One of the best dishes you should not miss during this tour is Nem lui. Nem lui-Hue lemongrass skewers is grilled meatballs on lemongrass skewer, sometimes bamboo stick. This Hue specialty food is made of ground pork with between a third and a half pork fat. The meat is typically marinating with chopped sharllot, fish sauce, MSG, pork stock and black pepper, salt. Then grill it on charcoal till brown side
And Nem lui Hue – Hue lemongrass skewers is dipped in Nước lèo”peanut dipping sauce”. Nước lèo “peanut sauce” is make with pork liver or can use pork meat, peanut butter and Hue fermented soya bean, pound roasted peanut and sesame
Nem lui Hue is a common filler in rice paper with green vegetable such as lettuce, cucumber, green mango, star fruit, pickled carrot and green papaya, fig, mint. And the salad is also depend on the season and region available so sometime not have to be all the same
Beside, you can eat Nem lui Hue with dipping sauce with fish sauce, sugar, chopped garlic and chili, lemonjuice or vinegar. But that will not has full flavor and not show Hue special style without peanut sauce