FOOD / RESTAURANT Hue Dishes in Saigon After hours of roaming around the city, feel a bit hungry? Still in exploring mode? Spicy Hue dishes could be your answer. It is said that Hue cuisine comprises of various menus for each season. Preparation for those dishes is time-consuming and painstaking process. Many cooking techniques involve frying, roasting, boiling, stir-frying, deep frying, steaming, grilling...With its own peculiar taste and aroma, yet they are cheap. How cheap? It depends on where you want to go. The restaurants in district 3 and Phu Nhuan are usually more reasonable than these in District 1. They are mainly located in Ly Chinh Thang, Tran Quang Dieu, Tran Quoc Thao, Ky Dong streets. Some restaurants are located in breezy places where you can relax and enjoy garden views while tasting the dishes. Suggested famous dishes and delicious food that have made Hue one of the famous culinary regions throughout the country are as follows: * Bun bo Hue (spicy noodle soup with beef in). * Banh la cha tom (leaf wrapped cake with meat, shrimp, egg) * Banh uot (steamed thin rice pancake rolled with pork) * Banh beo, banh nam (leaf rice cake), * Banh khoai (with shrimp and meat paste) * Banh bot loc (boiled pure manioc starch with shrimp and meat paste). * Bun thit nuong (vermicelli with broiled meat and vegetables) * Cha gio cua (steamed crab turnover) District 1 173 Nguyen Cu Trinh St.; Tel: 8358793 * Bun bo Hue (spicy noodle soup with beef) 187 ter Hal Ba Trung St.; Tel: 8297242 * Banh beo * Goi mang (bamboo shoot with shrimp and meat) * Goi mit (jack-fruit with shrimp and meat) District 3 Huong Binh Restaurant 89 Cao Thang St.; Tel: 8397660 * Bun bo Hue * Banh bot loc * Banh nam, banh beo. Song Huong, Gia Hoi restaurants 64 Tran Quang Dieu St.; Tel: 8438206 * Banh uot * Banh bot loc * Banh beo, banh nam *Bun thit nuong * Banh canh (rice spaghetti with shrimp, crab, meat) Huong Binh Restaurant 70 Tran Quang DieuSt.;Tel: 8422679 Banh canh, Banh bot loc, Banh khoai, Banh uot. Bun bo Bun thit nuong, Hue Restaurant 7/1 Ky Dong St.; Tel: 8445934 * Banh uot thit nuong (steamed rice pancake with broiled meat) * Chao tom nuong mia (with shrimp and sugarcane) * Com hen Kim Ngan Restaurant 129 Ly Chinh Thang St.; Tel: 8443938 * Canh hen * Com hen * Bun hen * Com Am phu * Banh bot loc, banh beo * Thit luoc mam tom chua (boiled meat with sour shrimp paste) Yen Do Restaurant 77B Ly Chinh Thang St.; Tel: 8436077 Suggested dishes: * Banh it (glutinous rice cake with meat-shrimp paste) * Banh duc mam nem (rice cake with special fish paste) * Bun bo * Banh bot loc, banh nam Ngu Vien Restaurant 40 Ky Dong St.; Tel: 8437670 * Bun bo * Banh la chao tom * Banh cuon Hue * Banh khoai, banh beo Phu Nhuan District Ngu Binh Mini-Restaurant 82 Nguyen Van Troi ; Tel: 8447230 * Banh uot thit nuong * Bun bo Hue * Banh uot tom chay * Nem nuong * Banh khoai, banh beo, cha lua