Sui Din, the sweetness of winter

Walking along the streets of Thuy Nguyen District, everywhere they sell Sui Din. A Hai Phong native walking next to me softly said: "If you haven't eaten Sui Din, you haven't been to Thuy Nguyen, you haven't known Hai Phong."

A bowl of hot Sui Din sweet soup with a mild ginger aroma was placed in front of me. At first glance, Sui Din looks like the Southern sweet soup, but when you slowly enjoy it, you will definitely feel something different and this is not a "new name" for sweet soup.

The Sui Din sweet soup balls are small, made from glutinous rice flour mixed with rice. The filling of the Sui Din sweet soup balls is the secret that makes the difference between the shops. Some shops make Sui Din sweet soup balls with green beans, lotus seeds, mango, jam, strawberries... The tea is made from molasses cooked with crushed ginger and cinnamon, so Sui Din sweet soup is not only a delicious dish but also cool and nutritious.

The finished Sui Din dessert is accented with black sesame, shredded coconut, and roasted peanuts. According to the shop owner, the name Sui Din originated from ancient history when Vietnamese people traded with people from the North, they brought with them Sui Din. Sui means water, Din means balls. As time passed, Vietnamese people transformed Sui Din dessert according to their own recipe, only the name "Sui Din" was kept.

In the cold weather of early winter days in Thuy Nguyen, slowly enjoying each spoonful of Sui Din sweet soup with excitement and strangeness, the sweetness of molasses, the spicy taste of ginger, the gentle aroma of cinnamon and the sticky feeling of sticky rice balls, truly makes a faraway tourist like me feel sweet and warm.

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