What's in a 10,000 VND bowl of noodle soup in Hue?

In addition to beef noodles and pho, Hue people have the habit of eating rice noodles every early morning. Almost every small hamlet sells noodles. In the past, from early morning, noodle vendors often started from An Cuu, spreading throughout the city, into the inner citadel. Each vendor chose a neighborhood or hamlet to sell. The Luong Y hamlet in the old Citadel was famous for Mrs. Xay's noodle vendor, which moved from An Cuu to sell right in front of the Luong Y primary school. Now, the area close to the citadel has been cleared, the primary school has also been demolished, the population in the small hamlet has gradually thinned out, so the street vendors selling breakfast foods such as noodles, mussel rice, grilled meat sandwiches... are no longer there.

However, if you walk to the other side of Luong Y bridge (Xuan Sau Tam street), the area near Dong Ba gate, Mai Thuc Loan, Dinh Tien Hoang... every morning, for only 10,000 VND, you can enjoy a bowl of hot, sweet rice noodle soup, imbued with the spicy flavor of Hue chili...

The seller uses long chopsticks to pick up the noodles, then uses a ladle to scoop the toppings and sauces into a full bowl, selling it for 10,000 VND. Many people cannot finish a bowl, so they only charge 5,000 - 7,000 VND, but they still sell it.

A bowl of rice flour noodle soup for 10,000 VND will include 2 pieces of crab cakes, 2 quail eggs, a piece of skin, and a piece of blood. If the customer wants to eat only crab cakes and quail eggs, the seller will scoop 3 pieces of crab cakes and 2 quail eggs or vice versa...

The condiments that the diner adds themselves after receiving the bowl of noodles from the seller. Notably, on this condiment table, the seller always adds a small bowl of cold rice. Many customers like to add cold rice to eat with the noodles.

Or serve with bread...

After being ground into flour, the rice is kneaded with warm water to form a soft dough. The dough is then rolled into thin layers before being cut into small strands, about 10 to 12 cm long and about 1 cm thick. Thanks to this manual method, the noodles in a bowl of Hue noodle soup are always very soft, have a pleasant aroma of rice flour and do not leave a sour aftertaste when eaten like noodles made from other industrial flours.

Rice flour is milled, kneaded, and rolled using traditional methods and is sold at local markets. Although a bowl of banh canh is very cheap, many Hue housewives sometimes like to buy this fresh cake to cook banh canh for their families according to their preferences.

Hue people rarely have the habit of eating snakehead fish noodle soup in the morning, this dish is often chosen as a snack or a late night meal. Also at a reasonable price, a bowl of snakehead fish noodle soup at a roadside restaurant costs only 10,000 - 20,000 VND (depending on the amount of toppings added).

Hue noodle soup is said to have a rich flavor thanks to the addition of a little shrimp paste when cooking...

Royal poinciana tree in full bloom - the former yard of Luong Y primary school. In front of the school gate is Mrs. Xay's noodle stall - a small corner of a poor neighborhood near the Citadel... This area used to be densely populated but was cleared due to encroachment on the Upper Citadel and will soon become a public park.

On cold winter days, a bowl of banh canh sold in a small neighborhood on the outskirts of the Citadel has become an unforgettable memory in the hearts of many Hue people... Nowadays, the poor neighborhoods in the Hue Citadel relic site have been cleared, and the "legendary" banh canh stall has disappeared. However, coming to Hue at this time, it is not too difficult to find a bowl of banh canh with traditional flavors, the only difference is that the pot of banh canh is no longer kept in a carrying pole but is cooked on the spot, or transported by car...

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/co-gi-trong-to-banh-canh-10000-dong-o-hue-185240528174515516.htm