Com lam Cơm lam

Cơm lam is sticky rice cooked inside a length of bamboo, sold at the Silver Waterfall stalls and on the town grills. Peel back the tube to get at the rice.

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Where it comes from

Upland Vietnam. In Sa Pa it sits on the grills with corn, eggs, and sweet potato.

How to enjoy it

Peel the bamboo away and eat the rice straight from the tube.

Where to try it

The tree stalls under Silver Waterfall, about 12 km from town toward Ô Quy Hồ. Also on the cold-night grills at hồ Sa Pa and on the road down to the market.