Tet meal

Basically, the Tet meal trays of the past and present are not different, including green sticky rice cake, fatty meat, pickled onions, fried spring rolls, chicken, bamboo shoot soup, pork sausage, and sticky rice with gac fruit. These are traditional dishes that are a must for Vietnamese people, creating a colorful and prosperous feast for the new year.

It is a tradition for the whole family to wrap banh chung together and stay up all night to boil the cakes. This custom is still preserved in many Vietnamese families in all three regions.

Working hard all year, eating frugally to have a sumptuous meal at Tet, that is the feeling of many Vietnamese people who have lived through the period of poverty.

Nowadays, as life becomes more developed and more abundant, traditional dishes are still an indispensable part of the New Year's Eve or New Year's Day meal. However, after eating two or three traditional meals with greasy dishes, many people start to look for lighter dishes such as vermicelli with snails, vermicelli with crab soup or pho to avoid feeling full.

Heritage Magazine