Ba Do Restaurant is also affectionately called Mu Do Restaurant by locals. The restaurant specializing in specialty cakes of the ancient capital is a famous address on the tourist map.
The restaurant is famous for many types of Hue specialty cakes such as banh beo, tapioca cake, nam cake, little ram cake... with typical flavors of Central cuisine.
Unlike banh beo in Hai Phong, Binh Dinh... which have many different shapes, banh beo in Hue is made from rice flour, only round and molded into cute small bowls. When enjoying, diners will feel the softness, flexibility and slight sweetness of the rice.
The highlight is the standard sweet and spicy fish sauce, combined with fragrant onion fat and shrimp paste, creating a rich, unforgettable flavor.
Banh loc cake is a type of cake made from transparent tapioca flour, inside is filled with shrimp, meat, and stir-fried pork fat, seasoned to taste. Each tapioca cake is wrapped in banana leaves, the cake remains soft, greasy, and chewy, creating a unique culinary experience. This dish is even more attractive when dipped in the restaurant's signature spicy fish sauce.
Banh nam, with a flat and long rectangular shape, wrapped in dong or banana leaves, brings a special flavor with fillings including minced meat, mushrooms and dried shrimp. Enjoying the hot Nam cake, you will feel the greasy, soft and irresistible flavor.
Little ram cake is also a famous dish at the restaurant. The cake is divided into 2 parts. The cake is a little soft on top and the cake is fragrant and crispy on the bottom.
Add to the cake a little burnt shrimp sprinkled on top, dipped in sweet and sour dipping sauce, bringing an unforgettable taste experience to diners.
Besides the above specialties, Ba Do restaurant now also serves other Hue specialties such as banh hoi, spring rolls, shrimp rolls...
Regarding price, the price of the dishes at the restaurant is considered more expensive than the general average, but consistent with the quality and brand of the restaurant.
Banh Beo costs 60,000 VND/serving including 15 cups of small cakes. Banh nam, lentil, ramen with less price of 50,000 VND/serving. The remaining dishes range from 50,000 VND to 70,000 VND/serving.
Diners can eat specialty cakes in the afternoon, snack before dinner or have snacks after going out late at night. Many diners also choose the shop's cakes as their main meal of the day.
Linh Dan (Nghe An), after enjoying the cakes at Ba Do restaurant, decided to buy 200 cakes and raw tapioca cakes from the shop, with a unit price of 5,000 VND/piece.
Linh Dan shared: "These specialty cakes are relatively difficult to find where I live, and if they are available, they don't have the right taste. So I decided to buy cakes in bulk to bring home for my relatives to enjoy and know about." Standard flavors of Hue specialties".
Quoc Anh (Hanoi) also expressed his impression of banh ram it and banh nam when trying these two specialties for the first time: "This is the most delicious snack cake I have ever eaten. I especially like banh nam with The cake is soft and has lots of shrimp."
This male tourist bought 50 Nam cakes and 50 Raw tapioca cakes because he was nostalgic for the flavors of these specialties.
The cake shop is located on Nguyen Binh Khiem, Phu Cat ward, Hue city. This is an address located quite far from the center, about 3km from the Citadel and located in an alley.
Although the space is quite spacious with both indoor and outdoor seating, the restaurant is always crowded, especially in the afternoon. Diners visiting the restaurant at this time may have to wait relatively long. Some diners rated the restaurant staff's service attitude as not good.
