Nước lá Lao Nước lá Lao
Nước lá Lao is a drink of dried forest leaves, astringent and fragrant when it is cooked. It is called particular to the island, and the same leaves are also known elsewhere in Quảng.
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Taste
The cooked drink is astringent and smells of the mixed leaves, among them bồ đề, dỏ dẽ, từ bi, ngũ gia bì, hà thủ ô, and sâm núi.
How to enjoy it
As a daily drink. The leaves are cut, dried, and mixed, then cooked.
In 2017 a 300 gram pack was about 20,000 VND and the wholesale leaf about 50,000 VND a kilogram. Those are pack prices from that year.
Where to try it
On the island.