Hanoi summer makes people put in mind with small lovely features
Lotus
Lotus tea
Golden rain tree's flower
Purple Queen 's flower
Phoenix flower
Cốm (young rice)
June is the season of lotus. Around Hanoi, there are numerous ponds of lotus with pink shade fluttering people’s heart.
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Lotus tea
The tea with dried leaf mixed with lotus pistil to become a delicate drink. The flavor of tea blends with faint sweet smell of lotus become featuring scent of Hanoi summer. The lotus used to make these special tea must be collected in early morning. It’s thought that those “morning flowers” remain the essence of earth and heaven.
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Golden rain tree's flower
This kind of flower is called by canafistula and by other names. It is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and shows up in many Hanoi’s streets.
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Purple Queen 's flower
Only blooming in summer, Purple Queen’s Flower make Hanoi more dreamy in hot sunny day. You can find these charming flower in Kim Mã, Đào Tấn, Trần Thái Tông streets.
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Phoenix flower
With the first rays of the summer landing in Hanoi, the city streets are adorned with the red blooms of the phoenix flowers.
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Cốm is a Hanoi’s specialty made from young green sticky rice. It’s served with red persimmons or ripe bananas.
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