Chè

Che (Sweet soup) is my favourite dessert. In Vietnam, chè is very popular for dessert. In general, chè is quite similar at any parts of Vietnam, but surely there are some specific chè from different part, we can call chè from the North, the center and the South.

As chè is the dessert for The King and his family, as a luxury dessert at old time, so the founder of chè is from Huế, the center.

With my little knowledge, I can only remember some chè below:

Chè from the North

As I dont know much about chè in the North, but there is one chè that I know you can only find in Ha Noi, its name “Sữa chua nếp cẩm” the meaning is “Sticky rice with Yogurt”

Chè from the center

As they said, Hue is the cradle of chè. Here are some chè from Huế but it is famous and you can find it everywhere in Vietnam

Chè kê

Chè trôi nước

Chè sen – Lotus chè

Chè khoai môn – Taro chè

Chè đậu trắng – White bean chè

Chè chuối – Banana chè

Chè bột bán

Chè bắp – Corn chè

Chè táo xọn

As we can see, chè from the Center mostly goes with Sticky coconut juice and no ice

Chè from the South

Chè from the South has a specific factor is that it is very sweet and normally goes with ice

Sương sa hột lựu – Jelly with bean, coconut juice and ice

Chè đậu – Bean chè, it can be green bean, black bean or red bean

Chè thưng, quite sweet one, it has another name is chè bà ba, it means chè from Ms Three.

Chè 3 màu – 3 colors chè

In Saigon, we can find almost any chè from any part of Vietnam, however, I have not found Sticky rice with Yogurt in Saigon yet, but today, I finally found how to get it (not to make it) from Saigon

Step 1

Go to Cao Thắng street corner, where you can find a few cart of sticky rice (at night time)

and look for the sticky rice name Nếp than, the color is purple.

You should ask for the sticky rice and some “nước cốt dừa”, the sticky coconut juice, no smashed green bean, no coconut rice, no sugar, no nothing, just nếp than and the sticky coconut juice.

Step 2

Buy plaint yogurt

Step 3

Buy ice

Mix all of them together, you finally bring Ha Noi to Sai gon