Discover Hue’s vegetarian cuisine on a private food tour. Visit a Buddhist pagoda, learn about monastic cooking, and taste traditional dishes like lotus seed soup and fig salad.
Highlights
- Enjoy vegan dishes at Pagoda and visit Tu Hieu Pagoda
- Taste 7 strict-vegan Hue dishes including royal-style cơm sen chay
- Try 4 traditional Hue cakes (bánh bèo, náºm, lá»c) prepared the vegan way
- Tour is running comfortably by private car
- Door-to-door hotel pickup, English-speaking guide, all tastings included
Full description
Begin your tour with a pickup from your hotel in Hue. After a comfortable 8-kilometer drive into the foothills outside the city, arrive at a working Buddhist temple. Learn about the philosophy behind monastic vegetarian cooking and why certain ingredients like garlic and onion are avoided.
Taste two traditional dishes prepared the way they have been for generations: lotus seed soup and fig salad. Next, visit Tu Hieu Pagoda for a chance to take photos and explore the serene surroundings.
Continue to a specialized vegetarian restaurant in the city, where you’ll experience Hue’s famous steamed cakes — bánh náºm, bánh lá»c, and bánh bèo — all prepared the strict-vegan way. Enjoy crispy spring rolls and lotus rice, with each dish adapted from Hue’s royal court tradition.
End your tour with chè hạt sen, Hue’s iconic lotus seed sweet soup, considered one of the most refined desserts in Vietnamese cuisine.
Includes
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Private car transport
Guided tour of a Buddhist temple
Vegetarian meal tasting
Visit to Tu Hieu Pagoda
Gratuity for good service
Personal Expenses
Important information
What to bring
- Comfortable shoes
- Weather-appropriate clothing
Not allowed
- Shorts
Know before you go
- Modest dress is required for the pagoda visit (shoulders and knees covered)
- The tour is designed for vegetarian, vegan, and curious travelers
- Strict vegan, gluten-free, and no-allium needs are handled with advance notice