Specialty of Hanoi Com, with a delicious and refreshing taste, and is a dish chosen by many tourists when they have the opportunity to visit Hanoi. This is not only a delicious dish but also has a profound cultural value that reflects the unique culinary culture of Hanoi.
Com is made from young sticky rice, and must be the fragrant and fragrant yellow sticky rice variety to bring delicious and sticky golden rice grains. To get delicious com grains, the person making com must carefully select the rice flowers, then bring them back to separate the rice grains, dry the rice until ripe and peel off the husk to make the green and fragrant rice grains look very attractive.
Many tourists when traveling to Hanoi enjoy com and buy it as a gift, even buy it as a gift with the specialty of com lang vong Hanoi, a famous specialty that has existed for generations.
Com has a light green color, which is the color of young rice, and com is wrapped in fresh lotus leaves, creating a unique delicious flavor that blends the aroma of com, the aroma of lotus leaves with com and the green season of lotus leaves, bringing a very unique delicious flavor of Northern cuisine.
Com is divided into early season com, late season com, young com, old com, rustic com, and lake com… in which early season com is around February – April, at this time the young rice grains have the aroma of rice milk, late season com is usually in July – October, at this time the rice grains are more fatty, com is most enjoyable to enjoy when the weather is cold, watching the scenery and enjoying young com in the autumn weather of Hanoi, there is nothing more enjoyable.
Com is not only enjoyed directly but also processed into many different delicious dishes such as: Com sticky rice, Com cake, Com sweet soup, Com stir-fried… bringing a very unique delicious flavor of Hanoi cuisine.
It can be said that Hanoi, in addition to the French village spaces, sidewalk shops, also has many local specialties. If you have the opportunity to travel Hanoi, enjoy the sidewalk dishes, and admire the scenery of Hanoi, especially on the old streets when the night falls, visitors will be immersed in the vibrant music…
In addition, to have the most beautiful trip to Hanoi, from August to November and spring from March to April. Many tourists often choose Hanoi in autumn to walk and admire the scenery under the fallen yellow leaves, next to the blue sky with the cool breeze, the scent of milk flowers and many other colorful flowers.
Hanoi attractions
Tran Quoc Pagoda
One of the ancient pagodas, located right on the east side of West Lake, the majestic pagoda is surrounded by a clear lake, a peaceful scene.
Temple of Literature – Quoc Tu Giam
As one of the first schools in Vietnam, visitors come here to visit the solemn campus or admire the lotus ponds, water lily ponds… inside the Temple of Literature – Quoc Tu Giam still preserves valuable artifacts and documents, especially the 82 doctoral steles recognized by UNESCO as “World Documentary Heritage”.
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
For any tourist when visiting Hanoi for sightseeing, they cannot miss the attraction such as Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, in the morning visitors will attend the flag raising or lowering ceremony at 9pm every day in a solemn atmosphere.
Museum
Visitors come here not only to visit but also to learn more about Vietnamese culture, so most of the Hanoi tour itinerary cannot miss the destination such as: the Museum of Ethnology where 15,000 artifacts, 42,000 documentary films, pictures and other documents are preserved and displayed.
So it can be said that when visiting Hanoi, you not only enjoy delicious and attractive dishes such as Com Lang Vong, but when coming to Hanoi, you also visit famous landmarks, historical sites, ancient temples, or traditional craft villages… will bring you the most enjoyable experiences.