Hue FOOD EXPLOSION! Simple Ingredients, Extraordinary Flavours

Get ready for a MASSIVE Hue food explosion! We're about to stuff our faces with the craziest, most awesome food in Hue, Vietnam.
First stop? The INSANE Dong Ba Market, but not before I snagged a quick peek of the super cool Imperial City! At the market, I dove into a giant bowl of Bun Bo Hue - spicy beef noodle soup that's basically the king of Hue food!
Next, I hit up Mệ Bừ for sizzling Nem Lui (think like fancy kebabs) and Bun Mam Nem (pork noodles doused in a stinky fermented fish sauce that might sound weird but trust me, it's AMAZING) - In my opinion an iconic Vietnamese dish!
Day one ends with a sugary reward at Che Hem, a local spot famous for their crazy colourful and delicious che (sweet dessert soup).
The next day, I scarfed down the iconic Com Hen(rice with tiny clams)and Bun Hen(vermicelli with tiny clams) at Cơm hến Hoa Đông. Then, I head to QUÁN ĂN AN TÂM for a fit-for-a-king feast - dishes that the Hue emperors themselves used to eat!
Finally, before I left Hue to get back to Da Nang, I HAD to try the city's signature drink Cà phê muối(salty coffee!) I visited the original Cà phê muối for a sip of this one-of-a-kind beverage.
If you're down for an epic Hue food trip, come along for the ride! Tell me what Hue dish YOU're dying to try in the comments, and smash that like and subscribe button for more Vietnamese food adventures
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Locations visited:
Amazing Hotel I stayed at in Hue - Hue Nino Hotel:
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Imperial City:
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Dong Ba Market-Bún Bò Huế KIM CHÂU (TY):
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Bún Mắm Mệ Bừ:
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Che Hem:
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Cơm hến Hoa Đông:
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QUÁN ĂN AN TÂM:
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Cà phê muối:
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00:00 - Intro
00:50 - Imperial City
01:44 - Bún Bò Huế KIM CHÂU (TY)
07:36 - Bún Mắm Mệ Bừ
13:38 - Che Hem
16:14 - Cơm hến Hoa Đông
22:19 - QUÁN ĂN AN TÂM
32:32 - Cà phê muối
36:46 - Thanks for Watching :)

[@PureDetour]

Hey everyone! Thanks so much for joining me on this Hue food adventure! It seriously blew my mind. Bun Bo Hue is a classic, but QUÁN ĂN AN TÂM is in a world of it's own. What was YOUR favourite dish? Let me know in the comments below! And don't forget to subscribe while you're here: kzbin.info

[@roostertalkaboutanythingsi5688]

I'm appreciate your love of Vietnamese foods, I'm home sick all the time Love to come back Thanks for bring me the video love it.

[@PureDetour]

I hope it gives a tiny bit of relief. I can totally understand why you would be home sick

[@TheBacolodFoodHunters]

At 36 minutes - this is the longest video you've filmed! And the most beautiful to date! Good job! 🥰

[@PureDetour]

Thank you my friend

[@ZyDo1408]

With me Huế is a place that have the best foods in entire Viet Nam And when u came Ha Noi u can try something like phở trộn or miến trộn, bánh mì cay hải phòng, bánh đúc nóng, nem rán hà nội, bánh cốm, bánh giò, xôi xéo, chả cá lã vọng, bún chả bún cá, bún thang and of course egg Coffee.

[@PureDetour]

Awesome recos. I am in Hanoi right now and many of these are on my list.😁

[@passager01]

The banh cuon you ate is a variety ( meat and vegetables as filling ) . The classic banh cuons are filled with chopped meat and minced black mushrooms , a little pepper added for spiciness . They are eaten with bean sprouts . Classic banh cuons are sold widely in Hanoi but you can find them in Saigon and other cities .

[@PureDetour]

Nice, I am in Hanoi now so I will be on the lookout for them here. I was looking all over Hanoi for the wet cake (cuon) versions and couldn't find it anywhere. THaks for the reco My understanding is the ones that were made at Quan An An Tam were how they were prepared for the royal family at one point in time

[@hangeroo2439]

@@PureDetour If you're looking for banh uot like you had in Hue, not sure if you can find it in Hanoi. But you should be able to find pho cuon, which uses different filling inside.

[@sadohrs8431]

What a food tour! I will gobble up everything that you have ordered but the lemongrass skewers and the crispy cakes and dumplings at the very last restaurant had me really drooling all over my cp😂😂😂 Vietnamese Coffee is really delish but never have I seen a salted one in the neck of my woods. Thank you, Geoff!

[@PureDetour]

Salt coffee and egg coffee have both been reserved(on camera anyway) for their origin cities😁

[@sadohrs8431]

@@PureDetour Ohhhhh 😉

[@BobSlowly4Me]

Glad you’re embracing Viet dishes. Keep making great videos. Makes me miss the motherland.

[@PureDetour]

Thank you so much my friend

[@hoanganhang8415]

Đất nước con người của chúng tôi giàu tình thương dễ mến, ẩm thực vùng miền rất đa dạng phong phú ngon tuyệt vời chúc bạn trải dài vùng đất hình chữ S của chúng tôi để trải nghiệm văn hóa ẩm thực vùng đất để quảng bá cho bạn bè thế giới xin cảm ơn

[@PureDetour]

Ở Hà Nội rồi bạn ơi. cảm ơn vì những từ ngữ tốt đẹp của bạn

[@jportega9404]

At almost 37 minutes long you know its got tons of good stuff in it!

[@PureDetour]

Definitely one of my longer videos, JP. Which is weird, because when I left Hue I didn't think I had enough footage 😂

[@1zamboni]

Right on you had a Hue local beer, I'll visit the Bun Bo Hue next time I'm back for another visit. Thanks for sharing.

[@PureDetour]

Huda is owned by Carlsberg these days so I don't how "local" people would consider it, but it works in a pinch😂 Thank you for tuning in my friend

[@le-phuongnguyen6181]

My parents are both from hue, i love this !

[@PureDetour]

Glad you enjoyed. Thank you for tuning in

[@TheBacolodFoodHunters]

Dammit - I missed the premiere - I was out getting a pedicure. Lol! Great video!! You can actually do very nice SCENERY stuff! I didn't know you had it in you! That little cheeky dab of ems at 1:26 is so well timed to the music! Well done!

[@PureDetour]

Thank you my friend. She only let me use it this week because she was so far away. The shot at Dong Ba market where you barely catch a glimpse of her she doesn't know that I left it. She thinks all of them were blurred like a couple of clips are😂

[@lyvlogmientay2768]

Cuối tuần giao lưu vui vẻ 🥰

[@PureDetour]

Bạn cũng vậy bạn của tôi

[@hangeroo2439]

It's interesting what people in Hue call banh uot. My understanding of banh uot is that it isn't filled, but is topped with meats and veggies. Banh cuon, on the other hand is filled with stuff then rolled. So you might wanna beware of that when you're in different parts of Vietnam. If you enjoyed what they called banh uot there, look for pho cuon in Hanoi (it's the same steamed rice paper rolled up with pho ingredients like beef). But definitely try banh cuon in Hanoi as well...make sure you get the ones with all the fixings such as cinnamon sausage on the side.

[@PureDetour]

I do seem to recall places in Saigon with signage that said both cuon and out. The menu at Quan An An Tam definitely states Banh uot thit nuong. I just looked after reading your comment because I thought maybe I mis-spoke when I filmed this. Looking that up made me do a general google search about it. Which led me to a few articles in Vietnamese that I had to translate. A couple of them stated that the difference between the two is "banh cuon is usually made of minced grill pork as the main filling whereas banh uot is made of minced ground pork as a filling" I am in Hanoi currently and it is absolutely referred to as cuon here. I had the pho cuon last night for dinner.😁

[@miketoller1891]

I have researched the steamed tapioca treats, the English translation is yum yum yum!

[@PureDetour]

😂

[@BasicEnglish1o1]

the word Muối in Cafe Muối means Salt is different in writing compared to Mười which means number Ten 🙂 Vietnamese is all about the Diacritics diferences my friend, if it doesn't write correctly, then it will means differently.

[@PureDetour]

See? It got me again!😂 I never even noticed the difference diacritics on each word. Just when I think I am starting to get the hang of it, BOOM, back to the beginning. Thank you for clarifying for me.

[@khuyentranthi2855]

Chào mừng bạn đã đến thăm Việt Nam chúng tôi

[@PureDetour]

cảm ơn bạn rất nhiều nhiều lắm bạn của tôi

[@saitovlog9458]

In Hue, you must try the pressed cake (Bánh Ép) , it is a rustic but very special dish

[@PureDetour]

Unfortunately I was only in Hue for two days. Had I known of this before going I would have absolutely tried it. this is the first time I have heard of it and I did a lot of research before going.

[@saitovlog9458]

@@PureDetour Vietnamese cuisine in general and Hue cuisine in particular is very diverse and rich, so you cannot taste it all in just 1 or 2 days. Hopefully you will come back and enjoy other delicious dishes at another time. Thank you for loving and promoting Vietnamese cuisine. love you.

[@PureDetour]

90 days in the whole country is not enough time either. 😁 I think I could spend 90 days in Hue alone eating and I still wouldn't have a solid grasp on the cuisine of Hue

[@phanthietvn]

Great video thanks for sharing

[@PureDetour]

Thanks for watching!❤️

[@Vaytiennhanh2477]

Tôi không thể ăn Bun Mam Mem , không thể tin được bạn có thể ăn nó 😂 rất vui khi bạn đến thành phố của tôi ❤

[@PureDetour]

Tôi cũng không thể giải thích được. Bún nem có mùi kinh khủng nhất nhưng hương vị lại đặc biệt

[@victorgoh605]

Thank you for showing all these great food

[@PureDetour]

My pleasure 😊 thank you for watching

[@linhdt506]

Looking forward for your journey in Ha Noi. You should try some coffee in Viet Nam :) If you need we can give you some suggestions for food there.

[@PureDetour]

Hi Linhdt. I have had a lot of coffee here in Vietnam and it appears at the very end of this video. It will also make another appearance in the a few more videos coming up. Would love to hear your recos for Hanoi too😁

[@linhdt506]

@@PureDetour Here are some of the stores that I often bring my friends to when they visit Ha Noi Bánh giò: No3 Thuy Khue street. Bánh cuốn: 50 Đội Cấn street/Bánh cuốn Gia Ân (they have a lot of stores) Phở: phờ Thìn/ phở Bát Đàn - near Hoàn Kiếm Lake Chả cá Lã Vọng: 14 Chả Cá street (the orignal)/Vua chả cá Trần Hưng Đạo (near HK Lake)/Chả cá Anh Vũ (inexpensive) Bún đậu mắm tôm: 31 Hàng Khay street (next to HK Lake) Coffee: Coffee Giảng (origin of egg coffee)/Highland coffee 9 Thanh Nien street (coffee store on a boat!) Bánh cốm Nguyên Ninh: 11 Hàng Thang street (confectionery) I saw you already have Bún Chả before it's Hanoi's food so you should try again They are all Ha Noi's specialties Hoping we can get more recommendations from anothers, cheer!

[@anhtayvn]

Ngon Tuyet Voi

[@PureDetour]

😂 Lần đầu tiên tôi nghe thấy biểu hiện đó. Bản dịch không hay lắm và nó làm tôi buồn cười. Cảm ơn bạn đã xem và vâng, mọi thứ đều ngon.

[@LeVu-cm3xy]

Chờ đợi video này khá lâu😂

[@PureDetour]

Hy vọng bạn thích nó bạn của tôi

[@DarianDT]

Have you tried the 'bun mam' soup version yet? I love both dry and soup bun mam.

[@PureDetour]

Haven't had a soup version yet. Didn't know it existed until I read your comment. Damn! On the lookout for it now😂

[@I.am.thuyminh]

Yes Sir, chili in Vietnamese is ỚT, hope it will help you a little bit, and I think you should try CHÈ BỘT LỘC HEO QUAY when you in Huế, I've never try it, but anyway it is Huế specialty, enjoy your Viet Nam trip

[@PureDetour]

Helps me out tremendously, thank you. Unfortunately I was only in Hue for two days so I didn't get to try Chè Bột Lọc Heo Quay. Maybe next time?😁

[@msloannguyen7322]

At middle Vietnam, they’re usually using small chilies 🌶️, but very chilliest 🌶️ 🌶️

[@PureDetour]

Chilliest indeed! 😂 Spicy little things

[@hangeroo2439]

The word beef (bo) should be short o sound, not a long o sound. Say it like you'd say the word "ball" but drop the ll sounds at the end (think "baw"). Some of the dips you said were shrimp paste looks like fish sauce. Vietnamese will say nuoc mam for fish sauce, but the flavored fish sauce is often used, which is technically called nuoc cham, but Viets will just call it nuoc mam for short. Pure nuoc mam isn't really used that often for dips and such, it's often altered in some way for dipping.

[@PureDetour]

Thanks for the tips on pronunciation. God knows I need it lol The one I used with the Banh Ram it and Banh nam definitely looked like a fish sauce. The way Kwan, the owner of the restaurant explained it to me was that particular sauce was a made of ground tiny shrimp. Not the typical saltiness you get from a shrimp sauce/paste but it had a great mix of salty, sweet and spicy. The sauce used with the banh loc was without a doubt a shrimp sauce. The salty flavour of a good shrimp pastes/sauce is undeniable As to Nuoc Mam, that is what I have heard everybody call the sweet fish sauce on all the tables so I just go with that.😂

[@hangeroo2439]

@@PureDetour Okay, so it really does have bits of shrimp in it. Then he's right, it's shrimp sauce. LOL

[@surichannel8358]

hay quá, có mặt tôi ở trong đó

[@PureDetour]

Tuyệt vời❤️

[@dungduc4047]

Chiếc bánh bọc lá mà bạn ăn ở phút 26 không phải là bánh bao. Ở VN các loại bánh bọc trong lá cây khá phổ biến và có thể coi là đặc trưng của Việt Nam....trong sách sử hàng nghìn năm của VN có nói đến thứ bánh bọc trong lá cây. Bánh bao của Trung Quốc làm bằng bột mì và không hề bọc trong lá.😊😊

[@PureDetour]

Bạn nói đúng 100%, bạn của tôi và lẽ ra tôi nên nói điều đó trong video. Trong video tôi cố gắng truyền tải một ý tưởng để hầu hết những người không phải người Việt Nam có thể hiểu hoặc có ý tưởng về nó. Bánh bao là thứ dễ nghĩ đến nhất khi mô tả nó. Tôi xin lỗi nếu tôi xúc phạm dưới bất kỳ hình thức nào

[@dungduc4047]

@@PureDetour ồ bạn không nên bận tâm về hiểu lầm đó. Không có gì xúc phạm ở đây cả. 🙂

[@PureDetour]

Cảm ơn vì những lời tốt đẹp của bạn, bạn của tôi

[@lyvlogmientay2768]

Hello ✌️

[@PureDetour]

Hi @lyvlogmientay2768

[@NHLong]

Hello, how long u stay here?

[@PureDetour]

I just under 4 weeks left on my visa. Why, you inviting me to dinner?😁

[@thanhnguyen-zs6vy]

I THINK 'BANH NAM' YOU HAD. THE LEAF THEY USED TO WRAP THE FOOD WERE PEACE LILY PLANTS.

[@PureDetour]

Perhaps my friend. They told me there they were called dong leaves. Wether or not that is the same as peace lily plants I would have no idea

[@msloannguyen7322]

Huế beef 🥩 noodle soup 🍲 is a traditional dish of Huế peoples… 🥣..

[@PureDetour]

Without question and absolutely delicious

[@-UnknownX-]

Yeah, Hue is a Hidden place in Vietnam!

[@PureDetour]

And it really shouldn't be. The food is unbelievable

[@darrylk808]

I make Vietnamese coffee several times a week. But salt, in coffee? I guess you wouldn't know how much salt? Do they put it in the dripper or the cup? Secret? 😁

[@PureDetour]

I would have no idea, Darryl, as they would not let me film the process. My "understanding" is that the salt is added to the condensed milk at the bottom of the cup and then it is just coffee that drips on top of it. How much or what kind of salt? I have no idea

[@hangeroo2439]

Different places do it differently. Some places will salt the cream before whipping it (no sugar, just salt and cream whipped). You top the coffee with the cream so make sure to stir the coffee well before drinking.

[@oxoelfoxo]

i think i'll look for a salt coffee recipe online and have it iced since i just got a can of condensed milk and it's starting to get incredibly hot in Manila.

[@PureDetour]

I'm in Hanoi and the last few days have been blazing hot. If you make salt coffee, let me know how it turns out

[@oxoelfoxo]

@@PureDetour recipes include heavy cream which i don't like in my coffee so i've decided to skip it :P

[@PureDetour]

Interesting. Had to google it after reading this comment. I read that people use it to add a frothy topping to the salt coffee. Where I had it there is no frothy topping. And condensed milk is sweet enough, so i have no idea why they would add heavy cream too. But I have no idea whether what is at the bottom of the cup is a combination of condensed milk and heavy cream or not

[@krayzdang]

the leaves that wrap the foods in 31:00 are banana leaves.

[@PureDetour]

I thought the same thing my friend. Turns out they are not Banana leaves at all. They are called dong leaves

[@krayzdang]

​@@PureDetour ya there are places use "la dong" also since it's big and flexible as banana leaves. i guess 15 years in US made me dulled =]] thanks for the vids, im gonna make a trip back to Vietnam soon.

[@PureDetour]

Oh yeah, there was a point where we had to re-film because I referred to them as banana leaves and they made sure to correct me on the spot that they were not banana leaves but dong. I would have left it in as it was a great learning point but I fumbled the camera around too much so I had to cut it.

[@minhninh8765]

chili is ớt

[@PureDetour]

Thank you my friend

[@roostertalkaboutanythingsi5688]

Chili is call Ớt

[@PureDetour]

As soon as said it in this video I had to google it. When I saw it, I was scared because Ốc does not sound anything like it appears as an English speaker. Ớt sounds very much how I would think it would sound. The tonality of the Vietnamese language is very confusing for me still. You really have to pay attention to the diacratics in every instance. thank you so much for offering to help me learn here

[@user-gr1oi6ku6m]

Wie lange musst man Alkohol trinken, damit man so eine schöne Stimme wie du sprechen kann 😅😅😅??

[@PureDetour]

😂 Willst du mich verarschen? Ich habe die schlechteste Stimme aller Zeiten. Ich möchte mir jedes Mal einen Pipi-Schmatz geben, wenn ich ein Video bearbeite.😂

[@user-gr1oi6ku6m]

@PureDetour du hast Stimme eine Art von Joe Cooke🤩🤩🤩

[@PureDetour]

😂Was stimmt nicht mit mir und den Fußballspielern und Trainern? Mehrere Leute haben kommentiert, dass ich wie Jürgen Klopp aussehe, und jetzt sagen Sie mir, ich klinge wie Joe Cooke😂

[@thanhola2812]

tôi là người việt nam, nhưng tôi ko ăn được các món liên quan đến hến lmao

[@PureDetour]

May mắn cho tôi là tôi có thể ăn bất cứ thứ gì😂

[@hangeroo2439]

Call it blood cake as it's ONLY coagulated blood, nothing else. Whereas blood sausage will contain other things (in Vietnam/Laos, you'll find herbs, ground meat, etc., and it's in an actual casing made of pig intestine...major difference between the plain, bland blood cakes). Say che like yeah but with a j sound. It sounds like you're saying jay/chay which is a long a sound when it's actually a short a sound.

[@PureDetour]

You and I are going to have a zoom call at some point 😂. I am more confused now than when I just say "Chay". If I add a J to yeah wouldn't that also be a long sound?

[@hangeroo2439]

@@PureDetour No, because a long sound would be yay (note the long a sound there). You're saying yeah, not yay, but with a j sound up front. Maybe I'm confusing you with a long vs short sound...I thought that's what we learned when we were young. Long sounds are like the a in ate vs short a sound is at. Long sound for e would be beat vs short sound of bet.

[@tuananhtranhuu]

Chè has another meaning in Vietnam, that is tea, it sounds like teh for tea in other SEA country

[@vantrinhnguyen987]

Mỗi vùng miền có món ăn, đặc sản riêng, nhưng ở Huế thì nhiều loại bánh bột nhất.

[@PureDetour]

Tất cả những gì tôi biết là Huế có đồ ăn rất ngon.😁