Văn Lang · c. 2000–111 BCE
The Đông Sơn & Văn Lang table
Bronze drums and wet rice. The legend of bánh chưng is set here — a square cake for the earth, and a kitchen already built on rice.
GốcFoundations·95 min·Beginner
Bamboo-Tube RiceCơm lam
Highland sticky rice roasted in bamboo tubes — plus an oven method with foil and banana leaf — served with muối vừng lạc, sesame-peanut salt.
BánhThe World of Bánh·75 min·Intermediate
Bánh DàyBánh dày
The round white sky-cake of the Hùng-king legend — steamed glutinous rice pounded to a satin chew, made honestly at home with a stand mixer and oiled hands.
BánhThe World of Bánh·600 min·Advanced
Black Bánh ChưngBánh chưng đen
The Tày and Nùng New Year cake of the northeast — glutinous rice dyed black with rice-straw ash, wrapped around pork and mung bean, boiled through the night.