Chung cake is an indispensable dish during Tet, reflecting the quintessence of heaven and earth through the skilled hands of humans. To make the cake, the most fragrant sticky rice is chosen and the fillings often have pork, green beans, dried onions and pepper.

Nem (spring rolls) is a popular dish that always has a place on a Tet food tray. It is made out of minced pork, carrots, wood ear fungus, noodle, and other ingredients. The fried rolls are served with fish sauce and herbs.

The Tet food tray of northerners never lacks 'gio lua' (lean pork paste). This dish is made from two basic ingredients of minced pork loin combined with good fish sauce, wrapped in banana leaves and boiled. Ham is considered a popular and luxurious dish.

Jellied meat is a traditional dish familiar to the people of the North at the beginning of each year. Jellied meat is made from pork, sometimes chicken is also used. All are then simmered. After cooking, the pot of meat is taken off the stove, scooped into small bowls and stored in the refrigerator.

Pickled onions are an indispensable dish on the Vietnamese New Year's Eve tray. Pickled onions are often used as a side dish with chung cake or fatty meats such as jellied meat, braised pork to enhance the flavor of the dish. Containing many probiotic bacteria, pickled onions can increase beneficial bacteria in meals, helping the body digest food more easily.

Boiled chicken is a dish that is present in every family's tray. A boiled chicken tied with fairy wings symbolizes the beginning of a lucky and favorable new year. The boiled chicken is served with salt, lemon and chili.

On the days of Tet, Spring often cannot lack a hot bowl of dried bamboo shoot soup with a delicious, fatty flavor. A pot of bamboo shoot soup cooked with pig's feet is a typical dish of Northern people every Lunar New Year. The rich sweetness of the bone broth permeates the dried bamboo shoots, combined with the aroma of green onions and coriander, allowing many people to eat their fill of this dish.

Each region will have dishes with their own flavors, however, delicious dishes with the flavor of Tet will remind us of our hometown and childhood memories.