Bun bo Hue (Hue-style beef noodle soup) is delicious no matter where you eat it.

Hue-style beef noodle soup has its own recipes and variations to suit local tastes in different regions. However, Hue-style beef noodle soup remains the most special. Once you've been to Hue and eaten a bowl of authentic Hue-style beef noodle soup, you'll never forget it.

The delicious mixed Hue-style beef noodle soup includes pork knuckle, crab cake, and blood pudding.

Whether any dish is delicious or not depends on each person's taste and memory. For me, the best Hue beef noodle soup has to be from Ms. Lan's stall in a small alley on the slope of Ben Ngu Market, Hue City. Her stall only has a few small stools to sit on. The bowl of noodles is served piping hot, and you have to constantly switch hands to eat it while slurping. Besides beef brisket, beef tendon, and rare beef, her stall also has a divine crab cake. Just looking at the shimmering crab roe floating on the surface of the broth makes my mouth water and I'm eager to try it.

Bun bo Hue cha cua (Hue-style beef noodle soup with crab cakes)

Authentic Hue-style beef noodle soup must be cooked in a characteristic round aluminum pot typical of Hue cuisine. According to experienced Hue beef noodle soup cooks, this round-bottomed, bulging-bellied, and narrow-mouthed aluminum pot helps retain heat for the broth.

Beef noodle soup is cooked in a round aluminum pot.

Once, I took a friend from Ho Chi Minh City to eat Hue-style beef noodle soup in Hue. After just one spoonful of broth, he grimaced because of the taste of… shrimp paste. But Hue-style beef noodle soup wouldn't be complete without Hue-style shrimp paste. It's this distinctive shrimp paste flavor that makes Hue-style beef noodle soup so unique.

Besides being used in beef noodle soup, many people in Hue still have the habit of adding a little shrimp paste to soups or braised dishes for a richer flavor. Or, for example, eating clam noodle soup without a little shrimp paste would lose much of its deliciousness. The shrimp paste blends with the lemongrass and chili paste, creating a spicy, aromatic, and rich flavor without being overpowering.

For authentic Hue-style beef noodle soup, it must have the right balance of shrimp paste, lemongrass, and chili paste.

In Hue, there are many delicious beef noodle soup restaurants, such as Mrs. Nga's restaurant on Nguyen Chi Dieu Street inside the citadel. The restaurant is always very crowded in the evenings. Depending on your preference, you can order beef brisket, beef tendon, rare beef, crab cake, or add a slice of pork leg. If you can eat blood pudding, don't miss it because the fatty, tender pig's blood pudding tastes incredibly delicious with Hue-style beef noodle soup.

Bun bo Ba Nga, served with spicy chili sauce and fresh vegetables.

Kim Dong Beef Noodle Soup is also a long-standing restaurant in Hue, originating as a beef noodle soup stall in Dong Ba Market in the 1980s. Later, passed down from mother to daughter, Kim Dong Beef Noodle Soup has become a familiar destination for both locals and tourists.

In addition, Hue also has many popular beef noodle soup restaurants such as Mrs. Hoa's, Mrs. Tuyet's, and Mrs. Keo's. But actually, when you come to Hue, eating Hue-style beef noodle soup in a restaurant or on the street is delicious everywhere.

Bun bo Hue (Hue-style beef noodle soup) with rare beef and pork knuckle.

If you visit Hue, remember to seek out a bowl of Hue-style beef noodle soup. It could be at a familiar place or a new restaurant, to savor the distinctive flavor and to cherish a memory of Hue-style beef noodle soup for yourself.

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