Black sticky rice cake - The culinary essence of the Tay people.

Unlike the green sticky rice cakes found in the lowlands, the Tay people in Bac Ha (Lao Cai) have a unique type of sticky rice cake made with rice mixed with charcoal from the Nuc Nac tree, along with some characteristic spices of the mountainous region. This is the black sticky rice cake, which used to only appear during Tet (Lunar New Year), but is now quite popular and has become a specialty that many tourists seek out when visiting this area.