Snacks 'dominated' in the first half of 2017

Rose ice cream, stewed jackfruit seeds or yogurt with pandan jelly are popular snacks, creating culinary trends that attract many gourmets in the first half of this year.

Rose cream

Following the “hot trends” from 2016 such as fish ice cream, self-serve ice cream, long ice cream cone... rose ice cream is also warmly welcomed. Although rose ice cream has just been introduced to Vietnam, it is “making waves” on social networking sites and many curious young people come to enjoy it.

Rose ice cream attracts diners from its shape to its flavor.

Rose ice cream is recognized by customers as a work of art because of its sophistication. To complete an ice cream, each employee takes 3-5 minutes to fill the cone, then meticulously cut each thin slice of ice cream to form the shape of a flower petal. To make the flower beautiful and realistic, the scooper must be extremely skillful and careful, smoothing and bending the petals so that they do not break and arranging them in even, soft layers. Holding such an ice cream in hand, many people would not have the heart to eat it.

With a large amount of ice cream and the need for meticulous shaping, the price of this product is also higher than other types of ice cream, from 40,000 to 50,000 VND per ice cream. On weekends, the consumption of rose ice cream can reach more than 200 ice creams/day.

Pandan jelly yogurt

Pandan jelly yogurt is an “exclusive” dish of a coffee shop located at the corner of Dinh Liet street and Trung Yen alley. A cup of pandan jelly yogurt includes a box of yogurt, then pieces of green jelly, fragrant with pandan leaves, covered with a layer of condensed milk and creamy coconut milk.

Pandan jelly yogurt cup is causing a fever.

Pandan jelly is cut into light green square pieces, just looking at it makes you feel cool. What is special is that the jelly here has a prominent aroma, you can clearly feel the aroma of pandan leaves, not just a faint smell like jelly in other places. The jelly is a bit crunchy, cool, and has a light sweet taste.

On a hot sunny day, there is nothing better than enjoying a cup of this pandan jelly yogurt. The fragrant, cool scent of pandan leaves, the chewy tapioca pearls, the flavors of yogurt, condensed milk and rich coconut milk blend together to create an extremely attractive summer drink.

Croissants with ice cream

Croissants and ice cream are still the usual, if eaten separately there is nothing new, but when combined together they create a surprisingly interesting experience.

Nowadays, croissants have been introduced to many countries, including Vietnam.

Each cake is usually filled with 2 scoops of ice cream. The ice cream flavors are also extremely diverse for everyone to choose from such as vanilla, chocolate, avocado, durian, mint chocolate chip, strawberry, tiramisu... The crust is crispy, fragrant and fatty, eaten with a sweet and cool piece of ice cream, it is truly "heaven" on hot summer days.

If you like, you can request additional toppings sprinkled on top of the cool cream layer. Toppings such as cereal, cookies, colorful rice flakes or chocolate sauce... not only bring a beautiful shape but also add flavor to the cake.

The croissants with ice cream are perfect for those with a sweet tooth. But those who can’t handle a lot of sweets should think twice before trying this dish. The price for one cake is 33,000 VND.

Gold-plated ice cream

In the early days of 2017, "gold-plated ice cream" suddenly became a hot keyword among Saigon's youth. Ice cream covered in 24-karat gold leaf, introduced as originating from France, attracted many curious diners who wanted to try it.

The price of a gold-plated ice cream is 149,000 VND, a bit high compared to the general price level.

There are two types of ice cream for customers to choose from: vanilla ice cream and green tea ice cream. While vanilla ice cream is quite sweet, green tea ice cream is very easy to eat, moderately sweet and cool, not too harsh. After the ice cream is filled on the cone, the sales staff will take a thin piece of 24k gold and gently apply it and shape it so that the gold covers the cool ice cream.

Many diners describe the feeling when touching the gold part with their lips as very strange and indescribable. The gold layer after melting will have a mild salty taste. Then the saltiness of the gold and the sweetness of the cream blend together to create a harmonious whole that makes you want to enjoy it forever.

Palm seeds

Recently, the jackfruit seed – a seed with a rather strange name is causing a stir among netizens in Hanoi. Jackfruit seed (some places call it dat seed) is a seed quite familiar to people in the Central region, especially in Nha Trang. Jackfruit seed is taken from the jackfruit, a fruit similar to a coconut but smaller.

The tray of stewed jackfruit seeds includes raspberry, blueberry, pandan, passion fruit, pineapple and guava flavors.

When eaten, the jackfruit seeds are quite similar to palm sugar, slightly chewy, crunchy and cool... This type of seed can be eaten fresh, but is often used to eat with yogurt, smoothies, fruit tea or to cook other types of tea. Many housewives use jackfruit seeds to simmer with sugar and some types of leaves and fruits such as pandan leaves, passion fruit, pineapple... to create color, flavor and increase the aroma when eaten.

Palm seeds can be eaten with various types of desserts.

According to Dantri