WHAT TO EAT IN HUE - TOP DISHES YOU MUST TRY WHEN COMING TO HUE

 The dreamy land of Hue is not only famous for its ancient architectural works and royal cultural heritage, but Hue cuisine is also one of the factors that create historical value for this place. Hue cuisine is the crystallization of the creative process by many generations, with more than 1,700 dishes from royal to folk. Hue cuisine has both luxury and delicacies of royal cuisine as well as rustic, simplicity of the people here. Hue cuisine is the interference of many regions, the crystallization, and the spread of cultural regions. So when you come to Hue, you should definitely not miss enjoying the specialties here. In this article, Truong Sa Tourist will introduce to you the most famous dishes of Hue.

1. Bun Bo Hue

When you arrive in Hue, the first thing you definitely have to try is a bowl of “bun bo Hue” right away. This is Hue's most famous specialty. This dish can be found everywhere in Vietnam, but “bun bo Hue” here has a unique flavor that cannot be confused with anywhere else. The vermicelli noodles mixed with flavorful bone broth and attractive toppings such as pork trotters, sausages, thinly sliced beef,... will definitely make you never forget

2. Hue Sweet Soup

Hue is a paradise of all kinds of sweet soup. Visitors can see many sweet soup shops in Hue all over the streets, with very diverse flavors such as lotus sweet soup, mixed sweet soup, grapefruit sweet soup, green beans, and potatoes, pumpkin, roasted pork sweet soup...
 

3. Bot Loc Cake

This type of cake is very typical in Hue, it is sold everywhere at a very cheap price. Flour cake filled with shrimp and meat, chewy and soft on the outside, wrapped in layers of banana leaves. Served with a rich dipping sauce, it will impress you.

4. Nam Cake
 

“Banh nam” is a famous rustic cake of Hue cuisine. The appearance is quite similar to “banh bot loc”, however, it is larger in size and made from rice flour,the cake filling is usually made from lean meat, minced chicken, shrimp, and shrimp... Nam cake is often eaten with chili fish sauce mixed with powder and has a slightly sweet taste.

5. Com Hen

The next dish on the list is mussel rice. The ingredients of this dish are very simple, including only cooked white rice, cooled and then eaten with mussels, spices and crispy fried pork rinds. You can eat it with raw vegetables and roasted peanuts or chopped white taro.

6. Va Tron

 One of Hue's famous specialties is "Va tron". This dish's main ingredient is “Va” fruit which is mixed with shrimp, meat, green onions, laksa leaves, and a little sesame and peanuts. All these ingredients are mixed together, seasoned, and then placed on a plate. To enjoy this "Hue standard" dish, people often eat it with crispy grilled "banh trang”. The acrid, nutty flavor of a fruit with the sweetness of shrimp, meat, and roasted peanuts will surprise anyone who enjoys it for the first time and will remember it forever 

 7. Banh Canh Nam Pho

When talking about Hue specialties, you definitely cannot miss Banh canh Nam Pho - a traditional dish associated with famous places in the ancient capital. This dish originates from Nam Pho village in Phu Vang district, Thua Thien-Hue province, passed down from generation to generation with a unique rich flavor that anyone who eats it will be nostalgic for.
 

8. Ep Cake

Ep cake is made from simple, rustic ingredients right from everyday life such as tapioca flour, pork, eggs, green onions.... however, it brings a very strange flavor, the greasy taste of meat and eggs, the crispy taste of cooked tapioca flour, mixed with the aroma of raw vegetables, mixed with a bit of sour and spicy from the dipping sauce, making it impossible to stop once you eat it.