HUONG VI BANH MIEN TAY

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SOUTHERN CAKES are composed by writers, poets and journalists, namely Huynh Bien, Nguyen Dinh Bon, Tran Huu Dung, Tran Tien Dung, Tran Huu Hiep, Trinh Buu Hoai, Hoang Lan, Phu Sa Loc, Vu Thong Nhat, Ngo Khac Tai, Nguyen Ngoc Tuyet, Kien Tri, and Yen. Seniors like Ho Bieu Chanh, Doan Gom, Tung Long, Duong Nghiem Mau, Son Nam, Vuong Hong Son … who still carry in their hearts unaccomplished work now can be satisfied when a young generation has carried it on following their footsteps.

SOUTHERN CAKES only writes about Western cakes but there are thousands of them to be found on the list. Every Southerner knows how to make cakes and this tradition has been passed down from generation to generation. Southerners like to share their recipes with others. And the latters start to adapt them into their tastes and found ingredients, which results in similar yet distinguished cakes of no clear origins. food home passed down to the bride and groom swept across the continent. Tanh Westerners are not dangerous, anyone asked just too. Members of the Mekong Delta Travel Association therefore have collected recipes and sayings of more than one hundred popular cakes for readers’ interest.

Some people in Central Vietnam argued that glutinous rice cakes were brought into the South by their acestors who were from Binh Dinh province and later followed the Tay Son troops to the South. In turn, a Bac Ha officer once wrote that it was only a version of banh chung from the North since Southerners are descendants of people from the North and Central regions who first set foot on the land. Mekong River flows through several countries and generates cultural intergation as a result bringing along with it various delicious recipes from the Vietnamese, Chinese, Vietnamese Khmer, Vietnamese roots of Champa, Vietnamese origin. Indo-Vietnamese… It is not an overstatement to say that these cakes represent international intergration. And the argument over their originin can go on forever. For instance, a traveller to Siem Reap eats pancakes and argues with local sellers that it must be from Can Tho!

SOUTHERN CAKES is a present from Southern writers and a group of Saigoners who traveled through thirteen provinces of the Mekon delta in December 2015. The book came out during the hustle of a long journey to write about Southern Vietnamese cuisine. We hope that Vietnamese food will be treasured and renowned in the world.