flavor, but pia cake is also extremely diverse with many versions and different fillings depending on the combination of ingredients such as durian green bean pia cake, durian pandan leaf pia cake. , durian lotus seed pia cake, durian taro pia cake, Khom pia cake, lap meat pia cake, low sugar pia cake.

1. Durian green bean cake

As the name suggests, this cake has the main ingredients of green beans, flour, durian and salted egg yolk. The combination of these ingredients brings out the delicious taste of a small cake with a soft crust that melts on the tip of the tongue and the moderate sweetness of the filling, making diners feel delicious without being fed up. .Discover Soc Trang Pia Cake - Durian flavorSweet durian pia pie flavor. Photo: _thefoodcouple_

2. Durian pandan leaf pia cake

This is a symphony of traditional mung bean and durian flavors with fresh green color and the gentle fragrance of pandan leave to create a delicious cake that is hard to resist. Especially this version of pia cake does not have eggs, so vegetarians can still use it.

3. Durian lotus seed pia cake

The main ingredients are still tapioca, flour, green beans, durian, salted duck eggs, white sugar, iodized salt, potassium and another delicious and nutritious ingredient, lotus seeds, which makes a difference compared to other ingredients. another pizza taste.Discover Soc Trang Pia Cake - many different flavorsPia cake has many different flavors. Photo: banhphongtom.vn

4. Durian Taro Pie

Right from the name, it helps you imagine the unique feature of Soc Trang’s specialty cake because it has a soft, fragrant bag of taro combined with other traditional ingredients.

There is also a Khom pia cake, a pork lap pia cake, and a low-sugar pia cake for those who don’t like sweets or want to lose weight.Discover Soc Trang Pia Cake - The filling is made from green beansThe filling is made from green beans, taro, durian and salted eggs. Photo: tamanfood.vn

The best brands of Soc Trang pizza in the West

As the land of origin of delicious Western specialty cakes, it is no wonder that Soc Trang has more than 40 establishments, big and small brands producing pia cakes. Today, when traveling to the West and stopping in Soc Trang, you will be introduced to all the famous pizza brands, from Tan Hue Vien, Tan Hung, Cong Thanh Lap, My Hiep Thanh,…
 Discover Soc Trang Pia Cake - Cake with a bit of red colorThe cake is marked with a bit of red depending on the intention of the craftsman. Photo: @dt.thanhthuy

Visitors will also easily come across many stops for you to try and learn about each stage of traditional pia production. There are so many different brands of pia cakes in Soc Trang , which one is the best and most affordable? Let’s find out more delicious cake brands below.Discover Soc Trang Pia Cake - Mooncake of the West‘Mooncake of the West’. Photo: banhpiatrulyvietnam

 

1. Tan Hue Vien Pia Cake

Dubbed as one of the most famous pizza brands, present in Soc Trang province since 1982, Tan Hue Vien is the most famous name in the pia cake production and processing village. Especially, the baking stages here are all made by traditional Chinese manual methods. Therefore, the taste of the finished cake is more delicious than in other places. Especially when cutting the cake, the crust and the filling are still stuck together, when eaten, it is fragrant but not too sweet or boring.Discover Soc Trang Pia Cake - Cake with many brandsCakes have many famous brands. Photo: Eurasian Vocational Training

Moreover, Tan Hue Vien cake is also increasingly diverse with many different flavors of taro, vegetarian, kimsa,… so you are free to choose.

Perhaps because of such many advantages, many tourists when traveling to Soc Trang and neighboring western provinces have trusted to choose Tan Hue Vien pia cake to buy as gifts for relatives and friends.

2. Tan Hung pizza

Tan Hung pia cake joins the top of the top specialty cake brands in Soc Trang because it has launched many products with delicious flavors, a harmonious combination between the dough shell and traditional fillings such as durian, green beans. , salted eggs… Moreover, the cakes also have beautiful and eye-catching designs. When you open the cake, you will feel the delicious taste through the crust made with fine flour, while the green beans, durian and lard blend into an irresistible delicious inside. After more than 20 years of being on the market, Tan Hung Soc Trang pia cake is famous, not inferior to other Western specialty brands such as Lai Vung Dong Thap spring rolls, Ben Tre Thanh Long coconut candy or Can Tho leaf tet cake . …Discover Soc Trang Pia Cake - Eat cake and drink teaEat cake and drink tea. Photo: @kimhaifoto

3. Cong Thanh Lap Pia Cake

Besides the Tan Hue Vien brand, Western tourists often mention Cong Thanh Lap pia cake with a history of more than 60 years. Not only selected by domestic customers, Cong Thanh Lap is also very popular with foreign tourists.

4. My Hiep Thanh Pia Cake

My Hiep Thanh is one of the very famous bakeries in Soc Trang with more than 70 years of age. The pia cakes produced in this bakery all have their own unique flavor through a closed and extremely thorough production line. More specifically, every day, the bakery only produces a limited number of cakes, so you have to order in advance, otherwise you may not be able to buy it because it runs out of cakes.Discover Soc Trang Pia Cake - Many pizza ovensMany famous and delicious pia bakeries. Photo: High-speed train

Pia cake is not only diverse in filling, crust and has many brands but also quite rich in price and weight, ranging from 50,000 VND to 100,000 VND/pack of cakes.

As a typical cake of the land of Soc Trang, pia cake is loved by many tourists and bought to enjoy the delicious taste as well as bring back as a gift. If you are still wondering what kind of cake to buy, don’t hesitate to try it at the oven or at souvenir shops along National Highway 1A and quickly choose for yourself the best Soc Trang pia cakes to buy. !

After checking in to famous Soc Trang tourist attractions such as My Phuoc dune , Tan Long stork garden, or green cactus fence, please pamper your hungry stomach a little with a bowl of noodle soup or delicious cake. And don’t forget to dessert with a delicious and greasy pia cake.

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