Hue Food Guide: 14 Must-Eat Restaurants & Street Food Stalls in Hue, Vietnam

I’ll never forget that first spoonful. It was explosive with flavor.

Bun bo hue wasn’t at the top of my list for dishes I was most excited to try in Hue, but it turned out to be my favorite in central Vietnam. The combination of its rich, deeply flavorful broth with the soft and gelatinous beef shank and thin rice vermicelli was like an umami bomb dressed up as a bowl of noodle soup.

Of all the places I visited on a recent trip to Vietnam, Hue was the city I was most looking forward to. We skipped it two years ago and we’ve been regretting it ever since, after hearing about interesting and delicious-sounding regional dishes like banh hue, com hen, and banh khoai. On paper, Hue sounded like one of the most fascinating and unique food cities in the country.

I only had a month to divvy up…