While Hoi An is famed for
its lantern-filled streets lined with higgledy-piggledy wooden Japanese timber
houses, Chinese temples billow with clouds of incense, don’t ever go on your Hoi An private tours without trying its
local delights.
Banh bao banh vac in Hoi An
Given how much white rose cake is talked about, it needs no real
introduction here. These seemingly delicate,
semi-transparent dumpling skins wrapped and neatly pleated around an incredibly
aromatic filling of fresh shrimp were dubbed as “white rose cake” by the French.
The skin or wrapper should be translucent, soft, and fine, yet strong
and chewy enough to hold together when closed around the mixture like the
petals of a rose and lifted out of the basket. The shrimp should be fresh
tasting, smooth, and savory.
Cao Lau in Hoi An
Hoi An is famous for its noodle dishes, and you cannot get more Hoi An
than cao lầu or a mixture of salad, noodle, and toppings, the street food
hybrid of a restaurant classic.
The toppings are abundant—char siu pork — Cantonese-style barbecued or
roasted pork, seasoned in a five spice marinade, richly flavored slices of
tender pork loin or trotter, peanuts, the handfuls of fresh herbs, bean sprouts,
lemongrass, and little wilted, caramelized pieces of scallion.
Sweet soup in Hoi An
Made from famous thinly sliced glutinous corn on the cob grown in Cam
Nam Ward with glutinous rice/ tapioca pearls and doused in a generous serving
of condensed coconut, Hoi An corn sweetened porridge is a perfect dessert and
goes well with the other small bites.
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