Hanoi fried rice worm is a famous specialty in Hanoi. This dish has been known for a long time because it appeared in Hanoi decades ago. To eat the best worm patties, people will process worms during the two main worm seasons, which are from March to June of the lunar calendar and August to December of the lunar calendar.

Sea worms are strange sea insects that only live in some areas adjacent to brackish water and fresh water near the sea. The unique flavor, diversity of nutritional ingredients and scarcity in quantity have turned worms into a specialty that everyone wants to enjoy. Hanoi does not have worms, but the delicious worm dishes in Hanoi are famous throughout the country.

This dish is a combination of regional specialties and traditional cuisine that creates the charm of this land. The rich, sweet taste of sandworm meat, mixed with chicken eggs, tangerine peel, and fragrant basil stalks is so attractive that once you eat it, you will remember it forever.

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Hanoi’s fried rice worm is a famous specialty that has appeared for a long time in Hanoi. Photo: Ha Hien

People who are not used to seeing it will feel scared because the worm is pink, red, green, slimy and covered in mud. But it is the worms that look green that are fresh worms. When the worm season comes, every market stall sells worms. From the coastal areas of Hai Phong, Nam Dinh, Thai Binh… all the way to the capital to enjoy the delicious food of Hanoi people.

In the memories of many people in Hanoi, fried worm patties are one of the most delicious dishes. Meat, fish or gifts from the market cannot compare to a piece of worm patty with hot oil beads still left on the patty. Extremely fragrant, a special, unmistakable scent. Cha Ruoi is often eaten hot with sweet and sour dipping sauce, herbs and vermicelli.

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Cha Ruoi in the memories of many Hanoi people is a delicacy of the highest order that nothing can compare to. Photo: Ha Hien

Around September and October every year, people in the northern coastal area of ​​Vietnam gather together to harvest seaworms to process them into delicious and unique dishes. On the outside, worms look like worms, but they have more silk and legs, so they look quite scary. That’s why worms are a dish that many people can only eat but cannot prepare themselves.

Over the years, Hanoi people are still attached to the worm. It is not simply a job to make a living, but also a way for them to retain the traditions of old Hanoi. From worms, people can prepare many dishes such as worm patties, worm sauce, braised, steamed, stir-fried with worms… However, the most popular dish of the people here is still Hanoi worm worms.

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Hanoi wormwood sausage is a dish that can only be enjoyed, not everyone can prepare it. Photo: Ha Hien

Hanoi’s wormwood rolls have a greasy taste and are meticulously prepared according to the culinary tastes of the ancients. A delicious worm patty is one that is evenly hot, crispy, and golden on the outside, but the meat inside is still soft and fatty, not dry.

The most famous fried rice shops here include stores on Lo Duc, Cau Giay, Hang Chieu, and Gia Ngu streets. Passed down from father to son, generation after generation, Hanoi’s fried rice shops with their own secrets have devoted themselves to preserving the fried rice worm dish that has captivated the hearts of many generations.

Along with enriching Vietnamese cuisine, Hanoi’s wormwood rolls also contribute to cultural diversity. Cha Ruoi enters poetry and literature naturally and simply. Poet Vu Bang once wrote about worms in his work Hanoi Delicacies that “When the season comes, if you don’t get to eat worms, it’s like a beautiful woman has wasted her flowering years, and later on she will be filled with regret.”

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Hanoi’s wormwood rolls have a greasy taste and are meticulously prepared according to the culinary tastes of the ancients. Photo: Ha Hien

If you want to have delicious fried worms, you must choose fresh ones. Choose the ones that swim above the light blue color. Those that turn black or red are spoiled and not as good to eat. Clean the feathers of the earthworms and put them in a bowl using chopsticks. When the meat is pureed, beat the egg and add the ground pork and mix well.

Grilled rice worms cannot lack tangerine peel. I don’t know when mothers and grandmothers will find a way to “match” tangerine peels with sandworm meat. Just know that the delicate, bitter taste of the tangerine peel enhances the flavor of the dish, reducing the indigestible protein of the worms. This special harmony has created a delicious dish that cannot be compared anywhere else.

Adjust the flavor with tangerine peel depending on the taste of the person eating, do it carefully because if it is too much, the dish will immediately lose its taste. This is called the sophistication in preparing this delicious dish. The spring rolls dipping sauce is still the quintessence that enhances the deliciousness of a dish ten thousand times over.

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Cha Ruoi Hanoi is a rustic riverside dish but is prepared extremely elaborately. Photo: Ha Hien

To enjoy delicious and delicious worm patties, the cook must be meticulous from choosing the ingredients to presenting them on the plate. The worm must be a Tu Ky – Hai Duong worm to be big enough, fat enough, greasy enough, and rich enough. Then you have to prepare it to make it clean and safe, combine ingredients and spices to highlight the flavor of the worms, how thick and thin the worms are, how low the frying fire is…

That said, eating sandworm patties is not difficult, but few people can fully appreciate the best way to eat sandworm patties. That’s why even though there are groundworms, people still like to go to traditional sandworm restaurants to enjoy them. more knowledgeable than trying to prepare it yourself. Partly because of fear, partly because of not being able to prepare delicious, standard Hanoi wormwood rolls.

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To properly enjoy the delicious and delicious grilled worm patties, you must be meticulous from choosing the ingredients to presenting them on the plate. Photo: Collected

Once you have delicious worm patties on hand, the way to eat worm patties is quite simple. Cha Ruoi is best when it’s still hot, served with hot rice or vermicelli. The accompanying dipping sauce is delicious fish sauce mixed with kumquats, garlic, chili and a little coriander, herbs… If eaten with vermicelli, it can be flexibly turned into a sweet and sour dipping sauce, which will be more delicious.

Cha Ruoi dipping sauce is a carefully selected, delicious pure fish sauce soaked with purple onions. When enjoying, there will be the pungent aroma of onions, the salty, delicate taste of fish sauce. Fragrant and fragrant spring rolls, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside are the quintessence of Hanoi cuisine. During the worm season, enjoying this specialty will help you fully feel the beauty of Hanoi’s traditional culinary culture.

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Hanoi wormwood rolls are fragrant, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, the quintessence of Hanoi cuisine. Photo: Collected

When talking about Hanoi’s famous cuisine, it’s impossible not to mention Hanoi’s wormwood rolls. This rustic delicacy but containing so much culinary quintessence is a specialty you cannot miss when coming here. In this land there are still many delicious dishes waiting for you to discover. Enjoy Hanoi rice cake, West Lake shrimp cake, La Vong fish cake… to fully explore the unique cuisine of Hanoi!