Hoi An Specialities Food – Cao lau, Wonton renowned in Hoi An

Hoi An Specialities Food – Cao lau, Wonton renowned in Hoi An

Hoi An Specialities Food – Cao lau, Wonton renowned in Hoi An

Cao Lau and Wonton not only cause curiosity with unique name, but also intrigued by strange taste, that visitors cannot ignore when visiting Hoi An.

Despite not delicacies, if once coming to Hoi An, do not miss the opportunity to enjoy renowned Cao Lau and Wonton. In Hoi An, you can enjoy Cao lau, Wonton at a number of restaurants along the Old quarter or near the market with the price of 35,000 dong (Arround 1.7$ USD ).

In the space of flickering lantern, no more interesting than gathering with friends around tables, simple bamboo chairs and tasting delicious Cao lau.Crunchy feeling from noodles with sweet spreading of shrimp, meat, cool taste of vegetables; blended with a little sour, spicy from sauce, chili, pork skin, crispy fried Cao lau, all will bring uplifting experience for sense of taste.

Cao lau, wonton with full taste, color and flavor

Hoi An Specialities Food –  Wonton

Wonton is processed with many different variations as fried wonton, wonton soup, wonton noodles, but the most favorite dish of majority of customers choosing as appetizers along with rolls is fried wonton.

To make wonton, chef will choose scented and plastic flour mixed with eggs, and then puree mixture before rolling flour thinly.Next, cut the flour into small pieces to make the crust, put filling into the middle and grab the edge to fit it.Filling is made from fresh shrimp, crush, taste spices and rescan very smoothly, then steam them and add the sauce when processing wonton soup, wonton noodles or fried wonton.

If wonton soup has sweet taste; wonton noodles bring new feeling because of a little bit of pasta blended with chili sauce, a few greaves lying neatly in a bowl, fried wonton is attracted with crunchy and greasy crust with charming sauce. Crispy crust blended with shrimp, pork and vegetables will make you hard to refuse.

Perfect appetizer with fried wonton.

Hoi An Specialities Food – Cao lau

Together with Wonton, Cao lau is a worthy dish bringing perfect balance for guests who visit Hoi An

Cao Lau differs from typical Vietnamese noodle dishes because it has no soup. In Vietnamese, locals call it a “mixing dish” because it includes vegetables, fried lard and sauce on top of the noodles. The ingredients are placed in the dish, but it’s the customer who mixes them together. Cao Lau is therefore a special variety of noodle dish. It is also different from Quang noodle, another Vietnamese noodle dish, because of the amount of sauce, the additional ingredients, and the type of noodles used.

To make Cao Lau noodles, the rice has to be stone ground and mixed with ash and water. The ash is made with firewood from the Cham Islands. The noodles are cut and then cooked three times with firewood. The water to cook the noodles is also very special because it only comes from specific wells in Hoi An. This is why Cao Lau is a dish that can only be prepared in Hoi An. Cao Lau combines various flavors (sour, pungent, bitter, astringent and sweet) in the vegetables, soy sauce and fried lard. Cao Lau is served at room temperature

Delicious and charming Cao lau with meat and seafood. - Cao lau Hoi An price is 35,000 vnd dong (1.8$) – You can easily find it at the roadside

If Quang noodles are served with dry pancake, Cao lau is flavored with crispy rice noodles chopped into long or square shape then fried swell.It’s fried noodle that makes the dish delicious and strange.The soul of this dish is the broth made from pork marinated with five spices flavor, secret spices creating special taste, sweet but just enough to meet the standard.

Cao Lau noodles are placed neatly at the bottom of the bowl with bean sprouts, Tra Que vegetables, and basil. A few slices of thin pork, shrimp, chicken, fried pork skin are all on top before putting the sauce up, adding a little fried Cao lau, green pepper, slices of lemon, that seems to make Cao lau meet color, taste and flavor. The dish is also varied with many flavors so that diners can choose such as pork Cao lau, chicken Cao lau, meat and seafood Cao lau. You can request extra fish sauce, soy sauce according to your own taste.