Gao tam Hai Hau Gạo tám Hải Hậu
Hải Hậu’s fragrant Tám xoan rice, a long, slender, slightly bent grain that cooks white, chewy, and mildly fragrant. Eat it with kho meat, or with peanuts and sesame.
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Dân Việt on 15 April 2025: the grain is a little long, slender, bent at one end, translucent green, and not chalky in the belly. The aroma is mild and natural. Cooked rice is white, chewy, elastic, and fragrant. The same article says the variety has been selected locally for nearly 200 years, on flat alluvial land at the river mouth, and that protein depends on how the field is watered.
How to enjoy it
As cooked rice. The Nam Định city portal on 17 October 2018 pairs it with kho meat, or with peanuts and sesame. Dân Việt on 15 April 2025 says it is kept for lễ, Tết, and gifts.
Where to try it
Hải Hậu.