Lost in an escape with Hai Phong ship cast wheels

Along with spicy sandwiches, crab cakes and a variety of snails, Hai Phong ship cast cake also contributes to the culinary scene of Port more special.

The train wheel originated in China, but about 50 years before the Chinese immigrated to Hai Phong , they made and sold it here, and so on to this day it is considered one of the eat the hottest street in the city of red phoenix flowers that everyone loves.

How to make ship casters Hai Phong

Through the research of the Hai Phong ship-cast baker , it is known that the original taste of the original Chinese cake was very different: people made the cake dry and hard because it was steamed with wooden trays, the sauce was mixed but when coming to Hai Phong, the craftsman adjusted the recipe to suit the taste of Vietnamese people.

Accordingly, first we have to do is the cast. The selection of rice in this stage is very important, the rice must be 100% non-glutinous rice, because just “stray” a little glutinous rice into it, the cake will spoil immediately.

Next, soak the rice in water to make the rice seeds bloom evenly, add a little salt and grind it into flour. Then, stir the dough well in water until it dissolves. In the meantime, we boil a pot of boiling water and put in a pot of steaming with a layer of oil to make it easy to get the cake.

Pour the cast cake is quite similar to the process of rolling the cake but thicker, about 1cm, after about 7-8 minutes, open it to see if the cake is cooked, can be touched by hand to determine accurately, if the cake is tough and elastic is already ripe. Just repeat the same process until the dough is gone and when the whole tray is cooked, pour it to cool. The soft and white cast cake (Photo @ thanhnguyen1207)

The special thing about cast cakes in general and ship cast cakes in Hai Phong in particular is always to eat during the day, because if put in the refrigerator the next morning, the cake will be very dry.

After the cake is done, we move on to making toppings. Papaya is peeled, washed, exposed to boiling water and mixed with a little cashew powder to create color. Shrimps are taken to cut the beard, take the only part from the back to reduce the smell and stir-fry. Wood ear soaked in moist water to expand and then cut fibers. The meat used is the third only, sliced to taste, and then stir-fried on the stove until it shrinks to almost fat, so the meat will not be too greasy but still retain a certain moisture. Lots of toppings (Photo @ leak.blood)

In addition, fish sauce must also be done very carefully, with moderate salty – sweet – sour – spicy flavors, because it is the “soul”, helping the Hai Phong ship cast bowl to enhance the flavor.

After all the ingredients are done, the meat, papaya, shrimp, wood ear, dried onions will be poured all over the cake and covered with a plastic layer to prevent dirt, then sold.The ingredients are served on the cake (Photo @iamsonn)

Enjoy Hai Phong ship cast cake

There are many different types of castings and each can be enjoyed in a unique way. If the peanut cake is served with kumquat, hot cast cake with coriander, minced meat, golden onion and fish sauce, the boat cast in Hai Phong is eaten with a variety of ingredients vegetarian to salty.

When you eat, soft white molded bread will be cut into small pieces to put into a bowl, and then put the toppings such as enough topping, roasted shrimp, sliced wood ear, bacon, dried onion and water. sauce into “full um” a bowl.The bowl of bread filled with filling (Photo @ k.linhteng)

Not need to eat, just look at the harmonious color combination between the pristine white color of the cake with the yellow color of papaya, fried meat, and onion; The bright red of shrimp, the chili and the black of the wood ear, are enough to make one swallow.Eye-catching colors (Photo @tenlaha)

Scoop up a spoonful of soft, filling and fragrant moldings to enjoy, you will see all the flavors like dancing in your mouth, making you want to eat all the time. Especially in the autumn weather when holding a bowl of hot Hai Phong boat cakes , it is as happy as wanting to fly on the road.The taste is irresistible (Photo @ rat.la.thiu.muoi)

In particular, chili will be reduced according to the level of spicy food of each person, so this dish is usually divided into three main categories: non-spicy, spicy and extremely spicy. And if you order a cup of cool tea to eat with the cake, make sure “all seven children” always.Eating with a cup of tea will be even more delicious (Photo @nhatnhatlinhlinh)

Address selling famous ship casters in Hai Phong city

1. Cat Dai ship casting wheel

If you ask a person from Hai Phong , the most famous train cake shop here, they will immediately show you to Co Chuyen’s Cat Dai restaurant. To this day, the shop has been open for more than 27 years, and because a woman of the owner married to a Chinese husband has passed her experience, the “standard Chinese” taste is off the table.

In addition, the shop is always crowded with customers, even eating directly, and also buying it, so if you come late, it is easy to suffer the sad scene of leaving in regret because of out of stock.

Address: Cat Dai – Cat Cut intersection, namely 186 Cat Dai (now changed to 186 Hai Ba Trung), near the gate of Tam Thuat market, in Le Chan district, Hai Phong city.
Opening hours: 7am to 14pm daily.
Reference price: 10,000 VND / bowl.

2. Casters for the Du Hang train

Not as famous as Co Chuyen shop in Cat Dai, but Du Hang train cake shop is also memorable for those who visit because of its excellent quality and delicious taste.

Especially here, the cake is softer, the fish sauce is mixed with “top”, sweet and sour, and the owner is super friendly, the guests are “out of hiccup”, making everyone going to eat is also praised. .

However, the restaurant is quite small because it is just a small car on the sidewalk, it is very crowded between late afternoon and evening, so most of the customers come to buy.

Address: Mieu Hai Xa Street (about 50m from the intersection, next to a vegetarian shop at the top of the road), in Le Chan district, Hai Phong city
Opening hours: 15 to 18:30.
Reference price: 10,000 to 20,000 / bowl (depends on the capacity of each person)

In addition, there are many delicious train cake shops in Hai Phong such as Luong Van Can market, Co Dao market, May Da market, or in front of Cong Nhan cinema … so that customers can not eat at 2 shops. Famous on can be enjoyed.There are many troughs selling ship cast cakes in Hai Phong (Photo @ lemon.angie_)