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In any corner or alley in the capital, just hearing the familiar call of banh khuc vendor sellers makes any Hanoian feel like a nostalgic childhood gradually appears in their memory. The hot banh khuc, wrapped in a layer of fragrant sticky rice, inside blends with the aroma of pork, green beans, pepper and special spices.

The main ingredient that makes this special cake unique is cudweed– a type of veggie that grow on dikes and rice fields. To make delicious batches of banh khuc, the baker must choose fresh, young, fragrant rau khuc, picked early in the morning.

Each piece of cake will be wrapped in banana leaves with the fragrant smell of sticky rice. When eating, we can feel the soft sticky rice, the rich aroma of rau khuc mixed with the softness of mung bean filling, the richness of pork and the aroma of onions and pepper.

Banh khuc has become a rustic, familiar dish of many people in Hanoi. Every morning, noon, or evening, banh khuc can be used in the main meal or as a snack in the afternoon or late at night. Banh khuc can be eaten alone, or eaten with pork sausage, all are delicious.

Below are some places that you can find delicious cudweed cake in Hanoi:

1/ Banh khuc Quan

– Address: 35 Cau Go, Hoan Kiem district; 102C6 Luong Dinh Cua, Dong Da district; Alley 46B Pham Ngoc Thach, Dong Da district – –

– Opening hours: 06:00 – 20:30

– Reference price: VND19,000 – VND34,000

2/ Banh khuc Hai Ngan

– Address: 30 Alley 193/22 Bo De, Long Bien district; 28 Thanh Cong, Ba Dinh district; 06 Chua Boc, Trung Liet, Dong Da district

– Opening hours: 05:45 – 02:15

– Price range: VND19,000 – VND46,000

3/ Xoi khuc Co Lan Hanoi

– Address: 69B Nguyen Cong Tru, Hai Ba Trung district; 29 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh district; 20 Le Duan, Dong Da district; 225 Thuy Khue, Tay Ho District

– Opening hours: 06:00 – 21:00

– Price range: VND13,000

4/ Hai Ngan Banh Khuc

– Address: No. 30, Alley 193/22 Bo De, Long Bien, Hanoi;

No. 28 Thanh Cong, Ba Dinh, Hanoi;

No. 06 Chua Boc, Trung Liet, Dong Da, Hanoi

– Opening hours: 05:45–02:15

– Price range: VMD19,000 – VND46,000

5/ Co Mai Banh Khuc

– Address: 42 Hang Bo, Hang Bo, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi

– Opening hours: 06:00 – 09:15 | 18:45 – 22:00

– Price range: VND15,000

6/ Hang Nga Cake

– Address: 2B20 Nghia Tan, Nghia Tan, Cau Giay, Hanoi

– Opening hours: Morning from 6am – afternoon from 3pm

– Price range: VND13,000 – VND15,000