Hanoi and all northern provinces and cities are experiencing peak hot days with temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius. The "burning" heat from dawn to late afternoon makes the pace of life more hurried and suffocating.
However, precisely in the harshness of the weather, the cooling and refreshing snacks of Ha Thanh land have become a "medicine" to soothe people's hearts, helping to dispel the stuffiness of summer.
In the midday heat of summer, when stepping out onto the street also makes people hesitant, the image of tofu pudding vendors wandering in the shade of ancient trees or familiar corners of eateries in small streets becomes "islands" saving thirst.
Hanoi Tao Pho is sophisticated in that although it is a popular dish, it requires absolute dexterity from the maker.
The tofu pudding must be thin and smooth like silk, lightly sliced with thin sheets of corrugated iron to avoid breaking, submerged in the fragrant rock sugar water marinated with jasmine flowers.
To make the dish more flavorful, diners often order more green, soft, cool and melting găng jelly right at the tip of the tongue.
If tofu pudding is a fast food snack to relieve immediate thirst, then traditional Hanoi sweet soup dishes are an ideal choice for diners to leisurely enjoy in the late afternoon, when the sun starts to cool down.
Hanoi summer sweet soup is extremely diverse, from rustic traditional flavors to thanh tân, modern, easy-to-please anyone's heart.
A glass of lotus and longan sweet soup with the delicate sweetness of longan combined with the buttery taste of lotus seeds will be a perfect gift to help dispel fatigue on hot sunny days.
Meanwhile, traditional black bean sweet soup is simmered but not mushy, sweet sweet soup, plus black jelly and shredded coconut is a favorite dish to help detoxify and cool the liver effectively.
For those who love freshness, fragrant white sweet soup with almond scent or crispy grapefruit sweet soup bring a feeling of instant refreshment.
The beauty of Hanoi sweet soup is that it does not abuse ice to cool and deceive the taste buds.
The coolness of the sweet soup comes from the original cold nature of the ingredients, from the elegant cooking method that is not too sweet.
In the hot space of the Northern summer, enjoying a cool sweet soup that suits your taste helps all the pressure and fatigue of a working day in harsh weather seem to be relieved, giving way to relaxation and comfort.
The weather in Hanoi on sunny days at 40 degrees Celsius can make the body tired, but the gentleness of cooling and cooling gifts is the best relief solution.
