What to eat in Hue? I can recommend you some traditional dishes that I ate last time. Hue food is really plentiful with several specialities which are famous throughout the country. Food to eat in Hue is not cheap and there are many kinds of seafood used to make dishes. 1. Bánh bèo A bánh bèo is a Vietnamese dish that comes from Hue, a city in Central Vietnam. The English translation for this dish is water fern cakes. Bánh bèo is made from a combination of rice flour and tapioca flour. It is popular street food in Vietnam. The ingredients include rice cake, dried shrimps, crispy pork skin, scallion oil, and dipping sauce. It is usually eaten as a snack but is now considered a dish in restaurants and can be eaten as lunch and dinner. I usually ate a little more than usual since banh beo is one the greatest tasting dishes among both locals and foreigners. Once you get started, you don't realize how small this dish is and you finish it in no time. It would be really a shame if you don't taste this dish when you come to Hue, especially if it is a traditional dish. Yes, of course, you can find this dish in other places such as in Ho Chi Minh City, or wherever in Vietnam, but it doesn't have the same taste as in the real city where this dish was first made. 2. Nem Lui "Nem Lui is grilled ground pork in a lemongrass skewer. But it does not end there; this dish is a total package. It comes with vegetables, Vietnamese herbs and rice paper wrapper which you make like a spring roll, Nem Lui as the filling and dip it on a special sauce that also originated in Hue. What makes the Nem Lui Hue famous aside from the fact it originated from Hue which people expect it is always the best is its distinct taste which is hard to replicate; it probably has something to do with the lemongrass skewer or the special sauce of Hue." (cr. Taste of Hue) I've tried Nem Lui many times and I'll never get fed up with this dish. I can eat it all day long as it tastes delicious. This is also a dish to not forget to eat when you come to Hue. You can find this dish in every corner of the streets, since probably most of them sell the pretty same dishes, which makes easier for tourists to find places to eat, otherwise they'll have to find hidden places and that makes things more complicated for their visit to Hue. 3. Bánh Khoái At first, when you see the dish, you might think that Banh Khoai is the Banh Xeo (Vietnamese Pancake). It is not the same thing as Banh Khoai is a little thicker than the Banh Xeo and it is, of course, from Hue. It is a crispy pancake that is eaten with nuoc leo, a rich peanut sauce, which actually also contains a lot of liver and so is truly unique. When this sauce is made it can be frozen and as long as it has been reheated (maximum once) then it can be used in small batches for the next time you eat Banh Khoai and I promise that when you try them once you will want to eat them again! Usually, this pancake goes with salad. You can eat without salad and herbs, but it tastes really differently so I really recommend that you eat with it, and I know that you'll never forget ever again the taste of this dish. To be honest, I prefer the banh xeo than the banh khoai, because the banh xeo has a little better taste and it is thinner and easier to eat than the banh khoai, but this is only my opinion. You should try it and tell me what you think about it in the comments below! 4. Vietnamese Iced Coffee You will probably find this drink everywhere in Vietnam, wherever you go since it is pretty well-known in Vietnam: the Vietnamese Iced Coffee. It is also called cà phê đá or cafe da in Vietnamese. At its simplest, cà phê đá is made using medium to coarse ground dark roast Vietnamese-grown coffee with a small metal Vietnamese drip filter. After the hot water is added, the drip filter releases drops of hot coffee slowly into a cup. This finished cup of hot coffee is then quickly poured into a glass full of ice making the finished Vietnamese iced coffee. A popular way to drink Vietnamese coffee is cà phê sữa đá, which is Vietnamese iced coffee with sweetened condensed milk. This is done by putting two to three tablespoons or more of sweetened condensed milk into the cup prior to the drip filter process. 5. Hue street food To be honest, there were food that I've eaten but don't even remember the name of each dish. I think I ate too much to remember those names. The positive side is that it was very delicious and I really enjoyed Hue traditional street food, for a first time. My uncle had some childhood friends that are still living in Hue, and they invited him, but also us, to eat dinner outside, with the hot weather. It was really cozy to eat outside, since compared to Ho Chi Minh City, Hue is not that crowded with motorbikes outside so it was really calm, and I think we sat along a river. Sharing moments with people that we don't necessarily know, but who make us feel as if we were their own family member was unforgettable. You can't really find an atmosphere like this in Occidental countries. Usually, they prefer go out and eat in their own, without sharing anything and not even talking. That is a little negative side that I really would like to change (unfortunately, I can't, but still try) with Occidental people. Anyways, what I ate that night was grilled corn with some peanuts and some fried onions. The next dish was a little bowl of soup with fertilised duck eggs. It is pretty a weird name in English, but this is what we call in Vietnamese "Hột Vịt Lộn". I don't think Occidentals really eat this kind of eggs, since it's not really well-known in their own country, but this dish is very popular among Vietnamese people. Usually, they don't eat fertilised duck eggs alone, but dip that in salt and pepper mixed together. I don't want to describe what's in the egg, because it could be really disgusting. I just close my eyes and eat it all at once, and it is pretty delicious though. The egg was inside the bowl. Finally, the last dish was a hot pot. There was the broth, a fish, some anchovies, pieces of tomatoes and pineapples. I don't really know how they made this broth (my mom explained to me once, but I forgot...), but it was really tasty. Not too salty, neither too sweet. The perfect taste. I really liked the little lamp hanging on the branch of the tree. Really unsual in Paris to eat oustide, under a tree. Sometimes, it is also a great thing to discover new decorations, new cultures, new lifestyle by travelling a lot, and comparing each countries.
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