'Summer Roof Blowout' with 10 incredibly refreshing dishes

Are you ready to welcome the scorching summer that is approaching very soon? The delightful cooling dishes below will undoubtedly be your 'indispensable ally' helping you confidently 'battle' the Hanoi sun.

Hanoi Travel: 'Summer Roof Blowout' with 10 incredibly refreshing dishes

Refreshing Tofu Pudding

A rustic dish with a cool, slightly chewy taste that has long been the 'companion' of Hanoi residents every summer. The white, tender tofu pudding pieces, combined with sweet and clear syrup, become even more enticing when transformed in various styles with jelly, tapioca pearls, aloe vera, lotus seeds, and ice cream. Refreshing tofu pudding is not only cool but also extremely easy to eat, satisfying the taste buds of anyone. Finding this dish is not difficult; you can search on any street, especially finding delicious tofu pudding on Bach Mai, Xa Dan, Hang Luoc, Nguyen Du streets... or you may come across a budget-friendly tofu pudding cart on street corners.

Fruit Medley

Although a dish incredibly easy to make with extremely simple and easily accessible ingredients, fruit medley remains an everlastingly popular thirst-quencher. Countless varieties of fresh fruits such as watermelon, apple, lychee, mango, dragon fruit, grapes... are cut into small, square, adorable pieces, blending with the chewy coconut flesh, enhanced by the sweet touch of milk. Mixed with crushed ice, you instantly have an eye-catching and mouth-watering refreshing dish. Speaking of fruit medley, Tố Tịch Street and Lương Văn Can Street cannot be ignored. However, you can also order this dish anywhere, and even prepare it at home to satisfy your cravings.

Jackfruit Yogurt

Jackfruit yogurt is always one of the top choices for Hanoi's youth. Whether in snack shops, cafes, or on street corners, there is no place in Hanoi where this 'divine' dish does not appear. Small pieces of ripe and glossy jackfruit, combined with cool and sweet yogurt, with a touch of jelly, tapioca pearls, and crunchy nuts make it extremely enjoyable. The price for a bowl of jackfruit yogurt is very reasonable, starting from only 15,000 VND/bowl.

Caramel Custard

Another favored dish that cannot be overlooked is caramel custard (known as Flan in the South). The brown-yellow caramel custard slices, rich with the taste of egg and milk, accompanied by a hint of bitterness from coffee, are irresistibly appealing. Similar to tofu pudding, caramel custard becomes more interesting and unique with various variations. You can enjoy caramel custard with jelly, tapioca pearls, fruits, or coconut flesh, all of which go well together, and the prices range from 12,000 to 20,000 VND/dish. If you crave caramel custard, be sure to visit Hang Than, Nguyen Cong Tru, or Nguyen Thuong Hien Streets.

Lotus Seed Sweet Soup

Compared to the aforementioned dishes, lotus seed sweet soup may seem less prioritized by young people, but its allure is never 'outshone.' The sweet and clear lotus seed soup, accompanied by chewy lotus seeds and cool black jelly pieces, instantly soothes the scorching days of summer. Lotus seed sweet soup can be enjoyed with longan or fresh coconut water, bringing a gentle fragrance and a naturally sweet taste.

Bingsu

If you are a fan of Korean cuisine, you are probably familiar with this incredibly unique and flavorful dish. Traditional patbingsu is made with shaved ice, rice cake, and red beans. However, new and unique 'versions' of patbingsu have emerged, combining with refreshing ice cream, condensed milk, fresh milk, tropical fruits, multicolored rice cakes, and a variety of chewy candies. When you indulge in it, you will experience these flavors blending with the cool shaved ice melting on your tongue, and trying it once is an instant 'addiction.'

Agar Jelly

In the summer, just biting into a piece of agar jelly is enough to dispel the hot, oppressive sun. Depending on the place, there will be unique and distinctive combinations such as coconut agar jelly, coffee agar jelly, green tea agar jelly, or lime agar jelly... each flavor is deliciously different but the common point is that they are all extremely refreshing. Agar jelly, accompanied by a bit of coconut milk, caramel, jelly, and tapioca pearls, is 'perfect.' The price for a colorful bowl of agar jelly is also only from 15,000 VND.

Peppermint Apple Tea

Made from natural apple juice with a sweet, gentle taste and a hint of refreshing peppermint, this beverage is not only easy to drink, easily 'addictive,' but can also quickly 'quench' your thirst. That's why, upon its debut, peppermint apple tea quickly became one of the favorites among Hanoi's youth. Seek out Tôn Đức Thắng Street, Hàng Tre Street, Hàng Chiếu Street to indulge in this super 'cool' drink right away.

Sugarcane Juice

As an extremely simple and familiar drink, inseparable from everyone's childhood, sugarcane juice takes the spotlight every summer. The cool sweetness of sugarcane juice is already too familiar, but hardly anyone gets tired of it. If you want to 'change the game,' you can explore sugarcane juice with tapioca pearls on Hàng Vải Street – this peculiar and enticing combination. Sugarcane juice with soft and chewy tapioca pearls, along with a bit of fresh coconut and fragrant dried coconut, will bring a sense of both familiarity and novelty to this already well-known beverage.

Ice Cream

It would be truly regrettable and 'empty' during the summer without this 'legendary' dish. The cool ice cream sticks, ice cream cones from childhood have now been diversified with many flavors, colors, and new, unique combinations. Surely, this will be the refreshing treat that you cannot forget in the upcoming sunny days.

From Thế Giới Trẻ

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Reference: Travel Guide from Mytour