Banh it la gai Bánh ít lá gai
A glossy black cone of ramie leaf and sticky-rice flour around mung bean, dried coconut, and ginger. Expect a little bitterness from the leaf, sugar sweetness, and a chewy skin that does not stick to the teeth.
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Texture
The skin is glossy black, wrapped in young banana leaf, and chewy and smooth without sticking to the teeth.
Taste
A little bitterness from the leaf, sweetness from the sugar, the scent of sticky rice, fat from the coconut, the mung bean, and ginger.
How to enjoy it
Unwrap the young banana leaf and eat the cone as it is.
Where to try it
Quy Nhon. Tháp Bánh Ít, the Cham tower people compare to the cake's shape, is a different stop.