CRAFTS
CRAFT · FOODCao LầuOrigin undetermined · earliest trace from the 19th centuryCao lầu noodle-making rests on three plain things: hard-grained rice, clear water, ash strained from the kitchen fire. It reverses one step almost no other noodle uses — cooks cut the strand before it steams, not after.CRAFT · LANTERNSThe Lantern Craft of Hội An16th century – presentThe lantern was not made to be a souvenir. It came with Chinese-born traders to a river port, faded when electric light arrived, and was called back to life by a decision to turn the power off one night a month.