Famous sweet soup shop in Hanoi has a bumper crop thanks to 'red bean dish that gets rid of unsaleable items' on Qixi Festival

Early in the morning of August 22 (7/7 lunar calendar), Lai Thu Hien (Thanh Xuan, Hanoi) woke up earlier than usual. The 24-year-old girl took the opportunity to stop by the market near her house to buy a cup of red bean sweet soup to take to work, with the hope of "quitting being single soon".

Hien said that a few days ago, she and her colleagues made a date to eat red bean dessert. These young people believe that "eating red beans on the Qixi Festival day will bring good luck in love."

"From morning until now, on social networks, many of my friends have shared pictures of ordering or lining up to buy red bean sweet soup, red bean sticky rice, and red bean yogurt. This morning, the box of sweet soup I bought was not very good. At noon, a few colleagues and I continued to order through the app to buy sweet soup from a famous shop in the old quarter," Hien said. "The delivery guy said there were a lot of customers so we had to wait in line. I waited nearly an hour to receive the sweet soup," she added.

The Qixi Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month is associated with the story of the tragic love story of the Cowherd and the youngest daughter of the Jade Emperor, named Chuc Nu. In recent years, young people often tell each other to enjoy red bean dessert on Qixi Festival with the hope of "getting rid of being single": If single people eat red beans on Qixi Festival, they will quickly find their soulmate; meanwhile, if those who are in a relationship eat red beans on this day, their love will be strong and they will be together for life.

Grasping the trend of Qixi Festival, sweet soup, tofu pudding, milk tea shops... all increase red bean dishes and launch many attractive discount programs.

During the early morning, noon and rush hour of August 22, famous sweet soup shops in the Old Quarter were packed with customers and delivery people. The most popular products were dishes with red beans as ingredients.

The famous "4 Seasons" sweet soup shop on Hang Can Street (Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi) quickly "caught the trend" of young people, opening a "7/7 special menu" with two dishes: red bean sweet soup and red bean yogurt. The shop owner said that today, the shop can sell thousands of cups of sweet soup, the staff is tired of serving. The prices of the sweet soups range from 25,000 - 50,000 VND/cup.

This dessert shop has the characteristic of "each season has its own dishes". In the summer, the shop usually sells dishes such as black bean dessert, mixed dessert, lotus seed dessert, white jelly dessert, jackfruit yogurt, purple sticky rice yogurt... In the winter, there will be more hot desserts such as hot banh troi, hot cassava dessert, luc tau xa, chi ma phu... On the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, the most popular dishes are red bean dessert and red bean yogurt.

Phan Cuong, a motorbike taxi driver, said that in 4 hours in the morning, he received 7 orders to deliver red bean sweet soup around Hoan Kiem and Ba Dinh districts. "Famous shops will be very crowded, we have to wait in line. Luckily, this sweet soup is usually pre-packaged so it doesn't take too much time. There were orders for more than 20 cups of sweet soup and red bean yogurt," said Cuong. This driver was quite happy to have a good day's income.

Mrs. Thin's sweet soup shop on Bat Dan street is also crowded with customers. Many people order dozens of cups of red bean sweet soup from this famous shop.

As of 12 noon on August 22, the famous Chinese dessert shop Ha Ky - located on Chau Van Liem Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, had sold more than 300 cups of red bean dessert after about 2 hours of opening. In front of the dessert shop, delivery people and customers were standing at the entrance. The owner of this dessert shop is Ms. Ha Tieu Doan, who is following in her mother's footsteps to continue the family's dessert-making tradition. Up to now, the dessert shop that Ms. Doan inherited has been in business for 38 years.

The shop has nearly 40 different types of sweet soup, including hot and cold sweet soup. Every year, Ms. Doan creates a new sweet soup to please customers. The shop's sweet soup prices range from 25,000 to 45,000 VND.

Today, the shop serves 3 types of red bean sweet soup, including red bean sweet soup, coconut red bean sweet soup and lotus seed red bean sweet soup. The coconut red bean sweet soup is the most popular because of its fragrant, fatty coconut flavor, moderate sweetness, and served with crushed ice, not causing a greasy feeling.

Quang Minh - Nhu Khanh

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