Com Lang Vong – autumn’s gift of young rice

The special rice is made throughout
Hanoi, but the country’s best com can be found in Vong Village, or Lang Vong, five kilometres from downtown Hanoi.
The village in Dich Vong Ward in Cau Giay District consists of four hamlets – Vong Tien, Vong Hau, Vong So and Vong Trung – but only Vong Hau and Vong So are expert com makers.
No one knows exactly when Vong villagers began to make com. It is said that one autumn, a long time ago, heavy floods submerged all the village’s rice fields with their young paddy grains.
The villagers were forced to gather the green rice and roast it for eating. To their surprise, the roasted young rice was delicious. Com Lang Vong even became a specialty chosen as a tribute to the kings from the Ly Dynasty in the 11th century.

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