(Fatherland) - When eating cade sticky rice, we will feel the fragrant sticky rice grains, combined with the sweet cade layer, creating a combination that stimulates the taste buds.
"Cadé" is a transliteration of "kaya", which is the name of a sauce in the local Malay language. "Kaya" was later transliterated into "kā yē", which in Cantonese means sauce with added coconut. In Vietnam, we are used to reading it as "cadé".
In the Chinese Cho Lon area of Saigon, it is not difficult to find dishes related to cade, such as cade dumplings, cade bread, cade coconut cake... and even cade sticky rice. Besides familiar savory sticky rice dishes, sweet sticky rice such as cade sticky rice is also a favorite dish of many people.
Cadé sticky rice restaurant located in Cho Lon area is over 50 years old.
A sticky rice shop over 50 years old in Cho Lon area, has been selling for many generations, famous for its cadé sticky rice.
When mentioning sticky rice with Cadé, many people in Saigon will immediately think of the sticky rice shop located at the corner of Nguyen Tri Phuong and Tran Phu streets, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City. Around 6-7 pm, the small sticky rice cart starts to light up.
The most prominent and popular dish here is cade sticky rice. In the glass cabinet, the cade pieces are steamed on a large tray and pre-cut into small pieces. The seller will put the sticky rice in a layer of cleaned banana leaves, spread a layer of cade on top of the sticky rice and then wrap it with toothpicks into beautiful triangular packages. Wrapping the sticky rice in banana leaves is not only beautiful but also helps to preserve the delicious flavor of this dish.
The dish consists of sticky rice and a layer of cade spread directly on top.
Sticky rice is wrapped in banana leaves to preserve its delicious flavor.
Talking about this special sticky rice dish, the restaurant said that the sticky rice must be of good quality, and when cooking the sticky rice, it must be cooked so that the finished product is just right, not too mushy. The steamed sticky rice will be mixed with homemade coconut milk to create a rich, fragrant flavor. The cade is made from eggs, sugar, coconut milk... according to a special recipe, skillfully made so that the eggs do not smell. The finished product is cade with a beautiful golden color and a sweet, fatty, and soft flavor.
When you eat it, you will feel the fragrant sticky rice, the fatty cade and not too sweet. The sticky rice and cade blend together to create a delicious whole, eating one piece makes you want to eat another.
When eating cade sticky rice, we will feel the fragrant sticky rice grains, combined with the sweet cade sauce, creating a combination that stimulates the taste buds. A portion of cade sticky rice here costs 20,000 VND. This price can be said to be neither expensive nor cheap.
Cadé is steamed and available in squares. Customers can also buy the cade separately.
Inside the glass cabinet, in addition to the cadé sticky rice, there are many other delicious cakes and eye-catching jellies. There are pig skin cakes, cassava cakes, coconut jelly, longan jelly, chocolate jelly, and egg jelly. Among the jelly types, egg jelly is probably the most unique because of its beautiful appearance and strange taste. In addition, longan jelly with delicious longan pieces inside is also chosen by many people. The price for cakes and jellies here is 6,000 VND / piece.
Strange egg jelly and crunchy water chestnut jelly.
The green bean cakes and pork skin cakes here are also delicious.
No sign, no tables or chairs, and only open late at night, but the shop is always crowded with people.
This cart selling cade sticky rice belongs to Mr. Du Hue Trung. It is known that since he was 10 years old, Mr. Trung followed his uncle's profession of cooking cade sticky rice and then Mr. Trung has been doing this business until now. Until now, the sticky rice cart has been continued by his son, Mr. Du Chan Phong. Like his father, Mr. Phong has helped his father since he was young and has been attached to this family business. Mr. Phong said that this cade sticky rice dish actually originated from Thailand.
The time-worn sales cart.
It is just a small sticky rice cart without a sign, but because of its delicious taste, it is always crowded with customers. That is why the corner of Nguyen Tri Phuong and Tran Phu streets becomes even more bustling. The shop has no tables or chairs for customers to sit down, so customers just stop by to buy and then quickly leave so they can enjoy the delicious Cadé sticky rice packages or delicious jelly.
Golden cadé pieces are a childhood dish for many people.
It was thought to be an afternoon snack, but the shop only sells it from evening onwards, from around 6-7pm until 11pm. Every day, everyone at the shop will prepare the ingredients from 9am, then start making sticky rice, cakes and jelly to sell in the evening.
If you eat a lot of sticky rice with Cadé, then change it up with Banh Da Lon every now and then...
... or with fun jelly.
The opening hours may seem strange, but customers seem to have gotten used to it. Sticky rice or jelly become desserts after dinner. Customers who come here always buy several types to enjoy many different flavors.
"When I was a kid, my parents often took me here to buy sticky rice, pork skin cakes, and jelly. I really liked looking at the cabinet with all the different dishes. Now that I'm grown up, I still come here sometimes to buy some of them to eat. It's like a childhood dish, if I don't eat it for a while, I crave it again" - Ms. Hoai Thu, 25 years old, confided.
Ms. Ngoc Anh, 40 years old, said: "I often buy these for my kids at home, they love them, every week they ask me to buy them. I like to eat sticky rice with cade, but my kids love those colorful jelly. I've been eating here for about twenty years."
After dinner, having a little sticky rice or jelly for dessert is also fun.
Until now, after more than 50 years, the sticky rice cart seems to have been stained by time, but the taste of the dishes remains unchanged. For many Saigonese, this is a familiar stop for days when they crave something sweet, to enjoy with relatives and friends on a cool evening.
Source: https://toquoc.vn/xe-xoi-cade-tuoi-doi-nua-the-ky-o-khu-cho-lon-chi-ban-buoi-toi-khong-bien-hieu-cung-chang-co-cho-ngoi-nhung-chua-bao-gio-vang-khach-20250206151725867.htm
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