Vietnam is famous for rice culture and rice-based cuisine. Rice paper has become a popular ingredient for many exotic like famous spring rolls. Do you want to discover a traditional village making rice paper? Let’s follow our cycling tour in Hue to visit and experience this interesting and unique handicraft.
What is Vietnamese rice paper/ rice cracker?
Rice paper is not stuff used for art or craft. It is a kind of Vietnamese food made from rice flour with a rate of wheat flour, water, and salt. Rice paper has a thin round shape. People make it a steam rice crepe (or sheet) and dry. The second kind is rice crackers. It has black or white sesame on the surface, thicker. Rice paper is a traditional ingredient for various kinds of food like wrapping in spring roll (Nem). If you do a cycling tour in Hue, you will have the chance to see the traditional way to make and taste rice paper in a local family.
Visit Lựu Bảo rice paper village on a cycling tour in Hue
Located in Huong Long commune, 5 km west from Hue city, Lựu Bảo village is an old village with 3 centuries making rice paper. This village provides rice paper for Đông Ba market and export to other provinces. To make a rice paper, it needs to follow many handy steps. It includes choosing the best rice, soaking in water, grinding into rice flour. Seasoning the rice flour with the exact rate of water, sesame, and salt will make rice paper keep its flavor and crispy. The meticulous preparation helps the rice paper keep its flavor and crispy. Next, the artisan puts rice flour in the cloth layer of the pan and skillfully flattens it in round shape. They take the soft rice paper out of the pan in a very careful way by a stick. The artisan is very quick to get the best productivity. The final step is drying the rice paper. People can dry rice paper under the sunshine or charcoal. The tourists can easily catch a sight drying rice paper on the roadside in a cycling tour in Hue through Lựu Bao village.
Rice paper – a tremendous ingredient of Hue royal cuisine
Hue is an old capital of Vietnam under the Nguyen dynasty. The artisans were very skillful and creative in using rice paper and rice crackers to accompany other dishes. There is some typical Hue local food accompanied by rice paper such as fig salad, spring roll, lemongrass pork skewer rolled with rice paper, etc. This amazing harmony helps the dishes more tasty, diverse, and attractive. It is easy to find rice paper dishes in the home meal of our cycling tour in Hue with Slow Travel. You will have experience to make your own rice paper with a local.
If you are seeking a cycling tour in Hue with a local contact and hands-on activities, a Kim Long longevity secrets tour will be a great choice to lead you to this traditional rice paper making handicraft village. I bet you will have an amazing day to experience as a local.
