For nearly a month now, the bowls of pho that Mr. Le Tuan Vu in Dong Da (Hanoi) serves to customers are no longer filled with green onions and coriander like before. Instead, these spices are only "flickering" along with a request for customers' understanding, the bowl of pho "reduces the green onions and coriander".
Mr. Vu said that his pho restaurant uses up a lot of green onions and coriander every day. However, after storm No. 3, these vegetables are scarce and their prices have skyrocketed, becoming more expensive than pork at the market.
“Green onions are 80,000 VND/kg, and coriander is up to 120,000 VND/kg. There are days when I don’t buy enough herbs for the restaurant,” he said. To balance revenue and expenses, the restaurant has had to reduce the amount of green onions and coriander in each bowl of pho for customers.
Ms. Ngo Thi Minh in Thanh Tri (Hanoi) shared that her family makes rice paper rolls with pork, the cost of pork is only 70,000 VND, and the cost of raw vegetables to eat with it is about 130,000 VND.
“A half-ounce of coriander, which is a few stalks, costs up to 7,000 VND, equivalent to 140,000 VND/kg; Vietnamese coriander costs 12,000 VND/ounce... All herbs are expensive. If I asked to buy 5,000 VND of green onions, the shop owner would give me 3 stalks,” said Ms. Minh.
According to vegetable traders at the market, the recent storm and flood have severely damaged many vegetable areas, including spices. Therefore, these items are not only scarce but also expensive.
“At this time last year, green onions were only around 30,000 VND/kg, now they are 80,000 VND/kg and there are still no products to sell,” said Ms. Nga, a vegetable vendor at Dai Tu market (Hoang Mai, Hanoi). As for Vietnamese coriander, before the storm the price was only 40,000-50,000 VND/kg, now it has jumped to 120,000 VND/kg.
“A pound of coriander is only a few stalks, and every customer who asks to buy it complains that it is expensive. Today I went to the wholesale market and only got onions, no coriander,” she said.
Mr. Nguyen Van Minh - Director of Van Duc Agricultural Production, Business and Service Cooperative (Gia Lam, Hanoi), admitted that the supply of leafy green vegetables was severely affected after storm No. 3.
Mr. Minh said that before the storm, the cooperative harvested and sold about 60-70 tons of vegetables and fruits to the market every day. However, these days, the amount of vegetables harvested for sale is only 5-10 tons.
“After the storm, leafy vegetables were replanted immediately. Some varieties have been harvested now,” he said. Thanks to that, the prices of most leafy green vegetables have returned to normal.
But herbs such as green onions, Vietnamese coriander, Vietnamese dill, dill... take longer to grow and harvest. For example, green onions take 90 days from planting to harvest; coriander takes about 75-80 days.
In Hanoi, it is not yet the main season for producing coriander, dill, etc. In addition, due to the impact of the storm, vegetables are scarce, so prices have increased sharply. According to Mr. Minh, the supply of spices for Hanoi at this time is mainly from Da Lat, Sa Pa and Moc Chau.
TH (according to Vietnamnet)Source: https://baohaiduong.vn/gia-cao-chot-vot-chu-hang-pho-phai-xin-khach-bot-hanh-rau-mui-395836.html
Comment (0)