Nem lụi with bamboo sticks: ground pork grilled with pineapple leaves, wrapped in rice paper with dipping sauce

Nem lụi is a classic Hue–Da Nang street-food BBQ dish. Finely ground pork belly is mixed with minced garlic, pepper, fish sauce, and sugar — then molded around a bamboo skewer into a 15cm-long stick. It's grilled over charcoal until golden-brown, releasing the aroma of seared pork edges and sizzling melted fat.

To go with it: thin rice paper, lettuce, herbs, thinly sliced sour star fruit, unripe banana, cucumber, and a special bowl of peanut sauce — made from black bean sauce + crushed roasted peanuts + ground pork liver + sugar + chili. This sauce is the soul of the dish.

How to eat: Remove the meat from the skewer, place it on rice paper, add vegetables plus star fruit and sour banana, roll tightly, and dip thoroughly into peanut sauce. One portion of 10-12 skewers costs 100,000-150,000 VND (enough for 2 people). Tran Ke Xuong Street has many delicious restaurants.

🍢 100-150k/serving of 10-12 skewers · Peanut sauce is the soul of it · Eat it wrapped, not off the skewer