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and nature in the water rice culture  engagement ceremony. The cakes
of Vietnam. Main ingredients are      are wrapped with bananas leaves
glutinous rice, pork meat, and        into squares, tied with a red string
green beans. It is wrapped in a       and are typically good for three
square of bamboo leaves that will     days. The dish combines sweet
give the rice a green color after it  aromatic green sticky rice and green
is baked. The sticky rice must be     beans. Green sticky rice cakes are
very good and has to soak in water    sold on Hang Than Str. in Ha Noi.
for a day. The rice cake is wrapped
in square shape, and cooked for       Cha ca La Vong - La Vong
about 12 hours by wood. The           fried fish
green chung cake captures the
essence of the earth and brings an    La Vong fried fish was named in
unforgettable taste!                  a noted book “1000 places to see
                                      before you die” by famous sightseer
Green sticky rice cake -              Patricia Schultz. In late 2003, La Vong
Hang Than                             fried fish was tagged by MSNBC
                                      as the fifth of ten places worth
Banh com or green sticky rice cake    visiting in the world. Only the lang
serves as among the most unique       fish (dwarf catfish) is suitable for the
and delish northern specialties       dish as its meat is sweet, tasty, solid
and is usually found at every         and fragrant. Sitting down at a table,

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