The must-try street food in Hue

Hue is one of the most attractive destinations that is also well known for being a foodie’s haven. If you have the chance to visit Hue, you must enjoy an array of delicious food to eat.

Com hen

It is a delicious dish with a mix of rice noodles, tender stir-frie clams, crisp pork cracklings, peanuts, bean sprouts, fried shallots and herbs. And you can add a bowl of hot clam broth as you want. The food can be easily found along with Han Mac Tu street.

Nem lui

You love spring rolls and want to do your own roll? This is a dish for you. Nem lui is made from well-seasoned finely-ground pork and minced pork skin. This mixture will be then attached on a lemongrass stick and grilled over a coal stove.

When eating, Nem lui will be wrapped in a thin rice paper and fresh herbs added. Rolling it up and then dip in peanut sesame sauce will make a perfect flavor. If you have the opportunity to visit Hue, do not forget to enjoy this unique dish.

Banh bot loc

While Banh Beo is having a round shape, Banh Nam is flat with minced pork added and Banh loc is cute sushi-shaped with a tasty filling. It is a combination of a small shrimp and lightly seasoned ground pork belly. The same as other Hue specialties, they also serve spicy fish sauce with this cake.
Furthermore, Banh loc are wrapped in la dong, also known as elephant ears leaves which adds a very enjoyable fragrance to the dish.

Bun bo Hue

Like many of the dishes I mentioned above, “Bun bo Hue” is ubiquitous in and around the city, featuring round rice noodles, pork bones, beefs, flavored with lemongrass, annatto seeds, ginger, fermented shrimp paste, etc. Due to popularity, you can find “Bun bo Hue” in the food stalls in the center of Dong Ba Market, a very good one for convenience and comfort.

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Banh ep

If you want an off-the-beaten-track experience in Hue, Banh Ep is absolutely the one you should try. Different from the above dishes, the ingredients of Banh Ep are much more simple, tapioca flour and the filling (egg, pate, jerky, meat, or any combination of them). The chef cooks the cakes by pressing the dough between two pieces of cast iron on charcoal, and then they put the filling on top, and press them again into the heat.

The way people sell Banh Ep is also very interesting. People call out “One with meat please,” or “Two with egg and jerky please.” You can observe how she does it, smell the cakes from the time the two ingredients are two separate parts, to the point when they are mixed together. You can hear the sound of sizzling as it reminds your stomach that you are hungry. The cake is then passed right to you after it is done. You can touch the cake and feel its heat and crisp.

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