which color tastes the best Papa color
little bit later that lolly is like oh
oh they get inside our journey into
northern Vietnam continues last week we
traveled from Hanoi to top-end village
home of the red Yao people
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next week we'll be visiting baka market
and finally we'll end our journey in
dongba
but today we're back with our local
guide May to learn the secret behind her
family's naturally radiant sticky rice
though there is just one small problem
but we are getting crunked in here after
night pounding shots with a local red
yow family and after sucking down some
of the local tobacco I am in need of
some rejuvenation you said this is for
belief bath with you the local Medicine
Show at Cobo back when we would have
feel with your red tired we have a bow
back then with your we're better but it
looks like they've got me covered with
that to May when you said I could take
this relaxing rejuvenating bath today
yes what I really wanted to do is hike
I'm about a mountain now regard for
their merchants to pick are to pick
medicine ok yeah fixed on me to make
Hubble bath they don't just have herbs
laying around if we got to pick these
herbs they're fresh herbs guys if you
have hub of that uh let's make you more
more younger ok good I need that and I
really need that
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after trekking literally over 50
kilometres that was about 50 kilometers
right yes okay you're not supposed to
laugh if you swing over here Kai you can
see our beautiful bathtub herbs the
medicinal herbs they're gonna go am i
rejuvenating bath in my little mountain
spa session can you tell me what is
special about these herbs this lip to
make hobo bath lip very good for the
healthy and this prep popular in my
village this natural medicine if you
have our bus tour if you dread betcha
like a relaxing what if I have a
hangover today yeah if you have are you
get fever or little bit hit like you
have hobo bus and then you feel very
better and that's also good for the skin
good for the skin yeah we're gonna be
aromatic we're gonna be healthy and
we're gonna be strong coming up
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I really do
just get
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is good
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may yes I don't think this bathtub is
big enough for me
no no later with later we'll get this
water to put back how long will we boil
the leaves in here about one hour we
have to take a lot leap because we have
ten to eight medicine to make her a bath
there's 28 different organs
my skin is gonna be so tasty after this
I can't wait
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may was telling me that usually when
they do the bath I think maybe you've
heard these stories before like the
oldest person goes first and then it
goes through all the men and then all
the ladies so usually when it's bath
time she's like the last one and luckily
today I'm the first one and after I get
out I think I'm gonna be the only one
this is toasty look at the construction
on this barrel they made this barrel
they grow their own food they build
their own house they can do literally
everything it's quite amazing am I
supposed to dip my face and we're
supposed to dip my face I'm done it's a
long like I'm in a giant cup of tea
right now a feeling I didn't know I
wanted before
thank you off camera person I didn't
realize it was gonna be this hot I feel
like I'm about to faint I'm told this is
a good thing this is the goal I have
purged the rice wine demons from
yesterday and now it is time to go eat
let's go
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Wow I must say May I'm feeling a lot
better
rejuvenated I'm refreshed and I'm ready
for the next step what are we doing next
whoa this is so cool so this was made
here in the village for handmade is it
lucky or something ah no this make you
more handsome okay great we're gonna
make our food for today a very special
food to this area yeah what is it called
sticky rice sticky rice look you've had
ordinary rice you've had rice that just
falls apart and isn't sticky at all but
today we're going in the opposite
direction okay we're going with rice
that is sticky we have so obviously you
have all the ingredients and everything
we need is already here we we can go to
pick some meat on the gut in the garden
you get to go climb again yes the sticky
rice we'll be making today is usually
reserved for the New Year's holiday or
other special occasions like when I'm
here we're trekking again we're heading
into the mountain and what are we
looking for this time oh now we're we go
to the Morton nothing find somebody to
make sticky rice that's color like the
foot Mahmoud Alicia mom or color food
typically prepared with five different
colors they actually dyed the rice
naturally using only special herbs
growing near their home we're using
natural herbs to dye the rice yes and
they'll all have a little different
taste yeah oh this is so cool
which color tastes the best purple color
little bit lighter um
french fry I like that a lot
is that all I get inside yes I can't
wait to figure out that flavor profile
that sounds wild to me right now your
mom is picking some of these do you need
any help you can pick me sneak once
we've gathered our ingredients we head
back to the house to prep the rice
starting by boiling the herbs in water
until they take on the new color we have
all of our rice ingredients and your
mother is hard at work down here so what
color is this
ah this is blue look at that this
blueness is coming just from a plant
whoa I'm so bright but this is all still
just the raw rice it is not cooked yet
um but I don't know what makes it sticky
rice what is the difference between
normal rice and sticky rice the
character for defense different kind of
blue eyes for animal life it's not like
a different preparation it's actually
like a whole different kind of went yeah
I always thought sticky rice was like
prepared differently like they cooked it
a little too long it's just a different
kind of rice yes yes yes we're all
learning actually literally everyone in
Asia knew that except for me so maybe
just I'm learning okay so she's gonna
pour into purple right now so then you
just cook the rice like you would
normally okay so let's get to boiling so
we can get to eat it
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with the rice underway our meal is still
not complete without the peanut dip made
by shelling and frying peanuts then
crushing them into tiny salty bits
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our hard work has paid off and actually
it turned out much more beautiful than I
even expected it's radiant blue purple
yellow what color is that what it's a
race color yes yeah okay this one's just
got a race color I thought the whole
purpose was just to diet to make it
pretty but it actually is changing the
flavor of the food and which one was the
one that tastes like insects I try it is
like far before you try to eating again
sir yeah yeah what instructed you is I
don't know but we just cannot insect
flying mmm okay so it tastes like some
kind of flying inside yeah okay that got
me excited you've got some fried salty
peanut dip but we're gonna first just
try it alone
straight up purple rice to see if it
really tastes like insects let's try it
out
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hmm
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it's not like normal rice but I don't
know that it has an insect flavor hmm
but I like it it tastes like the color
purple I'm gonna try some of this peanut
here it's best with the peanut right
yeah
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that's really your name I love it that
rice is really chewy and then there's
some great salt to the peanut don't tell
me I'm gonna see what blue tastes like
to me and then I'm gonna ask you what
you think yes here we go for me it just
tastes like rice I'm gonna try it some
more blue we're gonna dip it right here
into this peanut sauce you need the
peanuts huh mmm it's really really good
with the peanuts salty peanut tea chewy
those three things exactly at nothing
more nothing less
let's try some yellow am i eating this
properly I don't think you have enough
or I have too much which is it
you know it just say like this you
usually get it like yeah yeah oh my god
that would take me by the time I finish
eating I'd be ready to eat again alright
let's try it out yellow flavor hmm I
think the the special herbs that we mix
with them and mix them all a little bit
more like aromatic even more fresh
tasting but nothing really strong I
think a lot of the flavor really comes
from that peanut huh let's try it out
Cheers
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hmm social domain for me today it was
just all about the process making it
seeing how it's done it's really
impressive that you guys just do this
beginning to end all from what's around
you even our tablecloth right here from
a banana tree in the backyard we had a
great time the food was amazing but the
experience was even better so thank you
so much do you know that 150 you call
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we will see you next week a kimchi
kimchi yeah okay
kimchi peace
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