The ancient capital of Hue is famous for its unique cuisine, creating its own characteristics of the people of the ancient capital with delicious dishes in Hue created and handed down from the old royal chefs. Here, Vietnam Reviewer would like to summarize the Top 11 delicious dishes in Hue that you should enjoy when coming to.
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Top 11 delicious dishes in Hue
Bread Soup Nam Pho
Nam Pho Noodle Soup is a kind of Hue street food that attracts people with the thick taste of the sauce combined with the characteristic chewy and supple taste of Bread Soup that will surely make you remember forever.
Suggest you a place to find delicious Pho Nam Banh Soup in Hue: Pho Nam Banh Soup – Thuy
- Address: No. 16, Pham Hong Thai, Hue
- Open: 15h – 21h.
Banh Khoai
Cake must be a favorite dish of many people who have just been given this name, many people will misunderstand it as Banh Xeo because the form and ingredients are quite similar. But when enjoying, you will feel the crust is thicker than pancakes many times, when eaten, it is served with a special broth made from lean meat, pork liver, roasted sesame, and peanuts.
Suggested good places to eat:
Bánh Khoái Hồng Mai
- Address: 110 Dinh Tien Hoang – City. Hue
- Prices range from 25,000 to 35,000. VND
Vả Trộn
Vả Trộn is delicious dishes in Hue made from figs in the fig family. The fruit offers a rich, fleshy flavor that is in stark contrast to the acrid taste of figs. Hue people have combined figs with spices such as shrimp, fish sauce, sour vinegar,… to create a dish with a cool and refreshing taste for the summer.
Suggestions for delicious Hue restaurants: You can visit the Food Court at Dong Ba Market, Tay Loc to enjoy this dish. Just go to the market and ask and you will be shown immediately because this is a familiar street food of Hue people. With only the price of 10,000 – 20,000 VND, you can enjoy the best Vả Trộn.
Cơm Hến
Talking about delicious dishes in Hue, it is impossible not to mention Cơm Hến. As one of the delicious dishes in Hue with the perfect combination of Hue royal cuisine and folk cuisine, creating a unique, and strange taste of the dish. The food used to make mussel rice is very simple but creates a very delicious taste. The dish is a harmonious blend of yin and yang in both color and flavor. The rice dish has the strong taste of ginger, the aroma of vegetables, the spicy chili, the sweetness of mussels, and the fleshy taste of peanuts.
To enjoy the authentic taste of the dish, you must come to Hue. Let’s go to a popular restaurant and order a meal of Cơm Hến to fully feel the land and people here.
Delicious restaurant suggestions:
- Ba Cam Cơm Hến, No. 2 Truong Dinh, Hue city
- Reference price: 10,000 – 35,000 VND
Nam Cake
Banh Nam is a combination of rice flour, tapioca flour, wrapped in the cake is a mixture of pork and served with grilled salty and sour sauce. The cake dish is the heart of many tourists when visiting Hue.
Filtered Flour Cake
The filter cake is the most famous in Hue cakes. Hue filter cake has two types: filter cake and filter cake wrapped in banana leaves, each has a delicious taste and is dipped with a characteristic sweet and spicy fish sauce. When you eat, you will feel the sweetness of river shrimp mixed with the greasy taste of bacon wrapped in a tough dough that is hard to resist.
Bun Bo Hue
Enjoying the dishes in Hue is definitely not to be missed beef vermicelli, only in Hue, this dish really brings the old standard flavor that nowhere else can be found.
The white vermicelli fibers are larger than usual with moderate skin and fragrant rice. Beef is stewed with a characteristic aroma, moderate greasy taste that does not cause boredom. Besides beef, there are also attractive types of pork rolls, pork rolls, boiled blood mixed with pure, naturally sweet broth simmered from beef bones. Add little crunchy, cool raw vegetables, all combined into a perfect dish. Bun bo Hue has appeared in foreign articles and magazines, voted as one of the best dishes in Asia.
Some famous beef noodle soup addresses:
- Ms. Tuyet beef noodle soup 47 Nguyen Cong Tru
- Sister Ty noodle shop Address: 9/15 alley 33 Nguyen Cong Tru, Hue
- Me Keo noodle shop Address: 20 Bach Dang, Phu Cat, Hue City
- Reference price: 20,000 VND – 40,000 VND
Banh Beo
Food in Hue is extremely diverse, but in this land, the cake is closely associated with the people here, white, thin as a leaf, molded-in small, round cups. Many street vendors or just a small basket, vendors bring Banh Beo to sell from house to house. Slightly different from Banh Beo in other regions, Hue Banh Beo is thin, has dried shrimp paste, and is often served with deep-fried pork skin.
Bánh Ép
Bánh Ép is a specialty and delicious food in Hue that you must definitely enjoy when visiting the ancient capital. This dish is the creation of Hue people when the cake is made from simple and rustic ingredients in daily life such as filter flour, pork, eggs, green onions,…
Address:
- Bánh Ép Di Mai (opposite Duy Tan Secondary School, Hue)
- Bánh Ép Hue Gia Di (101 Ba Trieu, Hue)
Bánh Ram Ít
Bánh Ram Ít is a famous cake, a delicious Hue dish that is loved by many people because of its delicious and greasy taste with the salty taste of meat. The cake has 2 parts: a base is a yellow, crispy ram cake, a small part is soft and smooth with shrimp or meat filling. When eating, the small cake part and the cake blend together wonderfully and deliciously.
Location:
- Ba Do restaurant (No. 8 Nguyen Binh Khiem, Hue)
- Me Le restaurant (104/17/9 Kim Long, Hue)
- Thuy’s ram shop (16 Pham Hong Thai, Hue)
Cơm Âm Phủ
Cơm Âm Phủ is a delicious dish in Hue that has existed for a long time in the ancient capital, very “Hue” with many ingredients, colorful but very popular.
When a plate of rice is brought out, you will enjoy it with your eyes first because the plate of rice has all 7 colors and is presented very artistically and brilliantly. White rice is cooked with An Cuu rice in the middle, surrounded by pork belly, Hue spring rolls, shrimp, grilled spring rolls, herbs, cucumber,… When eating, remember to drizzle some fish sauce on top. Mix well and enjoy. Am Phu rice is now served from popular rice restaurants to luxury restaurants.
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Above are 11 delicious dishes in Hue that you should definitely try once. Vietnam Reviewer hopes that all of you will have a nice trip here. If you have any feedback or need help, please send an email through vietnamreviewer.contact@gmail.com!
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