Ha Giang Bitter Rice Gruel

At Ha Giang, there are a lot of original courses that make tourists unforgettable if having had chance to go there. Bitter rice gruel is a kind of food like that.

In cold Winter nights, wandering at Ha Giang town, finding a corner in a small restaurant and ordering the course of bitter rice gruel. There are full of tastes in a small bowl of bitter rice gruel including the attractive scent of Hoa Vang (Hoa Vàng) glutinous rice mixed with fragrant ordinary rice planted on fields that are stewed, the buttery taste of water-caltrops simmered carefully and the greasy sauce extracted after stewing pig’s trotters, the scent of leave, the scent of spices. The bowl of bitter rice gruel looks very attractive due to the harmonious combination between rice, minced meat, sauce, and some kinds of fragrant vegetables…

At Ha Giang, there are a lot of original courses that make tourists unforgettable if having had chance to go there. Bitter rice gruel is a kind of food like that.

In cold Winter nights, wandering at Ha Giang town, finding a corner in a small restaurant and ordering the course of bitter rice gruel. There are full of tastes in a small bowl of bitter rice gruel including the attractive scent of Hoa Vang (Hoa Vàng) glutinous rice mixed with fragrant ordinary rice planted on fields that are stewed, the buttery taste of water-caltrops simmered carefully and the greasy sauce extracted after stewing pig’s trotters, the scent of leave, the scent of spices. The bowl of bitter rice gruel looks very attractive due to the harmonious combination between rice, minced meat, sauce, and some kinds of fragrant vegetables…

To cook bitter rice gruel is not a simple thing. After caltrops spend a night with being soaked into condensed hog-wash, they are stewed within 4 hours. Hoa Vang glutinous rice will be mixed with fragrant ordinary rice simmered in the sauce extracted after stewing pig’s trotters and flour of caltrops; some minced meat, some additional spices. This rice gruel has bitterness, so a lot of people call it by bitter rice gruel.

Many people come to Ha Giang, if they have a chance to enjoy this course; they surely desire to enjoy it again. Bitter rice gruel is not only a course, but also is a medicine used to treat the flu. Bitter rice gruel at Ha Giang is always present at any season, but it is just sold at night. In cold Winter, at the mountainous region, if sitting in a warm small restaurant and enjoying the course of Ha Giang bitter rice gruel, it is a satisfaction in the style of pleasure reserved for people who are fond of discovering new things.

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