A delightful rendezvous with Mẹt Gà Cốm amidst Hanoi's autumn!

Hanoi autumn - 'season of milk flowers, fragrant in every corner, the season of green rice, fragrant in small hands, sidewalk rice stalls, fragrant footsteps of someone'.

This year, autumn arrives early in Hanoi, new students begin their studies, and the early mist blankets the willow branches. The midday sun becomes crisp, inviting the festive atmosphere just in time for the season.

Hanoians gather once again for the traditional cốm feast, while office workers eagerly make their way to Hanoi Corner near Ô CHợ Dừa or Tổ Hiệu during lunch, enjoying a plate of rice and chicken, a ritual known as the 'seasonal greeting'.

For the past few years, as the gentle breeze of autumn arrives and Hanoians eagerly await the harvest of cốm rice, office workers playfully invite each other to Hanoi Corner for a plate of rice and chicken, a festive 'seasonal greeting'

Explore Mẹt Gà Cốm - You haven't experienced autumn until you've tasted it

Those who have visited Hanoi Corner in recent years, as autumn approaches, recall this peculiar and intriguing dish. Let's not discuss the flavor just yet, but merely watching the servers proudly present a plate full of flavorful rice and eye-catching chicken, resembling a feast, is captivating enough.

What does this Mẹt Gà Cốm include?

A special stuffed rice chicken, with the rice filling delicately nestled inside the tender young chicken. A gentle tap breaks the crispy snow-like layer, revealing the succulent golden chicken meat, the silky layer of fat, delightfully crunchy and satisfying.

Gently tapping the crispy snow shell unveils the luscious golden chicken meat, the silky layer of fat, irresistibly crunchy and delightful

What about the cốm?

Hold on, the young rice, the first of the season carefully chosen, skillfully stuffed inside the tender chicken along with fragrant mushrooms. The sweet essence of chicken juices blends with the expanding and tender cốm grains, creating a soft, chewy, and delectably sweet harmony.

The essence of cốm aroma and mushroom fragrance lingers, enveloping and saturating every tender white shred when torn apart.

The sweet flavor of tender chicken infused into each cốm grain, accompanied by the intense aroma of cốm, tightly entwines with every delicate white shred when torn apart.

Selecting the chicken for this cốm feast is a meticulous process. It must be a moderately-sized chicken with firm meat, a narrow breast, and healthy pale yellow skin. The chosen cốm must be the first harvest, grains tender and as green as jade, cool and crucially, soaked in milk, not too old or too young.

Now, take a piece of chicken, add a few soft green cốm grains, savor it slowly, experiencing the sweet tenderness of young chicken, coupled with a hint of freshness and the velvety, rural milk essence gradually spreading in the mouth.

Dip it in a bit of sauce made from green kumquat, savoring the crispiness of cốm urging us to leisurely indulge. The flavors—tangy, salty, sweet, rich, and nutty—blend seamlessly, ensuring that diners are captivated with each bite.

Outstanding 'supporting actors' on the Mẹt Gà Cốm

Alongside the main star, the shimmering golden cốm chicken, are other small corners reserved for these 'non-professional supporting actors' but equally well-rounded: Marinated grilled chicken wings, Garlic-flavored fried chicken feet, Smoked salted chicken thighs, and Chicken sticky rice with fragrant mushroom floss.

The tender and sweet chicken wings, immersed in the sweet, spicy, rich, and salty flavors of the marinade, with tiny, adorable pieces of fat resembling brown blossoms blooming on the golden chicken wings.

Seated in the cool air-conditioned space, relishing each succulent chicken wing while admiring the cascading golden leaves outside, there's nothing more delightful!

Marinated grilled chicken wings, lustrous and flavorful

Or taste the crispy fried garlic-flavored chicken feet, dipped in a mixture of pure sea salt, lime, and chili. The harmonious blend of natural spices like lime, garlic, chili, and the intense flavor of pure sea salt leaves diners longing to savor every moment.

Garlic-flavored fried chicken feet

Smoked salted chicken meat, tender and irresistibly crispy

Don't forget to savor the aromatic and chewy chicken sticky rice with fragrant mushroom

At an average price of only 750k per serving, satisfying 5-6 people to their heart's content, you can be the first to experience the early autumn flavors of Hanoi, with an additional 10% discount throughout September.

Address:

Hanoi Corner - 160 Ô Chợ Dừa, Đống Đa

Hanoi Corner - 259 Tô Hiệu

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