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Hanoi is famous for its wide range of traditional desserts especially desserts making from beans such as: red bean, black bean, white bean, green bean, soya, lotus bean… In Vietnam, Coffee’s also considered a dessert drink. You will usually get invitations for a coffee after breakfast or lunch but not dinner cause sleepless issue.
Coffee (Ca Phe)
Strong and flavorful Vietnamese coffee makes converts as quickly as it raises pulses. French colonists might have introduced coffee to Vietnam, but the morning cup of ca phe soon became a local habit.
Lemon iced tea
A drink in hot summer that you can find easily around the area of Big Church of Hanoi. The mixture of Vietnamese tea with lime juice, sugar and ice cube will make your summer hot day fresh and cool immediately.
You can find it at: 2B Nha Chung and Ly Quoc Su street near St. Joseph’s Cathedral has lot of stores (VND 15,000 – 25,000)
Sweet treats (chè)
The sweet desert of Vietnamese people are often made of many type of nuts, peas, beans, coconut milk, flour, etc. The treats can be serve in both hot and cold as depending on each season of Hanoi. The most famous ones can be told are
You can find it at: around VND20,000 – VND25,000
Caramel pudding and coconut ice cream
There are about three or four shops selling homemade caramel pudding and yogurt close to the corner of Hang Than and Hoe Nhai. It’s easier for takeout but if you don’t mind a bit squeezing, of course you are welcome to sit down. They are master at mixing yogurt and caramel pudding with fruits, nep cam (violet glutinous rice) and all kinds of yummy jelly. In the same store, you can find a huge portion of ice cream served in a fresh coconut.
You can find it at: Caramel pudding: VND 7,000/dish, Coconut ice-cream: VND 60,000
Tao Pho (Sweet Tofu)
Tao Pho, a white, condensed pudding that is serve as a dessert with sweet syrup. Very popular with women, this is a good snack on a hot summer day. In northern Vietnam, Tao Pho sellers often ride bicycles with a barrel of Tao Pho behind them. The vendor uses a flat spoon to ladle thin layers of Tao pho into a bowl before adding syrup and real flower fragrance
You can find it at: On the Old quarter street t(~VND 10,000) or 41 Dao Duy Tu street (will be just a bit more expensive only)
Mixture Yogurt with Jack Fruit
The dessert is quite famous youngster of Hanoi. This dessert is not only delicious, but also really good for your skin. The combination between these ingredients will create a fantastic song when chewing.
You can find it at: 22 Ba Trieu street is the first shop since 2014. Now, next to them, a lot of same shops open with the same quality t(~VND 25,000).
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