VIETNAM – Hue – Discover Hue Street Food by Cyclo

Description

This activity offers the opportunity to enjoy a comfortable cyclo ride around Hue, moving along the Perfume River and around the Imperial Citadel taking in many beautiful sites along the way. Several stops provide the chance to sample local style rice cakes as well as famous noodle and candy unique to the region. Aside from tasting Hue’s signature dishes, this street food by cyclo experience is also a great way to meet and chat with Hue residents in the local restaurants.

Can be combined with

Thematic Leisure

• Hue – Rural life discovery on a Vespa
• Hue – Visit the tomb of Emperor Tu Duc
• Hue – Visit the tomb of Minh Mang
• Hue  – Visit the Citadel

Groups

• Hue – Visit the tomb of Emperor Tu Duc
• Hue – Visit the tomb of Minh Mang
• Hue  – Visit the Citadel

Selling points

• Taste a variety of Hue’s local dishes in some of the best local restaurants in town
• A fantastic culinary experience mixed with culture in Hue
• Good opportunity to take photos along the walls of the citadels
• Easy to include in a program after the visit of the Imperial Citadel

Level Of The Excursion

The Impact Of This Excursion

Social/cultural Impact

Environment Impact

Economic Impact

Additional Information

Positive Impact:

This activity, made entirely by cyclo, provides income to the driver and all the stops are made at local restaurants and coffee shops. 

Time And Transportation

Duration

Approximately 3.5 hours (maximum 4 hours)

Min pax

1

Max pax

30

How to sell it

• Perfect to combine with the Imperial Citadel, the cyclo can pick-up the guests directly at the gate and start the Food tour
• Most of the dishes are specialties of Hue, and a lot of food is included
• The food from Hue is really different from what clients will have in the rest of Vietnam, it’s some of the best food for Vietnamese people.
• The food tour is for both Lunch and Dinner (dinner is only with a early start around 17:00)
• Easy to combine with half day visit or a countryside biking tour in Hue
• Suitable for all couples, family groups and GIT
• Not only offer delicious food but also leisure sightseeing on cyclo
• Still easy to organize when it’s really hot, since clients will be under the shadows of the cyclo (this tour was inspected in March 2019 by the Production Team under really hot weather)

Why this activity

• Good potential to develop food tour in Hue
• To have Easia ‘s signature itinerary for food tour
• To combines with other food tours or cooking cooking classes in Vietnam
• To have activities for GIT

Good to combine with

• Good combination with any haft day activity or sightseeing tour
• For “gastronomy people”, this food tour can be combined with other food tours in Vietnam (Hanoi / Hoi An / Ho Chi Minh City) since the food on the menu is really different (no Banh Mi, no Nems, etc. only signature dishes from Hue).

Do not combine with

• Dinner at local house
• Cyclo tour in Hue
• Activity along Perfume river

Market suggestion

Competitor comparison

Easia Signature

Pros

• Easy to organize
• Food is delicious, really local, and easy to eat
• All shops are clean and available toilet
• Cyclo trip is leisure with beautiful sightseeing
• Final stop at a coffee shop on the riverside with panorama view to the North side of Hue and Trang Tien Bridge
• Still possible to organize during hot weather or without too bad rain

Cons

• It is not comfortable in raincoat if it heavy rains
• Not for people with meat allergy or vegetarians
• ‘Bun Bo Hue’ is little bit spicy at starting and the restaurant use small stools.
• Busy trafic from the stop of ‘Banh Khoai’ to ‘Bun Bo Hue’ during rush – hours (around 5pm)
• ‘Banh Khoai’ is closed on 01st and 15th monthly of lunar year (we have backup restaurant if needed)

Information

For FIT:

• 1st stop: 3 kinds of Hue Cake (banh beo, banh it ram, banh nam) – Quan banh Chi (65 Nguyen Trai) : clean, toilet is clean enough (only 1 toilet)
• 2nd stop: Banh Khoai, Nem Lui – Banh Khoai Hoang Mai ( 110 Dinh Tien Hoang): clean toilet
• 3rd stop:Bun Bo Ong Vong(07 Nguyen Du) : family toilet,10 meters far away from the restaurant, so so.Or Bun Bo O Ty: clean toilet
• 5th stop: Coffee Sai Gon Morin Hotel (30 Le Loi)

Map for the itinerary: http://bit.ly/2CgL7Dm

For GIT:

• 1st stop: 3 kinds of Hue Cake (banh beo, banh it ram, banh nam) – Quan banh Chi (65 Nguyen Trai) : clean, toilet is clean enough (only 1 toilet)
• 2nd stop: Banh Khoai, Nem Lui – Banh Khoai Hoang Mai ( 110 Dinh Tien Hoan): clean toilet
• 3rd stop:Bun Bo Ong Vong(07 Nguyen Du) : family toilet,10 meters far away from the restaurant,it is so so
• 4th stop: local coffee or fruit juice – Gems Galery & coffee – 25 Le Loi street: clean toilet

Map for itinerary: http://bit.ly/2CgL7Dm

Alerts

For evening option, it’s really important to start on time else it will be too late for the Bun Bo Hue

Important information

All places for street food have an indoor sitting area, so clients can still do the tour if it is raining.

Price range

From 20$

Quotation guideline

ERP : Activity Easia Signature – Discover street food Hue by cyclo

Inclusion

• Street food and drinks budget for clients
• Street food and drinks budget for a guide
• Cyclo tour and tip for cyclo driver

Exclusion

• Easia Guide fee
• Transportation

Important notes

• Starting points:
  • For group after visiting Citadel: cyclo pick – up at Citadel
  • Others start at Ben Thuyen Toa Kham
• Finishing point:
  • FIT: Coffee Sai Gon Mornin Hotel
  • GIT: Gems Galery & coffee – 25 Le Loi street
• Remember to remind the guide to call to each shop 15 minutes before arriving
• In case of using plan B for Banh Khoai, the cyclo needs to back Xuan 68 st, passing Dong Ba Bridge to Nguyen Du street for Bun Bo

Special Guide notes

• The guide can substitute coffee for other drinks that travelers like.
• Should call each place 15 minutes before arriving
• For evening option, it’s really important that the guide starts on time and confirm with Bun Bo Hue (they will wait for our clients)

Contact

• Quan banh Chi : 65 Nguyen Trai st, Mr Quang/ 0945660126
• Banh Khoai Hong Mai :110 Dinh Tien Hoang, 02343 535046.When Hong Mai ‘s closed, plan B is Lac Thien, 06 Dinh Tien Hoang, 0234 3527 348
• Bun Bo Ong Vong: 07 Nguyen Du st, 093 481 79 92 or Bun Bo O Ty: 05 Nguyen Du st, 0935399667
• Coffee Sai Gon Morin Hotel :30 Le Loi st ( for FIT)
• Gems Galery & coffee – 25 Le Loi st ( for GIT)

English

For GIT

Begin your food tour by cyclo, passing over Phu Xuan Bridge. Your first stop is at an authentic local restaurant in a small street where you can taste some local-style rice cakes such as banh beo, banh bam or banh ram it. Then, continue around the Imperial Citadel before making a second stop for a very special pancake: the banh khoai accompanied by a unique local dipping sauce. After passing over another bridge, your cyclos will slowly leave the Imperial Citadel area and head for a small street where you will stop in a famous bun bo Hue restaurant, a signature dish of the city consisting of tasty noodles with beef and a slightly spicy sauce. Next, make another stop a few hundred meters further in a famous cake shop, your last stop of your tour will be at a riverside coffee shop offering expansive views over the Perfume River.

Duration: 3h 30min to 4 hours

French

Découverte de la street food de Hue à cyclo

Vous embarquerez sur un cyclo local pour un tour culinaire qui vous emmènera de l’autre côté de la rivière après avoir traversé le Pont Phu Xuan. Vous vous arrêterez d’abord dans une petite rue où vous pourrez goûter des gâteaux de riz élaborés tels que les Banh Beo, les Banh Nam ou les Banh Ram It. Vous poursuivrez votre escapade autour de l’incroyable Citadelle Impériale et vous arrêterez une deuxième fois pour goûter une sorte de crêpe très spéciale : le Banh Khoai, que vous pourrez tremper dans une délicieuse sauce locale. Vous traverserez un autre pont joliment décoré et votre cyclo quittera lentement le quartier de la Citadelle Impériale pour vous conduire dans une autre petite rue où vous vous arrêterez dans un célèbre restaurant de Bun Bo Hue. Vous aurez alors l’occasion de savourer de généreuses portions du plat typique de Hue composé de délicieuses nouilles servies avec du bœuf et de la sauce légèrement piquante par-dessus. Vous reprendrez la route pour finir votre tour culinaire en beauté dans un café situé sur la berge et qui offre une très belle vue sur la Rivière des Parfums.

Durée : 3h 30min à 4 heures

Spanish

Descubra la comida callejera de Hue en ciclomotor

Embárquese en una aventura gastronómica montando a bordo de un ciclomotor local que le llevará hasta la otra orilla del río a través del puente de Phu Xuan. Su primera parada será en un auténtico restaurante local en un pequeño callejón, donde podrá probar elegantes tartas de arroz, como Banh Beo, Banh Nam o Banh Ram It. Posteriormente, continuará su visita por la increíble Ciudadela Imperial, donde realizará su segunda parada para probar una tortita realmente especial: la Banh Khoai, que podrá mojar en una deliciosa salsa local. Después de pasar por otro puente ornamentado, el ciclomotor reducirá velocidad mientras abandona la zona de la Ciudadela Imperial y se dirige a otra pequeña calleja, donde se detendrá en un famoso restaurante de Bun Bo Hue. Después de probar este increíble e icónico plato de Hue —cuyas más que generosas raciones consisten en deliciosos fideos con ternera, regados con una salsa ligeramente picante—, su última parada del día será en un café en los márgenes del río que ofrece unas preciosas vistas del río Perfume; una forma perfecta de finalizar su día gastronómico.

Duración: de 3 horas y 30 minutos a 4 horas.

Italian

Alla scoperta dello street food di Hue in cyclo

Intraprendete il vostro tour gastronomico imbarcandovi su un ciclo locale, che vi porterà dal ponte di Phu Xuan all’altra sponda del fiume. La prima tappa è un autentico ristorante locale in una piccola strada, dove si possono provare deliziose torte di riso, come Banh Beo, Banh Nam o Banh Ram It. Quindi, proseguendo intorno alla meravigliosa Cittadella Imperiale, farete una seconda sosta per un pancake molto speciale: il Banh Khoai, che immergerete in una deliziosa salsa locale. Dopo aver passato un altro ponte decorato, il vostro ciclo lascerà lentamente la zona della Cittadella Imperiale e si dirigerà verso un’altra piccola strada, dove vi fermerete in un famoso ristorante di Bun Bo Hue. Dopo aver assaggiato questo piatto d’autore dalla tonalità incredibilmente generosa, composto da gustosi tagliolini con carne di manzo condita con una salsa leggermente speziata, l’ultima tappa della giornata sarà una caffetteria con una splendida vista sul fiume dei Profumo, il modo perfetto per terminare la vostra giornata gastronomica.

Durata: da 3 ore e 30min a 4 ore

German

Entdecken Sie Streetfood in Hue mit dem Cyclo

Sie gehen auf Ihre Food-Tour mit einem lokalen Cyclo, welches Sie zunächst über die Phu-Xuan-Brücke auf die andere Seite des Flussufers bringt. Ihren ersten Halt legen Sie an einem authentischen, lokalen Restaurant in einer kleinen Straße ein. Dort können Sie raffinierte Reiscracker wie etwa Banh Beo, BahnNam oder Banh Ram It probieren. Anschließend geht es weiter zur erstaunlichen Kaiserlichen Zitadelle und Sie stoppen ein zweites Mal, um besonders spezielle Pfannkuchen zu essen: BanhKhoai, welche Sie in eine köstliche, vor Ort gemachte Sauce dippen können. Nachdem Sie eine weitere kunstvolle Brücke überquert haben, verlässt das Cyclo langsam das Gebiet der Kaiserlichen Zitadelle und fährt zu einer anderen kleinen Straße, in der Sie ein berühmtes Bun-Bo-Hue-Restaurant besuchen. Sie essen dort ein unglaublich großzügig portioniertes, für Hue typisches Gericht, bestehend aus schmackhaften Nudeln mit Rindfleisch, darüber eine leicht pikante Sauce. Ihren letzten Stopp des Tages werden Sie an einem Flussufer-Café mit schönem Blick über den Parfümfluss einlegen – die perfekte Art, den gastronomischen Tagesausflug zu beenden.

Dauer: zwischen 3 Stunden und 30 Minuten und 4 Stunden

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