Almond leaf silk cake
Among countless traditional cakes, ambarella leaf banh tam has a very unique flavor of the Southern countryside. The cake is made from rice flour mixed with finely ground ambarella leaf water, so it has a characteristic gray-green color and a rustic aroma.
The soft and chewy cake strands after steaming are poured with fatty coconut milk, served with roasted sesame seeds or sweet and sour fish sauce, creating a harmonious and rich flavor. Not only is it a familiar dish in the rural market, "bánh tằm lá mơ" also evokes the simplicity and childhood memories of many people.
Beef cake
When mentioning banh bo, many tourists will immediately remember the fatty aroma of coconut milk and the characteristic soft fluffiness of the "bamboo root" core.
The cake is made through a meticulous fermentation process combined with many eye-catching colors from pineapple leaves, magenta leaves or taro, turmeric, making the cake even more attractive.
Sticky rice sticky rice
Speaking of hometown dishes, you cannot ignore black sticky rice. Each sticky, soft, fragrant sticky rice grain after being cooked is covered with a layer of fatty coconut milk, served with sugar, sesame salt or crushed peanuts, creating an unforgettable rich flavor.
Not only delicious, sticky rice also brings a feeling of closeness and warmth like the sincerity of the people in the riverine area.
Steamed banana cake
Steamed banana cake is a cake that many people "remember" because of the fragrance spreading from the hot cakes.
Ripe bananas blended with flour and coconut milk create a golden, soft, chewy and naturally sweet cake. When enjoyed, the fatty taste of coconut combined with the sweet aroma of bananas brings a simple but attractive feeling, imbued with the countryside of the river region.
Besides, banh duc la dua or sweet banh cuon with green bean filling are also folk cakes that many tourists choose to enjoy and buy as gifts when coming to the South.
With the gentle green color from pineapple leaves, softness, chewiness blended with fragrant coconut milk, these cakes are imbued with the rustic but dear hometown flavor.
