It seems that there are too many delicious dishes in Hue that make customers forget “banh mi”, one of the convenient food and many people love it. Visitors can identify “banh mi Hue” in the map of Vietnamese bread with the following characteristics: small loaf with moderate salty taste of soup and hot spicy taste of chili …
(Banh Mi in Hue Vietnam)
What makes Hue bread so different from some other cities, makes visitors remember and compare it when holding bread in their hands. We try to answer this question, the results we obtained are as follows: Hue bread is small, medium sized, not as big as some other places like TP. Ho Chi Minh or too intestinal dense like in Hanoi. Hue bread is kneaded with the appropriate ratio between eggs, baking powder, flour … so that the inside of the intestine is not too much, the outside is yellow and crispy and smells of eggs and butter. The owner of a bread factory explained, Hue bread is not dense and not too big because the way of eating of Hue people focuses on the quality. This is also the eating style, cultural habits of residents. The ancient land makes the Hue cuisine delicious and pretty.
(Banh Mi in Hue Vietnam)
Another important part is that for any kind of filling, such as minced meat, pate, omelette, sausage, roast meat … the indispensable spice of Hue bread is dry fried chili. This type of chili is sold by the seller in the market after it has been crushed but not too crushed and still retain the seeds, then sauteed with garlic, sugar, and fish sauce to taste.
If you don’t eat too much chili, you can brush a little pepper at the tip of the chopsticks. It is common to see that after slicing a piece of bread along the way to put the filling, the first step is to put the chili from the beginning to the end of the bread and then to the other things. How to eat from the beginning to feel the pungency of chili and spice stimulating taste is always the first priority of Hue people. It also helps to make the bread more delicious in case it is no longer kept warm.
(Banh Mi in Hue Vietnam)
Only when you eat bread in Hue, banh mi is covered with a spoon of broth made from soy sauce and minced meat. This broth is also quite special when the seasoning is richly tasted, not too sweet like the south and not too salty. The water has reconciled the spiciness of the chili, the dryness of the bread makes it softer when swallowed, without losing the crispy taste of the outer bread crust.
(Banh Mi in Hue Vietnam)
Although Hue bread is quite small and different from some other places, but bread makers in Hue still produce some more types of long bread to meet all customers’ needs besides traditional bread. So, the new emerging brands owned by the young owners all have quite interesting improvements, including in shape, size and combination such as creating luxurious and comfortable spaces, to serve the needs of young people like eating banh mi, drinking milk tea, coffee ….
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