Where is the best rice in Vietnam?

What is fragrant rice? Where is it grown best?

Fragrant rice is a variety of rice grown in many provinces in the plains and mountainous areas of the North. So where is this type of rice grown that is considered the best? Let’s find the answer to this question through the information below.

Refer to the prices of fragrant rice varieties: Hai Hau fragrant rice price, Dien Bien fragrant rice price, Bac fragrant rice price.

What types of fragrant rice are there?

Fragrant rice is a type of fragrant rice that is sweet, sticky and rich. There are 2 types of fragrant rice, although they have the same shape and flavor, the quality is quite different. Only connoisseurs can distinguish between these 2 types of rice.

Gooseneck rice

Gooseneck rice is a type of rice that is not picky about soil and has a high yield. It is so called because in the fields where gooseneck rice is grown, when the golden rice grows high and sways, it looks very similar to a goose’s neck stretching out. This type of rice is mainly for business because of its high yield, but its aroma and stickiness are less than that of xoan rice.

Xoan rice

This type of rice must be grown in places with muddy and sandy fields, close to the riverbank, and does not get flooded when it rains heavily because it does not dry out when it is dry. Xoan rice is usually only saved to eat on death anniversaries, New Year’s or to entertain distinguished guests or as gifts. That is also because this type of rice has a low yield, the price of fragrant rice is slightly higher than many other rice varieties.

Xoan rice grains are long, thin and have a greenish-white color. Just scooping a small handful of rice to your nose to smell it will give off a fragrant aroma. When cooking fragrant rice, the pot of rice will give off a fragrant aroma as soon as it is cooked. Tam xoan rice is best eaten with pork roll, cinnamon sausage, drizzle with fish sauce and sprinkle with a little pepper.

Where is the best fragrant rice?

For those who wonder where is the best fragrant rice?. There are many provinces that grow fragrant rice, but only the following 3 provinces are praised by many people for their delicious rice and sticky rice:

Tien Hai fragrant rice – Thai Binh

Tien Hai is an estuary, affected by the tide. The water vapor from the sea makes the soil salty, combined with the alluvium of the Tra Ly River, so the land in Tien Hai has a fertility that is unmatched.

Fragrant rice grown in Tien Hai is fragrant from the time the rice plants are young, when the rice blooms, the fragrance is even more fragrant. Tien Hai fragrant rice is very fragrant, with a rich taste as if a little salt had been added. In particular, Tien Hai estuary is the richest in alluvium in the lower reaches of the Tra Ly River, so fragrant rice has an abundant source of nutrients, very suitable for use in families with the elderly, children and as gifts.