Vietnam’s trade villages: Com Lang Vong

Each autumn, when the cold winds blow fogs, and the rice plants bow under their ears, the seeds are plump and the rice milk is thick, it’s time to grill green rice, better known as Com.
The rice must be harvested when it is still young. Then it is grilled, cooled and poured into a stone mill, pounded lightly with a wooden pestle, sifted and winnowed. Then, the crystal spring rice is wrapped tightly in emerald lotus leaves to keep it from drying and allowing it to absorb lotus flavour.
Usually Com is eaten with banana or red persimmon and should be enjoyed slowly, chewed carefully to mull over the flavour of spring rice, which is sweet, nutty and buttery.
Com can be found throughout Hanoi, but the big city flavour hasn’t a bar on the taste sensation in Vong Village, 6km from downtown Hanoi. Folks say Vong com is the best in the country.
Lang Vong, located in the west Hanoi, is a famous village, which was known wildly in Vietnam with its speciality, which chosen as a tribute for the kings. The village’s name and is product and always called together: Com Lang Vong.

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