What is special about the delicious Quang Ninh specialty dish that Son Tung M-TP loves so much?

What's special about the nodding cake that Son Tung M-TP loves?

Recently, male singer Son Tung M-TP aroused curiosity when introducing a specialty dish in Quang Ninh. The male singer even humorously said that he had a dream and ate 6 cakes. The dish mentioned by Son Tung M-TP has a strange sounding name: ' nodding cake '.

Son Tung M-TP happily shares about the nodding cake in Quang Ninh. Photo TL

Not only special in its name, the nodding cake is also famous for its quality and the dipping sauce that comes with it. The famous Quang Ninh land with nodding cake is in Tien Yen district.

According to the locals, the name of the nodding cake comes from the way of eating this type of cake. When eating the cake, diners hold it in their hands and the cake keeps shaking in many directions, nodding up and down like nodding their heads, so it is called nodding. The ingredients to make this type of cake are very simple, including rice flour. A delicious cake uses regular rice and must be the precious rice variety from Hai Duong and Bao Thai rice from Tien Yen.

At first glance, the Nodding Cake looks like a rice roll or a pho cake, handmade from rice flour, pure white in color, but the special thing is that it has no filling. The preparation of Nodding Cake is similar to regular pho cakes, when eaten, the cake must be crispy to meet the requirements. If the cake melts in your mouth, it is considered spoiled.

Nodding cake is a famous specialty of Tien Yen region, Quang Ninh province.

Each cake will be rolled into a long, tight roll but still retains its softness and delicious flavor when dipped in a special fish sauce from Quang Ninh.

The dipping sauce for the nodding cake is made according to a special recipe with fried shallots and chicken fat. Next, add minced meat, a little fish sauce, and pepper, stir until the mixture boils slightly, then turn off the heat and finally sprinkle in some sliced ​​chili. The dipping sauce is fragrant and rich.

Nodding cake is not only delicious but also special in the dipping sauce.

Previously, the nodding cake was only known to the local community, but with the development of Quang Ninh tourism, the nodding cake has become more widely known. On social networking sites in Hanoi, there are many shops specializing in selling nodding cakes, priced according to weight at about 70,000 VND/kg.

Some places to enjoy nodding cake when coming to Quang Ninh:

+ Ha Long night market on Hoang Quoc Viet street, Hung Thang ward

+ Ha Long 1 Market on Van Xuan Street, Bach Dang Ward

+ Ha Long 2 Market on Le Loi Street, Tran Hung Dao Ward

+ Mrs. Tuyet's Nodding Cake at 32 Hoa Binh Street, Tien Yen Town

+ Cuong Thia restaurant at 30A Hoa Binh street, Tien Yen town…

Try making nodding cake at home

Ingredients for making nodding cake:

Rice, cold rice, fish sauce, minced meat, chicken fat, dried onion, chili.

How to make nodding cake:

+ First, soak the rice overnight, wash it in the morning, wait for it to drain, and grind it into flour. When grinding, remember to add cold rice, grind until it becomes thick.

+ Pour the mixture of ground rice and cold rice into the mold, close the lid and wait for the cake to cook. The way to pour the nodding cake into the mold is similar to the way to pour the rolled cake, but you need to pour it thicker, then use a bamboo stick to take the cake out of the mold after it cooks.

Finally, place the cake on a tray, roll it up, cut it into 15-20cm long pieces and you have completed this delicious dish.

When eating, you dip it with the dipping sauce as mixed above to increase the attractiveness of the cake.