Hanoians line up to buy cakes for Cold Food Festival
Many people in Hanoi have flocked to the Banh Troi and Banh Chay (floating rice cake and lean cake) stores to celebrate Tet Han Thuc or the Cold Food Festival.
On Ngo Thi Nham Street, customer queued outside of the stores since early morning to wait for their turn the buy fresh floating rice cakes and lean cakes. The stores also work to full capacity and some have to bring out ingredients to make more cakes on the pavements.
Floating rice cakes and lean cakes are made of glutinous rice flour. Floating rice cakes have sugar cubes while lean cakes have green bean paste and sprinkled with sesame seeds.
Some photos of the day:
Lining up to buy floating rice cakes
On Ngo Thi Nham Street, customer queued outside of the stores since early morning to wait for their turn the buy fresh floating rice cakes and lean cakes. The stores also work to full capacity and some have to bring out ingredients to make more cakes on the pavements.
Floating rice cakes and lean cakes are made of glutinous rice flour. Floating rice cakes have sugar cubes while lean cakes have green bean paste and sprinkled with sesame seeds.
Some photos of the day:
A set of floating rice cakes and lean cakes is sold for VND25,000 (USD1.10)
A store used up six of its pots yet unable to meet demand
The cakes are sold out immediately
Streets vendors also unable to meet demand
Making floating rice cakes
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