If you visit Dong Ba Hue market without trying the following delicious dishes, you will miss out on many culinary quintessence in Kinh Ky land. The market is located right in the center of Hue city and was built in 1887 under the reign of King Dong Khanh.
Learn about the subdivisions of Dong Ba Hue market before discovering unique cuisine
1st floor: Food items sales area
This is also the most attractive area for tourists from far away. The main items sold here are fresh food, dried food, pressed cakes, Hue fish sauce (shrimp sauce, shrimp sauce...). We can buy and enjoy on the spot, but if we buy it, we need to weigh it. Note because the weight and smell are quite heavy.
2nd floor: Area selling handicraft products
2nd floor of Dong Ba Hue market is a paradise that gathers handicraft products from traditional craft villages in the Central region such as scissors from Hien Luong forging village, bamboo wares from Da Le craft village, ceramics from Phuoc Tich craft village...
3rd floor: Area selling clothes and garment products
On the top floor of Dong Ba Hue market you will find stalls selling clothes and fabrics. We can buy ready-made clothes, Hue-style ao dai or even choose custom-made fabric here.
Enjoy cuisine with bold Hue characteristics
Nam Pho soup cake
Banh Canh was born in Nam Pho village with a special feature in that the noodles are made from rice flour and tapioca flour. After combining in a certain ratio, each strand will have a certain softness and toughness. The broth of Nam Pho noodle soup is also quite thick, with the orange-red color of shrimp served with crab cakes. With each spoonful, you will feel the smoothness and softness of the noodles sliding on the tip of your tongue.
Bread flour
There are 2 types of tapioca cake in Hue: unwrapped bare cake or leaf-wrapped cake. No matter what kind of cake we taste at Dong Ba Hue market, we can still see the transparent texture of the cake, allowing us to see the soft, filling inside. Dip with sweet or salty fish sauce according to your taste.
Nam cake
The ingredients to make banh nam are thinly rolled rice flour wrapped in dong leaves, filled with pork, minced shrimp and green onions. With each bite, you will be conquered by the rich flavor of the dough, a little salty of the filling, and a little spicy of the chili fish sauce.
Cup cake
Stalls selling Nam cake, Loc cake, and Cup cake at Dong Ba Hue market are often easy to find and always welcome customers. Hue's banh beo is made with tapioca starch and rice flour, then steamed in a small, bite-sized bowl. The filling has dried shrimp, pork rinds, onion fat, fried onions... so it's just right. When enjoying, you just need to sprinkle the dipping sauce on top, sip each spoonful of lumpy cake and the filling in your mouth.
Tea at Dong Ba market in Hue
When you visit Hue, you must definitely enjoy the typical sweet soup dishes here such as sweet bean sweet soup, filtered sweet soup wrapped in roasted pork, green bean sweet soup... Dong Ba Hue market sweet soup is quite cheap, only from 10,000 VND/cup and has not too much flavor. Strongly sweet, easy to eat.
Stir-fried rice snails
In front of Dong Ba Hue market, you can easily see pots of fragrant stir-fried snails for sale. In addition to the aroma and rich sweetness, this delicious dish also has the characteristic strong flavor of lemongrass and spicy chili.
Enjoying the cuisine of Dong Ba Hue market cannot be eaten quickly and hastily, but must be slowly sipped like the gentleness of the people here.
(Source: Can Tho Newspaper)
Original link: https://baocantho.com.vn/cho-dong-ba-hue-co-mon-gi-ngon-khong-the-bo-lo-a157754.html
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