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If you're seeking a change from the typical floating dumplings and familiar Saigonese desserts, explore the popular Thai and Malaysian dessert spots.
Explore Exotic International Desserts in Hanoi
1. Singapore's Bobo Chacha Dessert
Bobochacha is a renowned dessert in Singapore and Malaysia, featuring three varieties: black, white, and fruit. The black version is made from glutinous rice, resulting in a chewy texture and a distinct rice fragrance. The white variant combines sweet potatoes, yams, and jelly in a coconut milk base.
Recommended Address:
– 92 Cửa Bắc Street
– 75 Đội Cấn Street
– On Yết Kiêu Street, across from the side gate of Hanoi Friendship Cultural Palace
– Hải Sư Tea House – Giảng Võ
2. Malaysian Dessert Delight
Experience a Malaysia-exclusive dessert - pomegranate jelly dessert. Soft, delightful, not too chewy, and bursting with vibrant colors, unlike anywhere else. It offers a subtle sweetness with the fragrant essence of coconut without being overly rich.
Recommended Addresses:
– 55 Tô Hiến Thành: also serving Saigonese desserts
3. Hong Kong Dessert Delights
Indulge in iconic Hong Kong desserts like caramel jelly with heart-shaped agar jelly, cute flowers, and stars, filled with soft and sweet caramel. Or try the rainbow dessert with various green and red tapioca pearls, stuffed with mung beans, bananas, and raisins, creatively shaped. Additionally, explore intriguingly named desserts like jade agar, five-color dessert, and coconut milk tofu pudding.
Recommended Addresses:
– 104 B1 Trung Tự collective residential area
4. Thai Dessert Bliss
In every cup of Thai dessert, there's a harmonious blend of ingredients and flavors, from tapioca pearls, mung beans, 'con sò' (pearls resembling clams), to refreshing coconut milk. Upon reaching Vietnam, Thai desserts have taken on a slight transformation, incorporating both Vietnamese and Thai flavors, creating a captivating and delightful taste.
Recommended Addresses:
– A5 117 Giảng Võ collective residential area
– Nam Đồng Market, Hồ Đắc Di
– 47 Trần Quốc Hoàn Street
– 75 Đội Cấn Street
– 6 Hai Bà Trưng Street, Number 6
– Alley 1A Tôn Thất Tùng
– 330 Xã Đàn Street
– 23 Đinh Công Thượng Street
– 22 – A13 Nguyễn Quý Đức
5. Exquisite Pudding Dessert
Pudding, a commonly known Western dessert, has been ingeniously adapted by Vietnamese chefs to become a unique and recently introduced dessert. You won't be able to resist the first sight of the large bowl, containing cool, green pudding, surrounded by various types of pearls like grape pearls, corn pearls, and vibrant slices of fresh, colorful fruits. The pudding has the characteristic rich and creamy flavor, accompanied by a refreshing, subtly fragrant apple taste. The gentle flavor, combined with the chewiness of pearls, the tartness, and the sweet aroma of accompanying fruits, makes it a perfect cooling treat for the summer.
You can head to 57 Tô Hiến Thành to indulge in this exotic dessert. Additionally, the place offers Kitty pudding and a fascinating aloe vera dessert. Prices range from 15,000 to 20,000 VND per bowl.
Source: Ngoisao.net
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Reference: Travel guide by Mytour
MytourNovember 24, 2015
