Snacking at Dong Ba market – a hard-to-miss experience for foodies in the Ancient Capital

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Snacking at Dong Ba market is an experience that any foodie when coming to Hue can hardly miss, this market is the best eating paradise. Instead of running around the streets looking for restaurants, just go to Dong Ba market and you can enjoy all kinds of delicious dishes.

Hue cuisine is famous for its sophistication with very specific flavors and Dong Ba market is one of the places that clearly shows that quintessence. Not only is it an attractive tourist attraction, but the Dong Ba market is also likened to a top culinary paradise in Hue with countless shops serving delicious dishes. Snacking at Dong Ba market, you don’t need to have a headache to find food or find a restaurant because there are countless of the most attractive snacks for you to enjoy. Doing a food tour around the market is enough for you to satisfy your “red stomach” and can hardly criticize anything. 

Snacking at Dong Ba market

Dong Ba Market is known as a snacking paradise of Hue youth as well as tourists. Photo: Halotravel


About Dong Ba market – the symbol of Hue ancient capital 

Dong Ba Market is located on Tran Hung Dao Street, on the north bank of the Perfume River, and is one of the symbols of Hue city. This market was established in 1889, under the reign of King Thanh Thai, more than 100 years old so far. Since its establishment, Dong Ba market has become one of the busiest trading places of the Central region to this day.

Snacking at Dong Ba market

The market was established during the reign of King Thanh Thai and is now more than a hundred years old. Photo:@yunatyty

At Dong Ba market, you can find no shortage of any item, from fresh food to consumer goods, souvenirs and an indispensable corner that makes up the brand of this market. is cuisine. 

Besides the famous dishes and many tourists love, snacking at Dong Ba market with rustic dishes has become one of the must-visit experiences of tourists when coming to Hue, that’s why. Dong Ba market is also known as the culinary paradise of gourmets.

Snacking at Dong Ba market

Not only a place to buy and sell, visit, Dong Ba market also has a very rich food court. Photo:@yunatyty

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Snacking at Dong Ba market to discover the top delicacies of Hue 

Snacking at Dong Ba market, you will not be short of choices, because the culinary world here is extremely rich and attractive. You can enjoy everything from familiar dishes to exotic and attractive dishes with the unique flavor of this ancient capital. 


Hue cakes 

For connoisseurs of Dong Ba market snacks , the list of long cakes in this market has become very familiar dishes. Snack cakes at Dong Ba market are very rich, right at the beginning of the market, you will see stalls selling delicious pate chaud with a delicious meat filling for 5000 VND/piece.

Snacking at Dong Ba market

The pate chaud at Dong Ba market is only 5K/piece. Photo:@ju.lee.km

Going deep into the market, you can enjoy a variety of attractive Hue cakes such as flour cake filled with shrimp and meat, served with sweet and sour fish sauce, sweet filter cake filled with green beans. Wet cake served with raw vegetables and attractive spicy grilled vegetables, or Banh Beo with shrimp and meat filling served with super sweet and sour fish sauce. 

Snacking at Dong Ba market, filter cake

Attractive Hue meat and shrimp filter cake. Photo: Vo Nhat Xinh

Snacking at Dong Ba market, filter cake

Hue cake is famous from the past. Photo:@judeethefoodee

Another Dong Ba market snack that you can’t miss is a cake filled with shrimp, raw ham, egg, pork belly, and cake flour mixed with a very good ratio so that when fried, the crust is crispy and very tasty. fragrant.

Snacking at Dong Ba market, banh khot

Pancakes filled with shrimp and meat with a crispy crust. Photo:@bottinellimax

In addition, the market also has a cake made of finely pounded sticky rice with green bean filling, this cake was once very popular with kings in the past. The price of Hue cakes at Dong Ba market is quite soft, only from 5000 VND to 20,000 VND so you can enjoy it without hesitation. 


Nem lui, spring rolls, Hue spring rolls 

Hue spring rolls have never ceased to make people crave their delicious taste. Grilled spring rolls have a very specific aroma and are often served with raw vegetables with sweet and sour dipping sauce. The spring rolls in Dong Ba market are the most ideal places to enjoy because they keep the very Hue flavor and especially the cheap price, only 50,000 VND for 2 people to eat.

Snacking at Dong Ba market, banh khot

Spring rolls wrapped around fragrant lemongrass trees. Photo:@bepcuacony

Walking around the market, you will also come across the rows of spring rolls, Hue children with the enthusiastic invitation of the O’s and mothers. Nem and Tre Hue are elaborately made with a very attractive taste, so don’t be afraid to taste it, but for those who can’t eat spicily, you can consider it because Hue’s Tre has a very characteristic spicy taste. 

 Dong Ba market snacks

Hue Tre dish has a very characteristic spicy taste. Photo:@banhchirua

Types of Hue tea 

Referring to Dong Ba market snacks but skipping Sweet Soup would be a huge omission. Hue Sweet Soup dishes have long been famous for their variety and irresistible sweet taste. Sweet Soup in Hue is very delicious and rich, there are dozens of different types of tea so you can enjoy it, from sweet potato Sweet Soup, bean Sweet Soup to mixed tea, fruit, lotus seed Sweet Soup, and especially powdered Sweet Soup. Roasted pork is a very famous and unique dish of Hue. 

Snacking tea at Dong Ba market

Hue Sweet Soup is very rich and attractive. Photo:@ngocanhngxx

Snacking tea at Dong Ba market

Famous roasted pork powder Sweet Soup in Hue. Photo:@foodyhue


Types of noodles in Hue 

There are many types of vermicelli in Dong Ba market, you can snack or eat as much as you like. The most famous in Hue are definitely the beef noodle soup and the bun bo at Dong Ba Market, which will definitely make you go crazy. In addition to beef vermicelli, when snacking at Dong Ba market, you also have a series of suggestions with other extremely attractive Hue noodle dishes such as sour shrimp vermicelli, mussel vermicelli, turmeric vermicelli… Every dish is delicious and attractive with its very own taste. . 

Hue beef noodle soup as a snack at Dong Ba market

Bun Bo Hue is a famous dish of the ancient capital. Photo:@theblogofsalt

Hue beef noodle soup as a snack at Dong Ba market

Just looking at turmeric noodles is attractive. Photo:@nmmiuu_

vermicelli and mussels snack at Dong Ba market

Vermicelli with delicious toppings. Photo:@foodmento

vermicelli and mussels snack at Dong Ba market

Bun mam Hue has an unbroken reputation. Photo:@FinOneder

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In addition to the above attractive dishes, when snacking at Dong Ba market, you can enjoy countless other delicious dishes such as pressed cake, bread, soup cake, corn, fruit, packaged confectionery, sesame deal…

After walking around with a full snack, the Hue travel experience for you is to find and buy famous specialties of the ancient capital right at this market to return as gifts for friends and relatives. At Dong Ba market, there are all kinds of Hue’s most famous specialties, from sesame, sour shrimp, spring rolls, try to fruits for jam, pickles, Hue fish sauce… 

vermicelli and mussels snack at Dong Ba market

Dong Ba Market also sells a lot of specialty dry goods that can be bought as gifts. Photo:@foodyhue

vermicelli and mussels snack at Dong Ba market

Hue fish sauce is extremely famous. Photo:@pozdi_tran

Many people come to Dong Ba market not only because of the reputation of delicious dishes but also because they love the busy and bustling atmosphere. It is like the space market with the restaurants in close proximity, only a few steps away and the story playful vocals Hue sweet to Hue do not forget to do a food tour snacks Dong Ba market really raging to enjoy all the flavors of the cuisine of the ancient capital at this hundred-year-old market. 

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