Street snack - new and old - Part Five

I don't know since when we have this strange snack ! Scorched rice!

Vietnam is a rice culture country. In the old days, when we cooked rice not with hi-tech rice cooker, but on charcoal stove. We always got a crispy, dark yellow burned rice layer at the bottom. That was the best from our family kitchen!

Scorched rice with pork floss (cơm cháy chà bông)

My first scorched rice as snack could come from my old Malaysian colleague. He got that after his holidays in his home country.But. I don't like the taste: sweet, not sweet, savory, not savory!

Even nothing in between! And sweet but spicy! Strange to me!

Street snacks - Cake with leaves wrap - Part Two

The image of Viet street foods is accompanied by some unique sound from the hawkers. Especially those traditional snacks wrapped in leaves, I suddenly remember the hawker's voice "bánh giò đây, bánh giò nóng đây!" (literally means "I'm selling  pork steamed cake, hot pork steamed cake")  in my neighbourhood every night, late at night.
Many thoughts about hawker's destiny, feelings behind that sound, each sound seems to carry untouchable life stories.

Unattended street food tradition ...

I'm talking about "bánh giò" as an unique street food! "Bánh giò' originally from the North, a pyramid shape cake wrapped in banana leaves and filled with fried minced pork, wood ear mushroom, shallot...and the dough itself made of rice and tapioca flour.
We steam it in big steamer! It's good to eat hot, that's why the hawkers always keep it warm in their special container on their bike! I love the taste of steamed dough: soft, chewy, tasty, a bit oily...and the hot flavor  from the filling and banana leaves - all mixed together! Indescribable!

"Bánh giò" steamed rice cake with minced pork, wood ear mushroom...