Not everyone knows about the meat, but grilled geese is a delicious specialty of Hanoians

Hanoi is famous for vermicelli with bamboo shoots, some restaurants are also famous for this dish. In particular, the grilled vermicelli dish made by Hanoi people is very skillful, becoming a specialty and only swan meat can make this dish.

After the harvest, the suburbs of Hanoi have flocks of swans and ducks that are grazed in large numbers on rice fields that still have stubble. The flock of geese and ducks are fattened from the rice scattered in the field… soon they become fat, signaling the season to enjoy the best geese and duck dishes of the year – especially grilled swan patties.

A unique grilled geese dish of Hanoi people. Illustration.

Goose meat is almost the same as duck meat, but geese are usually bigger and more meaty, leaner, richer and more fragrant than duck meat, so Hanoians are creative to grill…

Grilled geese meat is filtered out, mainly from the breast and thighs, and then cut into bite-sized pieces. Then marinated with spices (such as chili, pepper, galangal, lemongrass, garlic and chopped dried onions, with a little shrimp paste and sour batch).

After marinating the swan meat for about 1-2 hours to infuse, skewer the swan meat into skewers and grill over charcoal (like bun cha). Grilled swan meat with shrimp paste, sour batch will be very soft and fragrant, rich in flavor and fragrant with very specific galangal and lemongrass scent.

Hanoians often eat grilled swan meat with a dipping sauce that is carefully mixed and skillfully made from delicious fish sauce with lemon, sugar, chili, and garlic – into a sauce that has a moderate taste, not salty and harsh. like any other sauce.

The hot grilled swan meat is served with vermicelli and spices such as fragrant, fragrant Chinese and basil… Pick up a piece of freshly grilled swan meat with the aroma of spices and dip it into a bowl of delicious dipping sauce with the scent of fresh lemon. and garlic, served with a few strands of white vermicelli, a few stalks of Chinese coriander, herbs and basil and a slice of spicy chili on the tip of the tongue… – an indescribable feeling that makes no one want to stop, but just I want to continue eating with a craving like I have just discovered something new in the dish.

Grilled vermicelli – a delicious, strange and familiar dish of Hanoians that is loved by many people – especially on hot and hot summer days… Grilled vermicelli has a simple and unfussy recipe, but it’s delicious. with bold countryside, dear folk, anyone who has tasted it once can hardly forget its taste.

Besides, Hanoi people have other ways to cook swan meat that is very delicious, becoming a special Hanoi flavor for people to enjoy. There are famous streets for vermicelli cooked with bamboo shoots, or boiled swan meat with vermicelli dipped in garlic fish sauce. Or the dish of boiled swan meat on a tight plate, dipped with fish sauce mixed with lemon, garlic, pepper and chili… is also very delicious.

Noodles with duck meat cooked with bamboo shoots of Hanoians. Illustration.

Boiled geese is a favorite dish of many people because it is very cool and suitable for summer. After the geese is boiled, it will be cut into thin and long pieces and placed on a plate.

When eating, the swan meat is blanched in hot broth, picked up and dipped with garlic fish sauce, chili served with vermicelli and spices such as basil, Chinese coriander and herbs.

This dish is very simple, easy to cook but delicious, cool, bar and easy to eat, suitable for summer days.

Accompanied by grilled vermicelli, or boiled swan at the end of the meal, it is usually vermicelli with bamboo shoots – it is a soup with vermicelli that creates a feeling of coolness and lightness, less eager after eating grilled and boiled swans.

Mixed bamboo shoots soup is usually cooked with fresh bamboo shoots with the remaining leftovers when removed to bake the pork rolls and swan broth.

This common noodle dish, Hanoians also have two ways to eat it:

– One is to pour the broth straight into the bowl of vermicelli;

– The second is that the vermicelli is kept separately and where you can eat it, you can take it there…

Noodle dishes with swan meat of Hanoi people are processed very simply, in accordance with the agricultural wet rice culture of the Vietnamese people.

These dishes are not only delicious, but also have a strong country flavor, giving people a feeling of refreshment, comfort and closeness to nature and the country of Vietnam.