Travel to Danang, Hue, Quang Nam: what to eat?

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Mỳ Quảng – Vietnamese Tumeric Noodles from Quang Nam

Originate from Quang Nam province, and unlike Hanoi noodle soup, Quang noodles have many different kinds to choose: egg noodles, beef noodles, noodle with jellyfish, fish noodles, chicken noodle, shrimp noodles. Moreover, the price is very cheap. The noodles are rice noodles, which are tinted yellow with turmeric.
The broth is made by simmering meat or bone in water for a more intense flavor, seasoned with fish sauce, black pepper, shallot and garlic. Extras ingredients include hard-boiled egg, crushed peanuts, Vietnamese steamed pork sausage (chả), chili pepper or chilli sauce, fresh vegetables such as: water mint , basil, Ipomoea aquatica, Vietnamese coriander, sliced banana flower, and lettuce.

Mỳ Quảng – Vietnamese Tumeric Noodles from Quang Nam – Best places to visit in Vietnam

Quang’s noodle – Best places to visit in Vietnam

Bánh bèo – Steamed rice cakes with dried shrimp

Steamed rice flour cakes with dried shrimp is idyllic food here, you can find in any streets and lanes in Da Nang. Steamed rice flour cakes with dried shrimp is distinguished by its shape and way to eat. Cake is placed on the small, round bowl, put on a plate and sprinkled on top of filling. Banh beo can be made from lean meats, mushrooms, shrimp … all create a mixture with beautiful orange color. Each cup of Steamed rice flour cakes with dried shrimp is about VND 1,500.

Bánh bèo – Steamed rice flour cakes with dried shrimp – Best places to visit in Vietnam

Bánh tráng cuốn thịt heo – Rice sheet rolls with pork

No need to process complicatedly but all diners will enjoy this dis. Pork, only butt and shoulder portion, is steamed to retain sweet taste. Then eat together with fresh vegetable. The most special feature of the dish is dipping sauce – mắm nêm, which create own taste for the dish.
Sliced carrot, star fruit, pineapple, green banana and pork are put into rice sheet and rolled, then dipped into mắm nêm, a kind of dipping sauce.

Bánh tráng cuốn thịt heo – Rice paper rolls with pork – Best places to visit in Vietnam

Rolled rice paper with pork – Best places to visit in Vietnam

Bánh xèo – Sizzling cake/pan cake/ Vietnamese savory rice crepe

Those who’ve been to Da Nang are not less than a time to enjoy this dish. Danang pancakes are made of milled rice flour with egg yolk and turmeric powder, molded on the pan, and the filling is made of shrimp. Pancakes are eaten hot, wrapped in thin rice sheet or cabbage leaves, dipped into soy sauce mixed with pig liver and grind peanuts, which make the sauce fleshy, fat and spicy.

Bánh xèo – Sizzling cake or pancake, or rice crepe – Best places to visit in Vietnam

Bê thui Cầu Mống – Cau Mong half-rare beef

Cau Mong half-rare beef is one of the special dishes of Danang, and the dish is impossible not to enjoy for each traveler arriving this land of Da Nang.
Cau Mong half-rare beef when taken out of the oven must successfully be divided into two layers: rare and half-rare. The skin must turn transparent, and soft moderately but still crunchy. The meat must be sliced skillfully, so that each piece includes both lean meat and crunchy skin. The beef pieces are dipped into fish sauce which is made in coastal fishing villages served with a variety of fresh vegetables.

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Bún bò Huế – Spicy Beef & Pork Noodle Soup/ rice vermicelli

The broth of the soup is made by simmering beef bones, beef shanks with lemongrass, seasoned with fermented shrimp sauce and sugar. Finally, very spicy chili oil is added after cooking process.
Bun bo is commonly served with lime wedges, diced green onions, raw sliced onions, chili sauce, thinly sliced blosson of banana, red cabbage and other fresh vegetables such as basil, mint, perilla, Vietnamese coriander.

Bún bò Huế – Spicy Beef & Pork Noodle Soup/ rice vermicelli – Best places to visit in Vietnam

Cơm hến – Clams cooked rice

Clams cooked rice is originated from Hue. This is a very popular dish in Central Vietnam. It fuses together variety of flavors from chilli pepper, crunchy rice cracker, banana flower, clam broth, star fruit, roasted peanuts, fried pork fat and clams. Because of this, the dish includes sweetness, saltiness, sourness, and spiciness.

Cơm hến – Clams cooked rice – Best places to visit in Vietnam

Cao Lầu – Hội An style noodle with pork and greens

Cao Lau, unique dish originates from ancient town of Hoi An. Cao Lau looks like noodles, but not noodles. Many argue that this item is of the Chinese, but the Chinese here do not recognize it. As for the Japanese, it is said it likes their udon noodle but with different flavors and way of processing.
The essence of Cao Lau is the noodle strip itself, usually meticulously prepared. First, soak them in ash water from wells in Cham Island, 16 km from Hoi An. Then carefully filter, mill into flour, dry and roll into pieces, slice into strips, steam and dry several times to make the noodle strips.
The dish is usually eaten with sliced pork Xa Xiu, a kind of Chinese food, and different greens, topped with fried pork rind. Topped with scallion, and sometimes with lime or chili jam scallion.