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Wine and wine drinking manner in Thăng Long-Hà Nội
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09/24/2010 | 6:04 PM
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VGP - In Hà Nội, wine is not a daily beverage. It is only used to welcome guests, on death anniversaries, Tết holidays, or festivals. Wine is made from fermented and distilled sticky rice. Good wine is clear, sparkling and does not leave the drinker with a headache. In his Treatise on Geography written in 1437, Nguyễn Trãi wrote that Thụy Chương precinct of ancient Thăng Long (now Thụy Khuê precinct, Tây Hồ District) was famous for good wine.
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Introduction of a very special smoke in Thăng Long-Hà Nội
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09/20/2010 | 6:31 PM
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VGP - Thuốc lào (pipe tobacco) is a very popular smoke of Vietnamese people, mainly for men. Thuốc lào (nicotiana rusticum L) comes from a plant with wide, soft leaves with sticky hairs. Some people smoke by rolling the tobacco in a piece of banana leaf or a piece of paper into the size of a little finger. The majority of people, however, use a hubble-bubble. There are different kinds of hubble-bubble: điếu bát which is popular in most families; điếu ống which is used in rich families; and, điếu cày which is used by working class.
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Special features about Thăng Long-Hà Nội cuisine
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09/16/2010 | 12:12 PM
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VGP - There are three basic modes of cooking used throughout Việt Nam: over fire, without fire, and a combination of both. In Thăng Long-Hà Nội cooking, there are strict rules about each mode depending on what dish is being cooked and what ingredients are available. Careful adherence to these rules is what turns cooking Thăng Long-Hà Nội cuisine into an art.