https://uncorneredmarket.com/hoi-an-eats/ Travel That Cares for Our Planet and Its People Fri, 26 Apr 2024 16:08:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://uncorneredmarket.com/hoi-an-eats/#comment-827121 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 05:57:34 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/2007/02/hoi-an-eats/#comment-827121 @Hung: This is a really terrific piece of information. Thanks for taking the time to comment and for the historical background on Cao Lau!

]]> https://uncorneredmarket.com/hoi-an-eats/#comment-826426 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 12:58:01 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/2007/02/hoi-an-eats/#comment-826426 How clumsy I am to forget replying to my previous comment !.
Well, the history is quite simple. In the past, when Hoi An was a busy and flourishing port, there were many Chinese and Japanese people here(for business). Then, Hoi An native people just discovered a cooked kind of flour. They mixed that cooked flour with many sources and ingredients to have “Cao Lau” as known today. However, at that time, this kind of food was only served for noble and wealthy people, especially Chinese and Japanese merchants and their family. In addition, these people just ate the food on high buildings, i.e. second/third floor, because of their culture, i.e. discrimination toward poor people which are supposed to be “under” them(you can see these scenes in Chinese movies). Therefore, a terminology was coined. “Cao” means “high” or “noble” or “wealthy” and “Lau” means “floor”(in a house/restaurant/building) in Vietnamese. That’s it. Hope you guys find this piece of information interesting.

]]> https://uncorneredmarket.com/hoi-an-eats/#comment-826380 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 07:50:03 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/2007/02/hoi-an-eats/#comment-826380 @Kate: We’ve been fortunate to visit a lot of places, but the world is big place. Still have a ways to go 🙂 We didn’t try Morning Glory Restaurant, but the sound of shrimp on sugar cane skewers sounds divine!

]]> https://uncorneredmarket.com/hoi-an-eats/#comment-824603 Thu, 25 Jul 2013 12:26:13 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/2007/02/hoi-an-eats/#comment-824603 Wow! You two have visited a LOT of places 🙂 I was flicking through and saw this article about food in Hoi An. We loved it so much, we decided to stay for 5 more days. Miss Ly Cafe served the best Won-Tons in Vietnam. We didn’t eat at Mango Rooms, but from your description I wish we had. Did you try Morning Glory Restaurant? This was another favourite of ours, especially their Shrimp on Sugar Cane Skewers, nom nom.

]]> https://uncorneredmarket.com/hoi-an-eats/#comment-638891 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 06:25:37 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/2007/02/hoi-an-eats/#comment-638891 @Hung: Thanks for the correction about Cao Lau spelling. We saw so many variations of it in restaurant menus. No, we don’t know the historical origins of the dish. Do you?

]]> https://uncorneredmarket.com/hoi-an-eats/#comment-619323 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:45:06 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/2007/02/hoi-an-eats/#comment-619323 Hi y’all, I’m a native from Hoi An. Your report is awesome, with lots of meticulous details. Anyway, it’s Cao Lau, not Cao Lao :D. Do you know the historical origin of this specialty?.

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