Bamboo-tube rice Cơm lam
Glutinous rice cooked in a green bamboo tube over charcoal and split open hot, its thin membrane still on. Ba Na and Xơ Đăng cooks serve it with grilled chicken and sesame salt.
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Search on KlookFromA Ba Na and Xơ Đăng dish, often made for community festivals
Price30,000–50,000 VND a tube (Go Vietnam, Kon Tum cluster); 20,000–30,000 VND a tube (Go Vietnam, grilled chicken); about 10,000–25,000 VND a tube across the highlands (Go Vietnam, 2025)
Where it comes from
A Ba Na and Xơ Đăng dish, often made for community festivals.
How to enjoy it
Peel away the charred bark, keep the thin membrane, and eat the rice hot with sesame salt, peanut salt, grilled meat, or free-range chicken.
Around Kon Tum, Ba Na hamlets fill fresh bamboo with Khẩu Cẩm glutinous rice and stream water and grill it for an hour. It comes with black sesame salt and stir-fried chicken.
Where to try it
Ba Na hamlets around Kon Tum, including a village lunch at Kon K’Tu, at community festivals, and in Măng Đen beside grilled chicken.