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The most typical food in Vietnamese' Tet holiday

 1.     Chung cake
Chung cake is the only cake which has long history in Vietnamese food culture. It was invented by the prince Lang Lieu from Hung King dynasty to express the gratitude to his father and the country.

Chung cake is wrapped in a square shape, covered by green leaves to symbolize the Earth. It is made from glutinous rice, mung bean and pork, added with many other ingredients and boiled in about 12 hours by wood.

Chung Cake is consider to be the evidence of the Vietnamese loyalty and deep gratitude to ancestors

2.     Vietnamese ham (Gio lua)

Known as a popular dish, Gio lua often appear in Vietnamese meals.
It was made from 3 main ingredients: lean meat, added fish sauce and covered by leaves (usually banana leaves) then boiled for hours.

3.     Red sticky rice ( Xoi Gac)

Xoi Gac also plays an important part of Tet holiday in Vietnam. It is symbolic for good fortune and happiness. It’s commonly eaten with Gio lua, (Vietnamese ham).

4.     Boiled chicken

Whole boiled rooster is a indispensable dish of ancestor worshipping tray on the Vietnamese Tet.

Boiled chicken are always go with sliced lemon leaves and salt-and-pepper sauce, as a tradition

5.     Spring rolls (Nem ran)

Spring rolls is very special dish in Vietnamese 's trays. Main ingredients for making spring rolls include minced pork, bean sprout, green shallot, vermicelli noodles and eggs. All are mixed, wrapped by round rice-paper sheets and fried in cooking oil till crisped.



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