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Cao Lầu

VietnamVietnamese cuisine
Cao Lau made with water drawn from one specific well: the thousand-year-old Ba Le well in Hoi An. The noodles are pre-soaked in the magical well water along with lye made from wood ash brought from the Cham …
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Cao lầu is a regional Vietnamese noodle dish, from the city of Hội An, in central Vietnam's Quảng Nam Province. It typically consists of pork and greens on a bed of rice noodles made from rice which has been soaked in lye water, giving them a characteristic texture and colour that sets the dish apart from other Vietnamese noodle dishes, including others from the same region, such as mì Quảng.

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