From Cao Bang city to reach Bao Lac, one has to travel about 150km, through winding roads, hills, high mountains, and deep abysses. This is also an attractive point for tourists who love to explore; here, visitors have the opportunity to admire the towering green mountains and the fluffy white clouds drifting down the mountainside and the brilliant golden terraced fields, beautiful like a painting.
The Bao Lac market in Cao Bang province usually takes place once every 5 days. The uniqueness of the Bao Lac market is not only the bustling buying and selling but also the preservation of the cultural identity of the Tay and Mong people. Every market day is filled with the colorful costumes of the local ethnic minorities, as well as the agricultural products that the locals bring to sell at the market.
Especially, the food stalls are always bustling with visitors. The fragrant aroma of rustic dishes wafts through the air, chasing away the cold wind. Local delicacies such as steamed rice cakes, grilled pork, black sticky rice cake, sour pork, smoked sausage… Although simple and rustic, they always carry a rich, diverse, and unique culinary culture, deeply reflecting the cultural identity of the highland ethnic groups.