What to Eat in Hanoi to Cool Off from This Scorching Heat?

When it comes to summer, it's all about the street food paradise...

Hanoi Travel: What to Eat in Hanoi to Beat the Heat?

With this blazing sun, if you're not heading out for some cooling street snacks, you're missing out on a whole summer! These days, Hanoi seems to be testing everyone's patience, with intense heat and endless sunshine. Even around 7 p.m., the streets are still sweltering. While nobody enjoys this kind of weather, it's times like these that make people think of... all those delicious treats to beat the heat! Ice cream, sweet soups, shaved ice, fruits, drinks... you name it! If you want to cool down in Hanoi this summer, you've got to try these dishes...

Fruit Jelly/Avocado Sweet Soup

Freshly prepared and adorable, the fruit jelly, also known as crystal fruit jelly, is named so because it contains real fruits and resembles little jelly balls. These lovely fruit jelly pieces are made of agar and filled with various fruits like watermelon, grapes, mango, dragon fruit... Enjoy its delightful fragrance, sweetness, and refreshing taste!

Typically, these cute little fruit jelly balls (also known as crystal fruit jelly) are often served with avocado sweet soup – this dish is currently trending! The perfect combination of creamy, fragrant avocado sweet soup with chewy, cold fruit jelly is a perfect choice for the scorching 36, 37 degrees of Hanoi these days.

After reviewing fruit jelly, we must mention avocado sweet soup. With main ingredients like avocado, sugar, and coconut milk, a bowl of avocado sweet soup is always fragrant and creamy. Nowadays, there are many different types of avocado sweet soup, such as avocado sweet soup with nata de coco, avocado sweet soup with caramel pudding, avocado sweet soup with fruit jelly, avocado sweet soup with cheese jelly... Depending on each person's taste, each type of avocado sweet soup has its own unique impression. But the common point is that it's fragrant and very refreshing!

Bingsu

Although it has been around for a while, this Korean shaved ice dessert with syrup is still incredibly popular. Its visually appealing appearance immediately captures the hearts of young people upon its introduction. Furthermore, the ability to mix a wide variety of flavors makes Bingsu even more enticing to try.

When it comes to coolness, there's no need to say much. Originating from shaved ice, it's not only refreshingly cool but also melts smoothly in your mouth. Just looking at the stunning Instagram photos of people enjoying Bingsu is enough to make your mouth water... let alone the fact that in front of you is a bowl of delicious, fragrant, and refreshing Bingsu...

Smoothie Bowl

When talking about fruits, we can't forget about Smoothie bowls. It's not just your ordinary fruit smoothie; a smoothie bowl comes with a variety of toppings such as fruits, dried coconut, various nuts..., beautifully presented. Not only nutritious, Smoothie bowls also help cool you down, providing a fresher experience compared to other smoothies, and especially serve as extremely useful tools for taking 'Instagrammable' photos because a bowl of Smoothie like this is always artistically arranged.

Cinnamon Roll Ice Cream

This long, winding ice cream stick originating from Japan has still been making people line up many times to buy and eat it, so you can understand how it's causing such a stir. Still the normal cinnamon roll ice cream with chocolate, vanilla, but its twisted, endlessly long shape is really 'cool', making young people crazy about it. A little note when eating super long cinnamon roll ice cream on hot days like this: eat it... a little faster, because it's too hot, it'll easily melt before you finish eating...

Kitkat Ice Cream, Milo Ice Cream

When it comes to ice cream, how can we miss the duo of Kitkat ice cream and Milo ice cream, super refreshing? Kitkat green tea ice cream is especially special thanks to its fragrant ice cream and a whole Kitkat bar stuck in the middle. Milo ice cream is impressive because of its unique Milo flavor, but much cooler and cheaper to eat again! Sweet tooth can't miss out on these two legendary ice creams.

Beancurd

This summer, beancurd (similar to tofu pudding) is rising in popularity. Being a soybean product, it's cool, delicious, and healthy. Essentially, beancurd is similar to tofu pudding, but a bit denser and cooler. As for toppings, there are various types of jelly and pearls, with flavors like pandan, caramel, coffee, green tea... Beancurd is also quite affordable, so this summer, give it a try and see how you like it!

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