Ms. Chè - the Best Chè Seller in Huế

I know that Chè is not a nice name for Vietnamese women but I do not know her real name and I also just want to call her Ms. Chè. I think Halie has the same thought because we think she is so much special- as special as her chè ^^
(* Chè refers to Vietnamese sweet soup, normally cooked with beans in water and sweetened with sugar)

There are as many as 20 types of Chè in Hue and of course it is not hard to find a "quán chè" (a sweet soup shop) in Hue. However Halie and I do not want to go to any "quán chè" after eating chè of Ms. Chè. We have no way to find her except for being at the Healing the Wounded Heart shop (http://www.spiralfoundation.org) and hope she will pass the shop at around 8h30- 9pm.

We have waited for a long time. It seems to me that she has not sold chè for more than a month...so today when Halie called and told me that Ms.Chè was at the shop, I immediately was there after 5 minutes (three times faster than when I bike to work despite of the same distance >.<) Halie was staring at chè
One factor makes Ms. Chè special is that she changes the chè's menu almost every day or at least that is what we see every time we meet her. Today she sold "chè trôi nước", "chè bột lọc" and "chè đậu xanh dừa"

- chè trôi nước: "balls made from mung bean paste in a shell made of glutinous rice flour; served in a thick clear or brown liquid made of water, sugar, and grated ginger root" (explained by wikipedia.org)


- chè bột lọc: "small cassava and rice flour dumplings"


- chè đậu xanh dừa: made from grounded mung beans with coconut


Another factor of specialty is that Ms. Chè just cooks 2 or 3 types of chè each day and each type can be eaten separately with coconut sauce or can be mixed nicely. Eating three bowls is too much, especially at 9pm so best choice is a bowl of mixed chè or "chè thập cẩm".


It is so delicious that we all agreed to order extra two balls of "trôi nước" and enjoyed so much...

...wow thanks Ms. Chè - you are really our No.1 Chè Lady ^^