Chicken wrapped in sticky rice and sweet soup are among the best sticky rice dishes in the world.

The culinary website Taste Atlas has announced the 36 best sticky rice dishes in the world . Notably, Vietnam has 4 dishes on this list including three-color sweet soup, lam sweet soup, taro sweet soup and sticky rice chicken.

Ranked at number 4, three-color sweet soup is one of the ideal desserts for those with a sweet tooth. This sweet soup combines many ingredients such as sticky rice, red beans, green beans, jelly, coconut milk... creating a diverse flavor, both rich and refreshing. Regardless of the ingredients, the sweet soup almost always has coconut milk and crushed peanuts sprinkled on top.

Three-color sweet soup is usually eaten cold with shaved ice, helping to dispel the heat, especially suitable for the hot summer weather of Vietnam.

Three-color sweet soup is considered one of the best sticky rice desserts in the world. Photo: Tas

Three-color sweet soup is considered one of the best sticky rice desserts in the world. Photo: Taste Atlas

Taro dessert is ranked 13th. The dessert consists of only basic ingredients such as diced taro, sticky rice, pandan juice and sugar. The diced taro is steamed until soft, then mixed with cooked sticky rice, a few drops of pandan leaves and sugar.

Ranked 23, chè lam is a snack made from sticky rice flour, peanuts, ginger and molasses or sugar.

Che lam is loved for its sweet taste mixed with the spicy taste of ginger. Photo: Van Hoa

Covered in rice flour and sliced into thin strips, chè lam has a sweet and slightly spicy taste. This dish is often enjoyed with hot tea and is very popular with the elderly.

Vietnamese sticky rice chicken ranked 25th. This dish is loved for its unique combination of crispy fried sticky rice on the outside and soft, moist, juicy chicken on the inside. The image of a chicken in a golden sticky rice layer also symbolizes fullness and luck. Therefore, sticky rice chicken often appears in parties, ceremonies or family reunions.