Sông Hoài Phố Cổ Hội An
Riverside stretch of lantern boats and noodle stalls, its water long prized for a secret local dish.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the river running through Hoi An's old town follows a local claim that the water itself is a secret ingredient, tapping a mineral-rich table an ancient Cham well first reached over a thousand years ago. It traces the cao lau noodle recipe kept by one family for four generations, the lye burned from wood on an island fifteen kilometers out to sea, and the overnight process of soaking and steaming that finishes the batch by dawn. It also follows the river's name back to Chinese and Japanese merchants who settled here centuries ago and called it Song Hoai, meaning missing home.
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