Referring to the autumn of Hanoi, in addition to the passionate scent of milk flowers, the golden leaf streets of Phan Dinh Phung, Hoang Dieu … everyone will remember a typical gift of the capital, a rustic dish from rice. Young is called “nuggets”.
In the autumn of Hanoi, the sunshine is golden, the scent of milk flowers is fragrant, the crocodile falls on the street … somewhere is the scent of young com, a gentle scent but still enough for many generations of the capital’s children. Remember when you are away from Hanoi.
Green cereal is a precious gift that everyone in Hanoi will remember when going away
For a long time, com has appeared in many poetic, literary and musical works “The season of green nuggets is fragrant with small hands. The scent of milk on the sidewalk passes through” – Remember the autumn of Hanoi (Trinh Cong Son) or “Each When they see the autumn clouds across the sky, people meet at the market, they often say only one sentence: Now in Hanoi is the season of rice! Then look at each other without saying anything, but everyone sees everyone’s heart filled. sad … “- according to Vu Bang in” Delicious Piece of Hanoi “.
Young sticky rice gifts are green as jade, thought where to send the whole autumn sky in Hanoi. When the sky has not yet moved, there are already sales of nuggets on the street like a baby bird. Packed the nuggets bought, opened the lotus leaves, and inside were the soft green nuggets that were soft and fragrant in the mouth.
The nectar is wrapped in a lotus leaf very carefully
In the past, the nuggets were also very precious, that gift was once a precious item to advance to the king. In fact, many central provinces or the Northwest mountainous regions make com, but in the end to enjoy the standard, delicious and most special is Hanoi com .
To give birth to a batch of fragrant young nuggets requires a lot of meticulousness and sophistication from people. When the rice comes to the top season, the whole milk is still harvested to make com. They do not crush or break the seeds but gently pluck them, then put them in the roasting pot. After roasting, bring and pound it while it is still hot. After seven or eight times like that, we can remove all the rice husks, which is still not done, we have to go through a few busy days and put in lotus leaves, then the batch of raw rice can be completed.
To get a complete batch of raw rice is a very sophisticated and meticulous process
There is no such thing as nuggets of the Hanoi people. There is a sophisticated way of making that even when eating, it is necessary to be meticulous. Borrowing a few words from writer Thach Lam “Com is not a gift from a hurry; Eat nuggets to eat little by little, leisurely and think. At that time we could see again in that flavor, the complex aroma of new rice, of the weed flowers on the shore: in the green of the com, the freshness of the young leaves, and in the sweetness of the nuggets. gentle and serene species of herbs. Add to the slightly fragrant smell of old lotus leaves, marinate them one by one, and keep the warmth of summer days on the lake … “
Not only is a dish to play, but people also use nuggets as ingredients to process many other dishes such as sticky rice, com, rice cakes or fried nuggets … to treat friends near and far when having the opportunity to return to Hanoi. .
In addition to grain rice, visitors also often like to buy Hanoi rice cakes as gifts
The most popular and famous dish in every alley on this capital land is the best to mention Vong village. Vom village (now in Dich Vong ward, Cau Giay) is the most famous place making com in Hanoi. With more than 1000 years of keeping the profession, up to now, the old nuggets are still being handed down and kept intact.
You go to buy nuggets, unless you crave too much, don’t buy them when it’s not yet in autumn. Right to the middle of September, the season and the price of com is a little cheaper, a pound of rice in Hanoi only costs about 200 – 230,000 VND.
Vong village (Dich Vong ward, Cau Giay) is the most famous place to make Hanoi com
People often go to eat fish ball, go to eat vermicelli, go to Trang Tien ice cream … Nuggets eaten with banana or red ripe red fruit … are also very delicious, if not, eat separately, sip a cup of green tea and slowly feel. Then, you get used to the unique passionate taste of autumn in the land of Kinh Ky. 
Dipping bananas with pickled eggs with rice is the way to eat many people in Hanoi. Photo: @ 9400.vintage
However, one thing is for sure that the passionate aroma of com is always the most familiar taste of Kinh Ky land. It seems that there is a certain charm holding the footsteps of passers-by, so nuggets are still the first choice for souvenirs to relatives far away.
A load of rice on the street
Whether you are an expatriate child who had a happy childhood in Hanoi or simply a distant visitor gathered his feet for the first time, eating a handful of Hanoi nuggets and thought to have held the immense autumn sky in his hand. this civilized land. /.
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