Top 15 delicious dishes you should not miss when exploring the ancient capital of Hue

Nestled behind the majestic Bach Ma mountain range, Hue city is famous for its cultural values that are more than 200 years old.

Not only famous for its ancient architectural works and royal cultural heritage, Hue cuisine is also one of the factors that create historical value for this place.

Hue cuisine always makes people remember forever thanks to its unique flavors and cooking methods, imbued with the quintessence of national culture. If you have the opportunity to visit Hue, you should not miss the following dishes

Hue beef noodle soup

When mentioning Hue specialties, we certainly cannot miss the famous Hue beef noodle soup with its rich, slightly spicy flavor typical of the Central region that cannot be found anywhere else.

A full bowl of Hue beef noodle soup usually has beef, blood, pig's feet, beef sausage and crab sausage, especially the noodles must be big and thick, not the thin noodles like in the North or South. Beef noodle soup is now sold in many places. But when coming to Hue, enjoying a bowl of rich, spicy noodles in the cold weather, visitors can fully feel the special deliciousness of this dish.

Rice with mussels

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The authentic “Hue” mussel rice must be cooked white rice and left to cool overnight to retain the aroma of the spices. Hue mussel rice is both rich and astringent, especially very spicy. People add mussel meat with flavorful additives, crispy fried pork fat served with raw vegetables, bean sprouts, banana blossom, and fried peanuts, which will surely make you crazy.

Nowadays you can easily enjoy a bowl of mussel rice anywhere from the countryside to the city, but having tried it once in Hue, you will definitely never forget this authentic Hue taste.

Mussels with rice paper

Mussels with rice paper is the next dish made from mussels, considered a Hue specialty that should not be missed when coming here. The main ingredient of the dish is mussels stir-fried with fragrant onions and garlic, served with grilled rice paper or shrimp crackers. It sounds like this dish is quite simple, but the flavor it leaves behind makes people want to eat it forever.

Grilled spring rolls

As one of Hue's specialties, nem lui is the pride of the people here when talking about Hue cuisine.

The dish is prepared in a rustic way, served with raw vegetables and chili, although the meat is also rolled up like the Southern people. What's more special here is that you will be dipped in a type of fish sauce called "nuoc leo", a very special dipping sauce that once you eat it, when you remember it, you will crave it forever.

Banh bot loc

Banh loc. (Source: Thua Thien-Hue Newspaper)

Hue's Banh Bot Loc is not a strange cake, but in Hue, it is considered a Hue specialty that must be tried. Here, Banh Bot Loc is divided into two types: wrapped in banana leaves or left bare. The cake's crust is made from soft, elastic rice flour, the filling has meat, minced shrimp and is served with sweet and sour fish sauce.

Ram It Cake

Banh ram it is one of the delicacies in Hue that you cannot refuse. The cake is prepared very elaborately from the shape, color combination to the process of making, this elaborateness comes from the fact that banh ram it was a dish that Lord Nguyen loved very much, so it was a cake that was only served in the royal court in the past.

The name of the cake is because it is a special combination of the cake ram and the cake it. The fried cake below is the cake ram and the white round part above is the cake it. With just the first bite, you will feel the stickiness of the sticky rice flour, then the delicious shrimp and meat, and finally the crunchiness of the fried cake. Nowadays, the cake ram it has become a favorite dish of all tourists when coming to Hue.

Hue rice cake

When talking about Hue specialties, how can we ignore Banh Beo? Although Banh Beo has become very familiar to everyone in Vietnam, from rural to urban areas, Hue-style Banh Beo is extremely special.

Hue's Banh Beo is served in small bowls and then arranged on bamboo trays. On each cake, visitors will be attracted by the pure white color of the cake, the orange-red color of fresh shrimp, the yellow color of pork fat and the green color of onions, which are extremely eye-catching. Hue's Banh Beo is eaten with standard fish sauce. Just enjoy the first bite, you will feel as if the essence of heaven and earth is gathering here.

Banh khoai

The next Hue specialty you should try is banh khoai. Hue delicacy banh khoai is a type of fried dough cake of Hue. Although it looks quite similar to banh xeo in the crispy golden crust, the filling inside is different, including shrimp, ham, whale fish and bean sprouts.

Hue steamed rice cakes

Appearing on all the streets in Hue, banh nam is one of the Hue specialties that is very popular with tourists. Banh nam is rectangular, inside is a layer of pure white flour and the pink color of shrimp is very eye-catching, the outside is wrapped in green dong leaves. Banh nam is served with shrimp rolls combined with a bowl of rich fish sauce, so delicious that you will never forget it.

The cake is round in shape according to the mold. You can eat the cake with a thick and rich dipping sauce and raw vegetables with a rich, fatty taste, extremely attractive. This rustic cake is a familiar dish of Hue people, every time they go far away, Hue people always remember this taste as a beautiful part of their childhood memories.

Nhat Le Chung Cake

The name of Nhat Le Chung cake is named after Nhat Le street in the Citadel, which is also the origin of this cake. The fragrant and soft Nhat Le Chung cake is a wonderful combination of the flavors of sticky rice, meat, green beans and spices such as pepper and onion. Coming to Hue without trying Nhat Le Chung cake is a big mistake.

Hell Rice

Hue Hell Rice is one of the specialties that is imbued with Hue culture. The name is strange but very attractive. The dish is made from many ingredients, with a variety of colors, creating an extremely attractive culinary picture. White rice is usually placed in the middle, surrounded by green vegetables, pickled cabbage, pork belly, nem chua, Hue sausage,... and decorated with a little onion and cilantro.

Hue Pork Roll

Tre Hue is one of Hue's specialties, representing the special cuisine of Hue people. At first glance, you can easily confuse it with Hue's nem, however, the way they are made is very different, so you should ask carefully before buying.

There are two types of Hue Tre: pork Tre and beef Tre, but both are wrapped in banana leaves like spring rolls. The taste of Tre is fragrant with the smell of rice powder, sweet and slightly sour but very delicious.

Mixed figs

Jackfruit mixed with pork belly or mussels eaten with rice paper is considered one of the precious specialties of Hue. (Photo: Quoc Viet/Vietnam+)

An interesting thing is that most restaurants or eateries in Hue cannot lack mixed fig - a specialty fruit that you should try when coming here. Fig has a bitter taste, combined with raw vegetables and sweet and sour dressing to create a very attractive appetizer.

Sour shrimp paste

Also a specialty fish sauce in Hue, sour shrimp paste has the light sour taste of fresh shrimp, combined with the spicy chili flavor and many other spices, all blending together to create a flavor that you will never forget after just one taste.

Sour shrimp paste is not like the shrimp paste that you eat with vermicelli noodles or dog meat like in the North, Hue's sour shrimp paste is delicious when eaten with boiled pork and hot rice.

Green bean fruit cake

When talking about Hue delicacies, how can we forget fruit green bean cake, also known as “noble cake”, because it was made by the most famous and professional bakers of that time, and was only used to present to the king.

The special thing about this cake compared to other cakes in Hue is its shape. After the dough has been mixed well, the baker will mold it into the shapes of vegetables and even fruits.

As soon as you take the first bite, you will feel the sweetness of the cake, the richness of the filling inside and the indispensable aroma of green beans, along with the smooth, melting feeling on the tip of your tongue that you will definitely love. The cake is served with tea, chatting with each other while sipping tea cake, what could be more enjoyable!./.

(Vietnam+)

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