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05/09/2016 20:03

Bún Riêu Cái Răng (Cai Rang Crab Noodle Soup) to the top must-try delicious food in the world

Culinary experts of Skyscanner travel site introduce bun rieu at Cai Rang floating market in Can Tho as a dish that should try once in your lifetime.   Bun rieu at Cai Rang floating market, Vietnam "A crab and tomato broth, bun (rice noodles), fresh herbs, chunks of tofu, and much more, it is a lovely departure from the norm. An explosion of flavour in every bite." Jodi Ettenberg, travel blogger majoring in cuisine of Legal Nomads. Source: VnExpress - Translated by Ngoc Diep

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05/09/2016 20:02

Custard Apple Pie

The unique feature of custard apple pie is the beautiful and delicate appearance, each node is as vivid as a real custard apple with peduncle and green leaves.                 To bake the custard apple pie, the baker must go through several stages. Glutinous rice is cleaned, drained and ground smoothly, then roasted. After that, the roasted glutinous flour is mixed with coconut milk and sugar with appropriate proportion. The mixed-flour is then kneaded in the same way as baking snow-flaked cake. To have the green like real peel of custard apple, people use pandan, extract the juice then mix with the flour mixture. Fillings are also done with feats: mung beans are cooked in shell, mixed with boiled sugar, salt, coconut milk, and then rolled into balls. Roll each flour ball with mung bean filling and then attach them together steadily, shape it like a real custard apple. Finally, dust the mixture of flour and sugar...

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05/09/2016 20:01

Can Tho Simple Folk Cakes

Can Tho is famous for different delicious cakes, especially folk cakes. With these cakes, the bakers usually make them manually, traditionally and skillfully.                         Folk cakes at Mr. Chin Chieu’s bakery The family of Mr. Duong Hoang Trung and Mrs. Truong Thi Chieu (with the nickname as Chin Chieu) at the alley of 556, Cach Mang Thang Tam Street, Ninh Kieu District is well-known for longtime experienced folk bakers. With the experiences of more than 30 years, everyday this family makes over a dozen of cakes (salty, sweet): worm silk cakes, naked small stuffed glutinous rice flour balls, steamed banana cakes, steamed rice cakes, small steamed savory rice cakes wrapped steamed rice cakes, worm rice cakes,… The ingredients of these cakes are from rice and sticky rice. There are many steps to make these cakes such as...

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