Summer in Hanoi, you will certainly feel extremely uncomfortable. In addition to hiding from the heat at home or at vacation spots when summer comes, we also need cool foods to cool off. Let’s discover with Vinlove 14 dishes to help cool off effectively in the sweltering sun of Hanoi in the summer!
Mixed Caramel
Caramel is a dish that originated in France. The recipe to make this dish is quite simple with easy-to-find ingredients such as: chicken eggs, coffee, coconut milk combined with vanilla powder, fresh milk to create an attractive and attractive yellow color. The price of a cup of mixed caramel is only about 15,000 VND, so it is very suitable for everyone’s pocket.
In particular, caramel is a dish that won the hearts of many students. The famous caramel selling areas must be mentioned such as: Hang Than, Nguyen Cong Tru, Xuan Thuy … Each location will have its own flavor with the characteristics of each store.
Milk tea
For a long time, milk tea has become a familiar drink for Ha Thanh people. On hot summer days, this drink is even more popular. Currently, milk tea shops not only focus on the quality of drinks but also pay attention to the interior and decoration of their shops. That helps people feel comfortable, relax after tired and stressful working hours.
The ingredients to make milk tea are also not fussy. Includes only Zhenzhou seeds, lipton black tea bags, condensed milk, unsweetened fresh milk and homemade jelly jellies. Some milk tea brands that are especially popular with young people in Hanoi are: Ding Tea, Chatime, Toco Toc, Feeling Tea…
Cream
The ice cream cone or sundae cool always attractive irresistible to those hot summer days. In the summer of Hanoi, you cannot ignore the famous Trang Tien ice cream. Trang Tien ice cream has its own unique characteristics, combining traditional typical flavors such as: Com, green beans, coconut, pure kakao… has created delicious fresh ice cream flavors.
The pieces of ice cream are cool, eat until they are cool, which will bring us an unbelievably cool feeling. In addition to Trang Tien ice cream, you can enjoy Hang Than coconut ice cream, Bo Ho lemon ice cream or O Cho Dua dip ice cream which is also extremely attractive.
Tea
Hanoi capital is very famous for many different kinds of tea . From colorful fruit tea to water drifting tea, corn tea… with a price of only 15,000 to 30,000 VND, you can already enjoy attractive and cool bowls of tea.
There’s nothing like a hot summer with cool cups of tea. Famous tea shops that you should try when Hanoi enters summer such as: Trang Tea, Dao Duy Tu Tea, Nguyen Binh Khiem Banana Tea or Thai Nguyen Phong Sac Tea…
fruit beams
The summer fruits themselves have the ability to cool down very well. When they are combined, the effect is multiplied many times. You will hardly be able to refuse a glass of cool, delicious and eye-catching fruit pickles in the hot, sweltering summer.
The best way to have a delicious cup of fresh fruit is to buy fresh fruit and prepare it at home. Or you can also go to tea shops to enjoy this attractive dish.
Mixed tofu
Tofu is a rustic dish that is loved by many people. When entering the summer, tofu becomes more powerful and known by more people. Nowadays, young people also create extremely attractive mixed tofu instead of just eating tofu as usual.
A bowl of mixed Tao Pho costs from 6,000 to 10,000 VND with a unique combination of the cool sweetness of sugar, the slightly nutty taste of fresh coconut and the chewy, crunchy texture of buffalo legs. What’s better than a bowl of tofu for a hot summer day?
Coconut jelly
In the hot summer, enjoying the sweet and fresh coconut jelly is nothing compared to it. In addition to the jelly coconut jelly, the cool coconut jelly contained in Siamese coconuts is especially attractive to eaters. Enjoyers will feel its sweetness but not too intense.
On the other hand, with the moderate softness of coconut jelly, it will give you a cool feeling that melts in your mouth. It dispels the heat of the sweltering summer. This is a pretty good dish, isn’t it?
Sugarcane juice
Sugarcane juice is the most natural beverage. Because they are pressed directly from fresh sugarcane by grinding sugarcane to get juice. Not only Hanoi, but this cool drink is available everywhere, especially when the weather turns to hot summer.
Just drinking a sip of sugarcane juice will make your body feel like you’ve just had a cool shower for the intestines and liver. Try it this summer to see the magic of sugarcane juice.
Fruit juice
Summer is the ideal time for fruits to take the throne. Especially in a tropical monsoon climate like Hanoi, the appearance of all kinds of fruits is not difficult to understand. Just a cup of fresh fruit juice with a little ice and you have a nutritious drink and effective cooling in hot weather.
Fruit juice not only cools you down, but it is also quite nutritious. It provides many nutrients and vitamins as well. Cooling off with a fruit smoothie will give you youthful, radiant skin.
Patbingsu
Patbingsu is a sweet from Korea. With a variety of ingredients and a cool summer taste , patbing su is really an ideal dish to enjoy on a hot day. This dish is made from the most important ingredients: sticky rice cake combined with red beans and shaved ice. The dish brings a refreshing coolness as soon as you enjoy it. It helps you dispel the intense heat of the sweltering summer sun.
In general, with the nature of easy to combine depending on the preferences of the processor and enjoy, patbingsu has become a mixed shaved ice dish that can be easily applied in any culinary background. In fact, patbingsu is the name that has been included in the chain of Western industrial food restaurants such as McDonalds!
Roasted rice water.
Roasted rice water is a beverage originating from Korea. With delicious taste and very good for health. Roasted rice water quickly conquers all diners. Especially on hot days, a glass of fragrant rice water will surely quench all thirst.
This is a simple drink that is easy to make and very good for the body. In this hot drink, brown rice is roasted, pounded and mixed with water, adding a little sugar. So you have a cup of roasted rice water, fragrant, sweet and cool. This drink is not yet popular, but it is well worth a try on this hot summer day!
Pennywort juice.
Gotu kola is a vegetable that grows in the area of the lagoon, the field … in the countryside. This easy-to-grow, easy-to-grow vegetable is simple but has the ability to cool down very well . According to Chinese medicine, gotu kola has cold (cold), tan (spicy), and bitter (bitter) properties that have the effect of nourishing sound, clearing heat, laxatives, detoxifying, and diuretic. It is often used to nourish the body, disinfect, treat vomiting blood, cholera, bad breath, boils, heat rash …
Study of modern medicine also shows that, in pennywort contain lots of beta carotene, saponins, alkaloids, flavonols, saccharids, calcium, Fe, Mg, Mn, P, potassium, vitamins B1, B2, B3, C and K. Not only that, gotu kola juice also has the effect of beauty, health promotion, detoxification, constipation, cardiovascular… You can grind gotu kola to drink water. Gotu kola juice is very cool and pleasant in this hot summer sun.
Corn milk.
Have you ever tried corn milk ? The ingredients that make up that sweet, fragrant cup of corn milk are none other than corn. In the heat of summer, a cup of delicious corn milk will bring you a pleasant, cool feeling. On the other hand, corn milk is made from sweet corn ingredients combined with milk sugar to produce a finished product with a beautiful light yellow color and a sweet, greasy taste.
Corn milk contains many nutrients that are very beneficial to human health. Fibers, vitamins, minerals, proteins, starch… have antioxidant effects to improve skin and regulate blood circulation. The aroma of corn and the greasy taste of milk combine to make foodies irresistible. Currently, a cup of corn milk costs from 10 thousand to 15 thousand dong.
Green tea.
Green tea is a traditional drink of Vietnamese people since ancient times. Green tea has a very good cleansing effect on the body. In the cold season, green tea is often drunk hot. In the summer, green tea with ice will be a good choice.
Green tea leaves contain EGCG. This is a natural antioxidant. This ingredient will help you relieve fatigue, stress and cool the skin, filter toxins in the body. In this hot weather, drinking green tea is not only good for health but also effectively cools down the body.
Above are the ideal summer refreshments in Hanoi. Surely with the above drinks that the Vinlove shares will help you avoid the heat in the summer.