Roasted rice water
Roasted rice water - a rich but not too sweet drink, very suitable for winter days. This drink has been around for a long time, now the shop owners have added toppings such as tapioca pearls, black jelly to refresh the traditional version. The fragrant, hot, rich roasted rice with soft, chewy tapioca pearls, just a small sip is enough to warm your heart.
Roasted rice water is no longer widely sold, but the address 37 Tran Phu - Phung Hung is still remembered the most by young people in Hanoi when they want to enjoy a glass of roasted rice water this season.
Hot corn milk
One of the typical drinks of Hanoi that cannot be missed is hot corn milk. In this cold weather, there is nothing better than enjoying a cup of hot corn milk, fragrant with the flavor of corn and a little sweetness. Hot milk, sweet corn flavor with a little corn flakes spreading throughout the mouth combined with a pate bread, and you have a nutritious and warm breakfast.
Most snack shops or drink shops in Hanoi in winter always sell hot corn milk for 10,000 - 20,000 VND/cup.
Hot soy milk
It can be said that hot soy milk is the most suitable drink for the chilly mornings in Hanoi. Soy milk is sold in shops and on the sidewalks all over the capital, the most prominent of which are 146 Quan Thanh, Ngo Si Lien market or 74 Bat Su.
A cup of hot milk with a bun or pate bread will warm your stomach. This drink not only brings a feeling of warmth but is also extremely nutritious and very good for your health.
Hot sugarcane juice
Coming to Hanoi in the fall and winter, try enjoying a cup of hot, fragrant sugarcane juice! The first time you enjoy this drink, you will feel like drinking a smoothie. That is because the sugarcane juice has been transformed, giving you a delicious taste and an interesting feeling in the cold season.
The sugarcane stalks will be grilled by the seller, then the juice will be squeezed as usual and then boiled on the stove until bubbling. Thanks to that, the hot sugarcane juice is both sweet and warm. Not to mention the seller also adds some fresh coconut, tapioca pearls or dried coconut to make the hot sugarcane juice extremely attractive.
Currently in Hanoi, the most famous hot sugarcane juice shop is on Hang Vai Street. This is the place where many delicious and attractive sugarcane juice versions in Hanoi were invented.
Hot cocoa
One of the best-selling drinks in the cold weather in Hanoi, extremely loved by young people, is hot cocoa. This drink is really suitable for the cold of winter, both fragrant and warm.
A little bit of the richness of milk mixed with a bit of cocoa brings out the characteristic aroma, the smoke rises, the flavor spreads on the tip of your tongue, you will feel the cold of the capital has returned! Walking around the streets of Hanoi on cold winter days, you can stop by any coffee shop and order this drink.
Egg coffee
When talking about Hanoi's typical winter drinks, people immediately think of egg coffee - a drink with a very unique flavor. A cup of hot egg coffee has a strong coffee flavor mixed with the rich flavor of egg yolk combined with the sweet cream flavor that makes people ecstatic when enjoying it. On a cold winter afternoon in Hanoi, sitting with your hands wrapped in a cup of hot aromatic coffee and slowly sipping each small sip, you can fully appreciate the deliciousness and interest of this drink.
Although there are many cafes in Hanoi serving egg coffee, locals and tourists still prefer to enjoy this unique drink at Giang or Dinh. These are long-standing cafes famous not only for their taste but also for their simple coffee culture.
Hot milk tea
Milk tea is a familiar drink in both winter and summer in all regions of the country. In summer, drinking iced milk tea is cool and refreshing, in winter, enjoying a cup of hot milk tea with a fragrant flavor that numbs the tongue is wonderful!
To make hot milk tea unique and serve all customers' needs, milk tea shops have also added many types of hot milk tea with all flavors to the menu. Coming to Hanoi in the cold autumn and winter like this, you can rest assured that you will find hot milk tea at most milk tea brands in the capital.
Hot black bean dessert
Hot black bean sweet soup is one of the very special heart-warming drinks that Hanoians and tourists love. Different from hot season black bean sweet soup, in cold season sellers have changed the sweet soup a little bit.
Not only are the black beans simmered more thoroughly, but they also reduce the amount of sugar so that the dessert is thick enough without being too sweet. Eating hot black bean dessert with roasted peanuts, a little bit of shredded coconut or rich coconut milk is extremely appealing.
