I love rummaging the supermarts for local produce and Hanoi is no exception. The thing about Hanoi is, they still operate on a Mom and Pop shop style i.e. provision shops, hence the lack of variety and definitely the monopoly of prices.
The hotel folks pointed us to Intimex near Hoan Kiem for the nearest supermart.
Along a modern street of upmarket fashion...spotted charles and keith there!
I have lost track of which Asian country did peanut
candy originate from – seems that every other place seems to be laying
claim on it from China to Taiwan to Vietnam even. These peanut candy
rocks are sold at different prices across the
country. Slightly dusty at the tourist trap saw it going at 30,000 VND
but the very same packet was going for half price in what I call a Mom
and Pop shop. What started out as usual peanut candy did get addictive
towards the end but I still cannot quite tell
the major difference of peanut candy all over. Perhaps a difference of
handmade versus machine made then!
Vietnam's version of Lay's. Both flavours were barely any different. I suppose chips are chips, and I wonder why they even bother with flavours.
The equivalent of pringles, only more powdery.
Fruit chips in a bag!
Fruit chips fried so crisp, risking a bad throat is well worth it. These taste so much like the real thing, right down to the starchy after taste.
Rice crackers to rival Want-want, these are dryer than the ones we have here. Liked the grainy finish though! A cheapo alternative but not too bad replica!
Another peanut candy that would need some jaw exercise but moderately sweet!
A healthy mildly sweet dessert drink with chunks of
white fungus. This had a home brewed taste and would pass off as one
quite well!
Caprisonne Grape Drink
I just could not resist this childhood fruit drink!
Beef Jerky
Smelt like potpurri and tasted odd. It could be the spices used that made it really queer.
For a weather with temperatures soaring to 37 degrees, icecream of any sort and form is always welcome.
Soggy cone meets vanilla chocolate icecream, nothing to yell about but it quelled the heat momentarily.
My favourite Vietnamese brand of icecream in my favourite flavour too!
Green rice icecream, I missed you so! Right down to the coconut flakes, this asian dessert was nailed so right. Says who treats like these have to come expensive?
Coconut milk flavoured icecream too!
Double happiness. Milky and very refreshing
The hotel folks pointed us to Intimex near Hoan Kiem for the nearest supermart.
Along a modern street of upmarket fashion...spotted charles and keith there!
Peanut candy
Vietnam's version of Lay's. Both flavours were barely any different. I suppose chips are chips, and I wonder why they even bother with flavours.
The equivalent of pringles, only more powdery.
Fruit chips in a bag!
Fruit chips fried so crisp, risking a bad throat is well worth it. These taste so much like the real thing, right down to the starchy after taste.
Rice crackers to rival Want-want, these are dryer than the ones we have here. Liked the grainy finish though! A cheapo alternative but not too bad replica!
Another peanut candy that would need some jaw exercise but moderately sweet!
Coconut Milk
Too sweet and milky for what I thought was coconut juice.
Birds Nest “White Fungus” Drink
Caprisonne Grape Drink
I just could not resist this childhood fruit drink!
Beef Jerky
Smelt like potpurri and tasted odd. It could be the spices used that made it really queer.
For a weather with temperatures soaring to 37 degrees, icecream of any sort and form is always welcome.
Soggy cone meets vanilla chocolate icecream, nothing to yell about but it quelled the heat momentarily.
My favourite Vietnamese brand of icecream in my favourite flavour too!
Green rice icecream, I missed you so! Right down to the coconut flakes, this asian dessert was nailed so right. Says who treats like these have to come expensive?
Coconut milk flavoured icecream too!
Double happiness. Milky and very refreshing
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