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Cu Da Village: Hanoi's Forgotten Soy-Sauce Makers
Thirty kilometers from Hanoi's Old Quarter, Cu Da village still ferments soy sauce in open-air clay vats — a craft that once supplied the whole region and now barely survives.
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Thirty kilometers from Hanoi's Old Quarter, Cu Da village still ferments soy sauce in open-air clay vats — a craft that once supplied the whole region and now barely survives.
Just 20 km southwest of central Hanoi, Cu Da village still ferments soy sauce in ceramic urns the old way — if you know where to look.
Maggi is everywhere, but it's not the whole story. A look at the soy sauces, dipping blends, and fermented oddities that actually define Vietnamese cooking.
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