Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Arriving in Hanoi in the hot summer, a lot of Hanoians will recommendyou go straight to Trang Tien street to get an ice cream. The popular ice creamhas become a specialty the city after more than 60 years of sales.
Trang Tien ice cream came into being in 1958 after peace returned to Vietnam in 1954 from the first Indochinese. It was a landmark for local people becausesince that time they had only ever had the availability of expensive ice cream,recalled Hanoian Nguyen Thi Dao, 75.
The ice cream is not simply loved by people but it’s also a unique symbolclosely connected to the collective memory of Hanoians, she said.
“I will never forget the flavours of Trang Tien ice cream such as com (greenrice flakes), dau xanh (green bean), and sua dua (coconut juice and milk). They helped to create a trade mark that is alive until now,” she said,noting that its not only enjoyed by her, but also by children, workers, Stateemployees and the elderly.
Despite things having changed over the years – 35 Trang Tien is now surroundedby shops selling ice cream from the US, Italy and other countries – the way tobuy a Trang Tien ice cream is still unchanged: people stand in line as they didin the subsidised economic periods, Dao recalled.
Compared with the past, Trang Tien now sells various varieties of ice cream,but Dao said she likes cinnamon ice cream cones, and the coconut and milk icecream. The sweet flavour of the ice cream mixed with the crisp of the cone isan excellent combination, she said.
“I often have a passionate feeling that is hard to describe when I eat it,”said Dao, adding that compared with other ice creams, the affordable prices ofthe Trang Tien one – between 7,000 VND and 8,000 VND each – lure masses of people,including foreign visitors.
One of the producers for Trang Tien ice cream, Le Thanh Hoa, said her companyuses traditional materials with charming favours such as com from Vong villageon the outskirts of the city, pure green bean powder, condensed milk fromVinamilk and imported ingredients such as cocoa powder and milk powder from NewZealand.
“By applying handicraft production without using preservatives, our productsare always tasty because they are fresh, with characteristic flavours. It isthe secret keeps our product selling well, even in the winter,” Hoa said.
Ho Hong Lam, 35, from Ho Chi Minh City, said he travels to Hanoi on businesstwice a year, and despite being very busy, he always tries to visit 35 Tràng Tiềnto enjoy an ice cream there.
“In the past I asked my father why it carried the name Trang Tien, my fathersaid the ice cream was produced on the street of the same name in downtown Hanoi.I still remember when I first enjoyed an ice lolly there more than 30 yearsago. It bewitched me with its fragrant cooling of my tongue as I licked it bitby bit with an aim to prolong my craving and interest."
“In the past, my parents were very poor so they only brought us to Trang Tien afew times a year to buy us such ice creams, nowadays my cousin’s children caneat them as much as possible,” said Lam.
He noted that the ice cream here is not only tasty and fragrant but stillensures food hygiene with an affordable price.
“I like waiting in the line for an ice lolly,” said Lam.-VNS/VNA
Trang Tien ice cream came into being in 1958 after peace returned to Vietnam in 1954 from the first Indochinese. It was a landmark for local people becausesince that time they had only ever had the availability of expensive ice cream,recalled Hanoian Nguyen Thi Dao, 75.
The ice cream is not simply loved by people but it’s also a unique symbolclosely connected to the collective memory of Hanoians, she said.
“I will never forget the flavours of Trang Tien ice cream such as com (greenrice flakes), dau xanh (green bean), and sua dua (coconut juice and milk). They helped to create a trade mark that is alive until now,” she said,noting that its not only enjoyed by her, but also by children, workers, Stateemployees and the elderly.
Despite things having changed over the years – 35 Trang Tien is now surroundedby shops selling ice cream from the US, Italy and other countries – the way tobuy a Trang Tien ice cream is still unchanged: people stand in line as they didin the subsidised economic periods, Dao recalled.
Compared with the past, Trang Tien now sells various varieties of ice cream,but Dao said she likes cinnamon ice cream cones, and the coconut and milk icecream. The sweet flavour of the ice cream mixed with the crisp of the cone isan excellent combination, she said.
“I often have a passionate feeling that is hard to describe when I eat it,”said Dao, adding that compared with other ice creams, the affordable prices ofthe Trang Tien one – between 7,000 VND and 8,000 VND each – lure masses of people,including foreign visitors.
One of the producers for Trang Tien ice cream, Le Thanh Hoa, said her companyuses traditional materials with charming favours such as com from Vong villageon the outskirts of the city, pure green bean powder, condensed milk fromVinamilk and imported ingredients such as cocoa powder and milk powder from NewZealand.
“By applying handicraft production without using preservatives, our productsare always tasty because they are fresh, with characteristic flavours. It isthe secret keeps our product selling well, even in the winter,” Hoa said.
Ho Hong Lam, 35, from Ho Chi Minh City, said he travels to Hanoi on businesstwice a year, and despite being very busy, he always tries to visit 35 Tràng Tiềnto enjoy an ice cream there.
“In the past I asked my father why it carried the name Trang Tien, my fathersaid the ice cream was produced on the street of the same name in downtown Hanoi.I still remember when I first enjoyed an ice lolly there more than 30 yearsago. It bewitched me with its fragrant cooling of my tongue as I licked it bitby bit with an aim to prolong my craving and interest."
“In the past, my parents were very poor so they only brought us to Trang Tien afew times a year to buy us such ice creams, nowadays my cousin’s children caneat them as much as possible,” said Lam.
He noted that the ice cream here is not only tasty and fragrant but stillensures food hygiene with an affordable price.
“I like waiting in the line for an ice lolly,” said Lam.-VNS/VNA
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