If you have tried many famous dishes of Hoi An such as: Cao Lầu, bánh đập… but not Chè bắp, it means that you haven’t know Hoi An yet. It is the ver good sweet dish made from maize.
Chè bắp of Hoi An is more viscous than anywhere. Chè bắp kiosks stay along Hoai River and maize fields lay on the other side, indefinite and fresh green. Harvested maize on the fields is processed right after that. Hoi An people say that Chè bắp are delicious because the maize is still fresh when processing, not through middle markets.
Chè bắp has a lightly sweet. This sweet isn’t of sugar or condiment, this is the sweet of fresh maize. Some places, they use Chè bắp with coconut juice but Hoi An people don’t do that. The real taste of Chè bắp is simple but impressive, enjoying Chè bắp in kiosks along Hoai river must have the best way.
