{"id":2369,"date":"2024-02-19T06:35:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T06:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/tourism\/hu-tieu-pa-te-o-ben-tre"},"modified":"2026-01-19T07:50:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T07:50:06","slug":"pate-noodle-soup-in-ben-tre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/cuisine\/pate-noodle-soup-in-ben-tre","title":{"rendered":"Pate noodle soup in Ben Tre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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H\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu pate is one of the four types of h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu especially loved by the people of the \u201ccoconut land.\u201d The only difference in this dish lies in the three or four neatly arranged triangular slices of pate placed right on top of the bowl.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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People in B\u1ebfn Tre love h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu more than anyone else I know in the Mekong Delta. Here, folks can eat h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu morning, noon, and night\u2014from vegetarian h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu, beef ball h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu, pork bone h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu, to deluxe mixed h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu\u2026 And uniquely in B\u1ebfn Tre, there is one version you won\u2019t find anywhere else: h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu pate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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H\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu Pate<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

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The \u201cpate\u201d here is not the liver spread you smear on b\u00e1nh m\u00ec. In B\u1ebfn Tre dialect, pate actually refers to a very special kind of \u201cch\u1ea3\u201d (sausage\/p\u00e2t\u00e9): chewy, crispy, textured, fragrant, and rich. Locals make it by hand for parties, served alongside other cold cuts. The ingredients include pork tongue, head skin, lean meat, pork skin, fat, whole peppercorns, and various spices mixed with a secret family recipe. The result is a perfectly firm yet not crumbly texture, with a distinctive aroma that never gets boring. It\u2019s tightly rolled into logs like b\u00e1nh t\u00e9t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pork pate sliced into thin pieces<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

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At local banquets and celebrations, the pork pate is sliced thinly and arranged with ch\u1ea3 l\u1ee5a (pork sausage), head skin ch\u1ea3, nem chua (fermented pork roll), and shrimp chips to create a classic \u201c\u0111\u1ed3 ngu\u1ed9i\u201d (cold cuts platter). It is also the key ingredient that makes h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu pate\u2014the dish B\u1ebfn Tre people miss and crave no matter where they go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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H\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu pate is one of the four most beloved types of h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu in the coconut land (the other three are vegetarian h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu, beef ball h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu, and squid h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu). I\u2019m certain this version exists only in B\u1ebfn Tre. B\u1ebfn Tre h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu in general\u2014and h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu pate in particular\u2014differs from Saigon-style h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu first in the noodles: they are dry and chewy. When a customer orders, the owner quickly grabs a handful-sized portion, briefly blanched in boiling water for about a minute until just softened, then transferred to the bowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The uniqueness of h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu pate lies simply in those three or four triangular slices of pate neatly arranged on top. No matter how sweet the broth or how chewy the noodles, if the pate isn\u2019t just right, the whole bowl is considered a failure. The real magic of h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu pate is the perfect harmony of flavors\u2014sipping the fragrant, sweet broth while crunching into the chewy, crispy pate, then dipping it in a small dish of clear fish sauce mixed with chili.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pork pate sliced into thin pieces<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

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For many people, a bowl with just three or four slices of pate feels like it\u2019s \u201cnot enough\u201d\u2014by the time you reach the last piece, you\u2019re still craving more, so they often order extra slices to take home. Especially in households with children, those pate slices become their favorite snack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the past, h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu pate was simply noodles with pate, occasionally with a few slices of lean pork. Nowadays, to make the broth richer and give customers more choices, many places serve pate together with offal\u2014mainly heart, liver, stomach, and tender pork intestines. A full bowl of h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu pate with all these toppings costs only 25,000\u201330,000 VND.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu pate in B\u1ebfn Tre is legendary, it\u2019s not a mass-produced dish. True food lovers in B\u1ebfn Tre only go to the original spots everyone calls \u201ch\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu Ng\u00e3 Ba Th\u00e1p\u201d (Three Towers Intersection), \u201ch\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu C\u1ed5ng Ch\u00e0o\u201d (Welcome Gate), or \u201ch\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu C\u00f4ng Vi\u00ean T\u01b0\u1ee3ng \u0110\u00e0i\u201d (Monument Park). These places don\u2019t have fancy names\u2014they simply call themselves \u201cH\u1ee7 Ti\u1ebfu Pa T\u00ea\u201d as a proud brand statement. They only open in the afternoon and evening, so from around 5\u20136 p.m., the stalls are always packed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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H\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu pate<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

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If you ever visit B\u1ebfn Tre and want to taste the authentic h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu pate, just go into the city, ask any local about the h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu at \u201cNg\u00e3 Ba Th\u00e1p,\u201d \u201cC\u1ed5ng Ch\u00e0o,\u201d or \u201cC\u00f4ng Vi\u00ean T\u01b0\u1ee3ng \u0110\u00e0i\u201d\u2014everyone knows the way and will guide you precisely. I guarantee you\u2019ll never forget the special, unforgettable flavor of this one-of-a-kind dish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

H\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu pate is one of the four types of h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu especially loved by the people of the \u201ccoconut land.\u201d The only difference in this dish lies in the three or four neatly arranged triangular slices of pate placed right on top of the bowl. People in B\u1ebfn Tre love h\u1ee7 ti\u1ebfu more than…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[642,648,649],"tags":[810,822,823,824],"location":[],"class_list":["post-2369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cuisine","category-flavors-of-the-mekong-delta","category-mekong-delta-specialties","tag-ben-tre","tag-hu-tieu","tag-hu-tieu-pa-te-o-ben-tre","tag-pate"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2369"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2380,"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369\/revisions\/2380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2369"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=2369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}