HANOI – Banana flat pressed is a honey banana, with a black outer shell, soft ripe, when it is harder to fry, but it has a sweet resin flow and is not bitter.
Fried banana cake at Hang Dieu intersection (Hoan Kiem) is one of the familiar afternoon snacks of many people in the capital. The new cakes evaporate, golden peel, take a crispy bite, harmonize with the sweetness of ripe bananas, satisfy the taste of diners in the winter.
To make a thin, crunchy crust, the owner, Mr. Do Van Thanh, has to use 7 different types of flour, not to hatch and fry completely with chicken fat. The banana in the cake is a kind of banana that is small enough to ripen, also known as a honey banana, with wrinkles, black spots on the outer skin, soft pressed.
Passion bananas are delicious but harder to fry. Instead of slicing thinly, the shopkeeper uses the wooden handle to press the banana vertically. Hands swift, decisive action forming thin flat banana pieces. This method helps bananas to ripen evenly, and after frying, they will taste more delicious and not bitter.
Banana cake cake has been sold since 1993. The cake at that time was only 500, 1,000 VND each. The food was delicious, cheap and gradually crowded. The goods became a livelihood for the couple of Mr. Thanh. Besides banana cake, there are also potato cakes here. The flour and potatoes are arranged in an octagon, in the middle is a banana to add natural sweetness, sprinkle with sesame.
Every day, the shopkeeper makes flour from 7am, to the afternoon of cleaning the sales. Raw materials such as honey bananas and Hung Yen ordinary rice are often rooted because of their good quality and affordable prices.
When taking the cake for the customer, the owner does not forget to tell him to eat the potato cake in front of the banana cake, because if you eat it on the contrary, it will be pale and dull. Any customer who wishes to eat hot cakes when picked up from the pan, the owner also waved his hand because the hot cake ate the tooth. The cake is medium hot, when the filling is soft, the plastic extract, the banana is sweeter and the crust is more crispy.
The minus point of the restaurant is the tight seats and little parking space. The owner can be loud if the customer urges or park the car indiscriminately. The shop is open from 14h to 9:30 pm every day, customers arriving at 5:00 pm will have to wait in line longer than the 15 or 20 hour frame onwards. The price for each cake is 10,000 VND.
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