Delightful Snacks of Hanoi for Sunny Days

Yogurt, jelly, sweet soup, caramel pudding, mixed fruit salad... are the snacks that young people in Hanoi love during the sunny season.

Absolutely delicious mixed fruit salad

Amidst the crisp, sunny weather, quenching thirst with mixed fruits is always the top priority. Just with one dish, diners can enjoy the flavors of fruits from all three regions: mangoes, jackfruit, watermelon, papaya, dragon fruit, and even avocado, strawberries, purple grapes... With its sweet, refreshing, and nutritious taste, mixed fruit salad has truly become a favorite dish of Hanoians.

Address: Various mixed fruit stalls on Tô Tịch street, near Hoàn Kiếm lake

Assorted yogurt treats

Renowned for decades for its delicious homemade yogurt with unique flavors, Ong Gia Toc Bac (Old Man with White Hair) shop is a familiar culinary destination for many generations. Perhaps this is also the cheapest yogurt shop in Hanoi with strawberries, coconut, peaches, durian, taro... all priced at only 6,000 VND/cup.

Address: Ong Gia Toc Bac Yogurt - 31 Lo Duc street; Duong Hoa shop - 29 Hang Than street.

Golden jackfruit yogurt, with a characteristic chewy and fragrant taste, combined with pomegranate jelly, tapioca pearls, basil seeds... brings a crunchy and interesting sensation.

Address: Hoang Anh Sweet Soup - 22 Ba Trieu street, price starting from 17,000 VND/bowl

Cacao yogurt is a type of yogurt cut into neat squares, then topped with cocoa powder. Rolling each piece of yogurt in cocoa, slowly bringing it to the mouth, diners will experience the 'extraordinary' taste of this variation.

Address: Sidewalk cafe at 80 Hang Non street, Hoan Kiem district, price starting from 20,000 - 25,000 VND/portion.

Indulge in Fruity Jelly Delights

Fruit jelly, made from fresh fruits and agar, is a refreshing treat on scorching days. Holding a cup of cool, clear, creamy fruit jelly infused with the fragrance of fruits, one feels all weariness and fatigue melting away.

Address: Duong Hoa Coconut Jelly - Hang Than street; Queen Bee Bakery - 21 Le Dai Hanh street; durian jelly at 54 Hang Cot street; fruit jelly, Ban Mai cafe - 336 Ba Trieu street.

Sweetness in Every Sip of Various Sweet Soups

Thanks to their delicious, sweet, and refreshing flavors, bowls of sweet soup have become an essential dish on sunny days. The world of sweet soups in Hanoi is incredibly diverse with many simple types such as black bean sweet soup, green bean sweet soup, corn sweet soup, grapefruit sweet soup, fruit sweet soup... to Hue sweet soup, Saigon sweet soup, Thai sweet soup, Singaporean sweet soup...

Address:
Mango sweet soup at 2 Nguyen Truong To street
Bitter melon sweet soup at 8 Cho Gao street
Jackfruit and banana sweet soup at 31 Dao Duy Tu street
Lotus seed sweet soup at 95 Hang Bac street
Thai sweet soup, Nam Dong market - Ho Dac Di street
Singaporean sweet soup at 92 Cua Bac street.

Delectable Variations of Caramel Treats

Originally a dish with strong Western influences, caramel has been increasingly 'Vietnamese-ized' with countless interesting variations: caramel jelly, caramel pearls, purple sticky rice caramel, yogurt caramel, assorted caramel...

Address:

Various types of caramel at Duong Hoa shop - Hang Than street.
Assorted caramel at World of Caramel shop - 37H2 Nguyen Cong Tru collective residence.
Assorted caramel at alley 337 Cau Giay.

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Source: Mytour Travel Handbook - According to Xzone