pate bread at the foot of Do Quan bridge
The famous Do Quan bridge foundation pate noodle soup is a cake that cannot be missed when exploring Nam Dinh cuisine. The bread has a rich filling, mixed with fragrant pate, sticky rice and crispy crust.
The secret to creating a special flavor of pate Do Quan noodle soup is pate made according to a mysterious recipe. Ms. Bui Thi Nga (owner of a Do Quan pate noodle shop) said that the "soul" of this banh mi is the soft, fatty, fragrant pate filling combined with crispy fried onions.
It is known that most of the pate banh mi restaurants at the foot of Do Quan bridge have existed for many years, some of which have been in business for more than 30 years.
Hanh Mui pate bread
Also known as a traditional pate noodle shop, open for nearly 40 years in Nam Dinh city, pate Hanh Mui noodle shop is a favorite address for many people.
According to the owner of the ingredients to make the pate filling of the cake from the first days of the sale up to now, the recipe remains. In addition to the crispness of the grilled eyelashes on the charcoal stove for 15-20 minutes, helping the inside of the cake still soft and thick.
A perfect combination to make a delicious Banh Mi is also the fragrant pate. Pate is made entirely according to a family recipe, steamed for 5 hours, from ingredients such as: pork, liver, pork fat mixed with dried meat, buttocks...
The price of pate noodle soup here has been sold for 10 years at a price of 10,000 VND/piece. The restaurant opens for sale at 2 time slots per day, from 6am - 11am and 3:30pm - 10:30pm.
Banh xeo toai
Banh xeo too has long been a childhood dish of many generations of Nam Dinh people and has become a famous specialty here. No one remembers exactly when this cake was introduced to Nam Dinh, only knowing that it originated from the Chinese community who lived in Pho Duong (now Hoang Van Thu street, Nam Dinh city).
To make Nam Dinh sticky rice cake more suitable for Vietnamese tastes, over time, there have been adjustments in both processing method and ingredients.
In Nam Dinh City today, the Hoa Nhung sticky rice cake brand still has the ancient flavor that has kept its customers for more than 30 years.
Ms. Mai's knee cake
Ms. Mai's Knead cake restaurant in Nam Dinh City has been open for more than 30 years and only opens for a few afternoons but is always crowded, a familiar address for many generations of diners.
According to the restaurant owner, to make delicious pillow cakes with crispy, golden crust, not salty, fragrant but less absorbed by oil, the family recipe is to make the crust unable to be revealed. Inside is the filling made from many different ingredients including meat, wood ear, bean sprouts, vermicelli, carrots, duck eggs... Every day, the restaurant only opens for sale from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
