Ly Quoc Su pillow cake

52 Lý Quốc Sư, Hàng Trống, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội, Vietnam

Speaking of Ly Quoc Su street, people immediately think of Pho, but there is an equally famous snack, even considered by many to be in the top of Hanoi's best, which is pillow cake.

Pillow cake has long become a familiar snack of Ha Thanh youth when Hanoi is in winter. This snack has become one of the features of the rich and diverse cuisine in the land of thousands of years of civilization.

And it would be remiss if you stay in Hanoi or come to Hanoi in winter and miss Ly Quoc Su pillow cake, one of the oldest pillow cake shops in Hanoi, ignoring the warm, greasy aftertaste, Crispy and smoke rising when enjoying this delicious dish.

Ly Quoc Su pillow cake shop is located near Hanoi Cathedral, so it is not difficult to find. The distinguishing feature of this famous pillow cake shop is the ancient banyan tree that covers the whole space and a stall in front with all kinds of fried cakes: salty donuts, shrimp cakes, pillow cakes, spring rolls. fried, etc., but everything is hot and fragrant.

Although the restaurant is quite small and simple, with only a few double tables like other popular restaurants, the plus point is that it is quite clean. Everyone can observe the process of making and baking cakes. The food here is as good as the "good news from far away" and the long-standing experience of more than 30 years of existence of the restaurant.

Not only that, the waiters here are all middle-aged but very agile and open. Just 2 minutes after ordering, the plate of pillow cake with hot steam flew up, the pieces of cake were cut just right to reveal the delicious meat inside that was displayed on the table.

The pillow cake here is fried to a bright yellow color that looks very nice and clean. Each cake is skillfully molded. The crust is fried thinly but still retains its crispiness.

In particular, the inside is minced meat mixed with wood ear, shiitake mushrooms, vermicelli, a little pepper and a little sausage marinated to fit. The vermicelli in the filling is ripe, not too crushed and retains the flavor of shiitake and wood ear mushrooms.

According to the owner here, the restaurant has been open for more than 30 years, since 1983. To build and bring to diners the most delicious dishes, every process is done perfectly with know-how. own family heirloom for decades.

A special feature of Ly Quoc Su pillow cake shop is that the dipping sauce, the quintessence of the dish, does not use fish sauce. According to the owner, the dipping sauce here is simply made from cooled boiled water, sugar, salt and vinegar according to the family's own secret, so it has a moderate sweet and spicy taste. In particular, every stage of baking is calculated according to a certain ratio as well as using machines to make even and delicious cakes.

Opening hours: The shop is open every day of the week from 09:00 to 16:00

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