As a unique feature in cuisine of most areas in the world, desserts and appetizers will contribute to the perfection of the main course as well as a meal. Especially, there are some absolutely exciting things hidden inside each of the must-try Vietnamese desserts which will stimulate all of your senses when you gradually taste it. For a Vietnam tour, let’s explore the following awesome desserts.
Sweet soup (Che)
Sweet soup
When it comes to sweet soup, most Vietnamese people know at least two or three kinds of this dessert. Not only do they consider it as a dessert after the main course, but also enjoy it for their snack meals. Then, the word “che” is quite common in Vietnam. Depending on each type of that traditional Vietnamese sweet beverage, it will especially include some of the following ingredients: beans, fruit, tapioca powder, glutinous rice, seeds, vegetables, and coconut milk. No matter how simple it looks, lots of people are still drawn to its flavor as this is actually a sweet and unforgettable delight. If you do have an occasion to visit Vietnam, let’s taste some kinds of “che”: Che chuoi (Sweet Soup with Banana, Sago Pearls and Coconut Milk), Che troi nuoc (Glutinous Rice Dumplings Sweet Soup), Che bap (Sweet Corn Pudding), che long nhan (longan and lotus seeds sweet soup), etc.
Flan Cake (Vietnamese Custard)
Flan Cake (Vietnamese Custard) is one of must-try Vietnamese desserts
It is very difficult to resist the simple look yet the finicky flavor of flan cake – a dessert from Vietnam. Let’s see why the cake deserves one of the must-try Vietnamese desserts in your Vietnam tour. In fact, to complete the process of making flan cake requires two meticulous steps: making caramel and making custard, so when gazing into each of the cakes on a plate at some food stalls in Vietnam, you will see there is a layer of caramel eye-catchingly covering around the custard. It is definitely a stunning dessert, which is a harmonious combination of the caramel’s slight bitterness and the sweetness with the slight greasy from milk, sugar, and eggs. Especially, the custard is extremely tender when you put it on the top of your tongue. What a wonderful treat!
Vietnamese Jello Cake (Rau cau)
Vietnamese Jello Cake (Rau cau)
What truly attracts you to Vietnamese jello cake is how people form different eye-catching shapes for this dessert before it is served on the plate. The jello cake was well known as a common dessert in the 1990s. Today, because of new trends in enjoying Western desserts , it has gradually lost its reputation. However, for Vietnamese people who are fond of creation, making unique shapes of the jello cake is supposed to be the culinary art. Don’t miss tasting pieces of cool jello cake and perceive the elaborateness the cake maker put in it.
Steamed Rice Cake (Banh bo)
Steamed Rice Cake (Banh bo)
Don’t lose out on the occasion to taste Banh Bo since it is one of the must-try Vietnamese desserts for your Vietnam tour. Of course, regardless of Oriental or Occidental cuisine, the culinary art is when each meal must be complete with a suitable dessert. In Vietnam, there are some stimulating ones you should ignore, and one of them is banh bo – steamed rice cake made from coconut and rice flour. It is true to say that the dessert is a perfect mixture of ingredients carrying the unique aroma from Vietnam.
Banh Cam
Banh Cam
This Vietnamese dessert will catch your eyes at the first time of bumping into it. It is a deep-fried kind of Vietnamese cake with the filling of mung bean paste, shredded coconut, and sugar. This mix is rolled into tiny balls and put inside the cake. Especially, the stickiness from the dough of glutinous rice flour will stimulate your food sense when it is tasted with the sweetness from bean paste.
