Hue is a sweet lover's paradise, especially when it comes to Chè. I've never heard anyone criticize Chè Huế, only that I haven't tried all of Chè dishes in Hue.
Perhaps there isn't a sweet dish that both the king in the Nguyen court and the people of the past enjoy as much as Chè Huế.
Chè Huế comes in two varieties: water Chè and solid Chè. Lotus seed chè, drift chè, purple potato chè, corn chè, grapefruit chè, chickpea chè, roast pork filter chè, red bean chè, plank bean chè, chickpea chè, filtered powder chè, banana chè, cau flower chè, yellow wax chè, fruit chè are just a few examples (sliced and boiled up, fruit broth added sugar is into broth)...
Sweet believers who visit Hue are like... fish in water.
In Hue, only a few chè shops sell fewer than ten dishes. Chè Huế not only "dazzles" people passing by for the first time, but it also satisfies the eyes of sweet lovers. Large pots or bowls of colorful chè are attractively displayed. They stimulate stomach desire while paralyzing brain clarity, restoring the true state of the folk saying "the eye is bigger than the belly," of which I am concrete proof.
"Hue 20-course chè" shops are frequently sold in central locations near Trang Tien bridge, near the Huong River Walking Path, or on Tran Hung Dao street, near Truong Tien bridge, in front of Thuong Bac park, and in front of the Hue City Cultural House. From about 5 p.m. until dinner, chè is sold here.
I eat chè every time I visit Hue, but this is the first time I have missed the sweet voice of chè seller in front of the Hue city cultural house: "I sell chè for a whole tray like 20 cups or 10 cups, less or no more."
As a "creation," the recent chè combo attracts more visitors to eat chè. A 10-course chè combo with coconut milk and dried coconut costs 80,000 VND, while a 20-course combo costs 160,000 VND, but few people can consume it all if they only eat it alone. Instead of ordering a chè buffet, I'm excited about chè combo that's available.
I'll only order a 10-course meal. When I asked her how many people eat a 10-course tray of chè, she said about 2-3. I believe I will be "self-sufficient."
After only 5 minutes, I realized this was completely overwhelming. I realized I couldn't afford 10 cups of chè just to look at the tiny when I sat alone sipping each cup. I eventually accepted with some cups, which I simply looked at as if judging a cooking competition. Only one of those ten cups of chè, roast pork-wrapped filtered chè, did I finish and want to eat again.
Filter powder is used to make a variety of dishes in Hue, ranging from salty to sweet. There are two very specific "stamped" dishes for Chè Huế in chè, with filter powder. Hue filter powder chè is made with small filtered flour balls the size of the tip of a little finger, cooked in sugar water with thinly sliced ginger strands. That filtered dough is large enough to wrap a piece of copra or a peanut. Anyone from central Vietnam must be familiar with this chè.
However, it wasn't until the pork-wrapped filter powder became a chè dish that it helped Chè Huế become a famous specialty of the ancient capital and a driving force for visitors to Chè Huế shops, even those who don't like sweet.
Warm water is used to knead the filter dough, making it smooth and flexible. The filter dough must be thin enough to see the roasted meat inside, but it cannot be too thin... tanks, multiply. The filling is made up of roast pork rim, earrings, and traditional spices. To taste good, the meat must have a good balance of leanness and fat. The salinity of roast pork in tea is significantly lower than when eaten with rice or other salty dishes.
A glass of powdered chè wrapped in roasted pork provides a salty-sweet contrast to a cup of chè. That's when you're exposed to the dough on the outside being tough and supple, the meat on the inside being harder and slightly crispy, and the filling being salty and fatty; sweet tea pods; the sugar water is cooked with alum sugar and has a very mild spicy ginger flavor.
This dish appears "weird," but it is very easy to "catch your mouth." In general, not everyone will eat this dish simply because it has been tried once. Roast pork-wrapped filtered tea is one person's specialty, but it is another's "endurance." However, just like durian, anyone who consumes it will become addicted.
The tea sellers, on the other hand, never let go of a sentence: "Chè must be made, eaten in the land of nerves, he will be delicious, brother!"
How can tourists not return to the ancient capital and eat chè, the girls argued?