Grean Bean cake is special cake in haduong

Well-known nationwide for the charming nature with many beautiful landscapes and great sites such as Stork Island, Con Son – Kiep Bac relic, etc, Hai Duong is one among interesting tourist destinations in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam. And what else does the name of Hai Duong remind you of? That must be Green Been Cake – a very famous local specialty that no one can forget to bring back home as passing by this land.

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Green bean cake of Hai Duong province or Banh Dau Xanh Hai Duong (in Vietnamese) was first made in the early 20th century to dedicate to Bao Dai Emperor as he visited this land. Since then, it has become a trademarked specialty of Hai Duong Province that’s now widely consumed in Vietnam as well as some foreign markets around the world.

Visually, it is a small rectangular cake having a deep yellow color of green been that looks so attractive. Characterized by pretty sweet flavor and fresh smell of the natural ingredients, including ground green bean, grapefruit oil, crystallize sugar, and fat, Hai Duong’s green bean cake brings out such a simple, but pleasant and unique taste of Vietnamese countryside. In 2013, together with 7 other Vietnamese specialties of Tra Bong cinnamon, Thai Nguyen tea, Buon Me Thuot coffee, Phoi Suong rice paper, Phu Quoc pepper, and Ngoc Linh ginseng, green bean cake of Hai Duong province was recognized as Asian specialty gifts by the Asia Book of Records. This event was definitely a great mark, identifying and bringing the unique flavor of this food into the world.

Vietnamese people often enjoy the cake together with a warm cup of tea, especially during the cold days of winter. Not just helping reduce the cake’s sweetness, but the bitter flavor of this beverage also makes the treat much more impressive as the strong smell of tea is very well blended into great scent and taste of green been. So, if someday you go to Vietnam and stop by the homeland of green been cake, don’t miss the chance to try this very famous specialty.