As a city with a long history, diverse cultural traditions and the rich national character, Hanoi is not only one of the sites attracting more domestic and foreign tourists in Vietnam by ancient, thoughtful, peaceful appearance and the latent beauty in the city of thousand-year civilization ..but also has rich culinary traditions. Many of Vietnam’s most famous dishes believed to have originated from Hanoi.
A list of most popular local foods that should not be missed in Hanoi, take a look and find out what are they
- “Xôi xéo”
Located on the corner of Nguyen Huu Huan and Hang Bac streets at the edge of Hanoi’s Ancient Quarter.
Chances are you will encounter this dish in almost every outdoors market. There are even two restaurants dedicated fully to this dish in the Old Quarters. Xoi is a kind of Vietnamese sticky rice, topped traditionally with shavings of lotus root and roasted garlic. Sometimes it can be served with eggs or steamed chicken breast on request. The serving is really filling and it is good for any time of the day but most Vietnamese have it for breakfast or lunch
- “Bánh cuốn”
Banh cuon Gia An – Ba Trieu street (opposite to Vincom tower) is a more upscale restaurants specializing in Banh cuon.
Vietnamese and particularly Hanoi people is proud of their steamed crepe from rice flour and water. A savoury meal, the inside stuffing contains ground pork, wood-ear and seasoning. Most street chefs make the dish right at door so look for a place that steams are coming up high. Banh cuon is served with nuoc mam, a mixture of fish sauce, sugar and lime.
- “Phở “(Noodle soup)
Pho Bat Dan is a famous local restaurants famous for its Pho bo (beef rice noodle soup). Located in the Old quarter “jungle”, the store easily stands out for the long line of people waiting to be served.
Hanoi’s cuisine is famous nationwide with many specialties, but the most well known dish is Pho, a rice noodle soup often eaten as breakfast meal at home, food stalls, roadside inns, or in the restaurants. Some is served with chicken and some with beef. Each type of meat entails a variety of sub-dish, using from beef tenderloin to beef brisket, chicken wing to chicken thigh.
- “Bún thang”
Bun thang Ba Duc on Cau Go street is a great place to try the dish. Enjoy Bun thang in such a setting gives the meal enormous highlights in your trip to Hanoi.
If Pho is compatible to linguine in shape, Bun is more like spaghetti. Bun thang is one of the most popular yet hidden fares in Hanoi and one can hardly find it outside of the Old quarters or a few special restaurants scattering across the city. The chicken broth is artistically done and the dish is beautifully served. Bun thang is a harmonious blend of color- the yellow of sliced egg; the white of bun; the off-white of chicken and the green of onions and herbs.
5. “Bún mọc”
A tiny Bun moc eatery on the west side of Ta Hien street, 4 or 5 doors north of the intersection with Luong Ngoc Quyen street.
6. “BBQ Chicken Street”
On Ly Van Phuc just off Nguyen Thai Hoc. Everything is delicious here! The BBQ sauce is perhaps the best you’ll ever have!
So called ‘BBQ chicken street’ is hard to miss in the evening, as the plumes of smoke drift into the night sky and the smell of barbecuing drifts along the street.
Very distinct from the “BBQ Chicken” fast food joints that are rapidly springing up all over Hanoi, BBQ chicken street serves freshly barbecued chicken to patrons sitting on plastic stools in an environment that would certainly not pass health and safety standards anywhere else.
7. “Chả cá Lã Vọng”
Cha ca La Vong restaurant on 14 Cha Ca street is renowned nationally and internationally for its tradition and quality of serving the dish
Cha ca La Vong is listed as one of the top 100 things you gotta try before you die by many cuisine experts. Restaurant Cha ca La Vong recently featured in the New York Times in an article that talked about how variants of the same-named dish — a mixture of fish, turmeric, dill, shrimp paste, fish sauce, chilies, noodles and other herbs — are appearing on menus in the United States. Author Florence Fabricant notes that, despite her fond memories of a visit to Cha Ca La Vong 10 years ago, “Judging from many blog posts, recent visitors have had a more negative experience: touristy and expensive.”
8. “Bánh tôm Hồ Tây” (fried shrimp fritter in West Lake)
One of the specialties in the city of Hanoi is Banh tom Ho Tay (fried shrimp fritter in West Lake). Its way of processing is rather simple. Fresh shrimps caught in the West Lake is covered with wheat flour, then fried with oil. It is eaten with sweet, sour and spicy fish sauce, vegetable pickles for best taste. Besides, it can also be served with salads and vermicelli. The cake is brittle, soft and sweet-smelling; therefore, it is really an appropriate dish for drinking beer.
The restaurant on Thanh Nien Street has long been a familiar address for this special food
9. “Kem Hồ Tây” (West Lake Ice Cream)
If you drive north along Hanoi’s Duong Thanh Nien, which passes between Truc Bach Lake and West Lake, on a sunny weekend afternoon, be prepared to swerve around the crowds gathered outside of Kem Ho Tay: West Lake Ice Cream.
Hope that you truly have a wonderful and interesting trip in Hanoi as well as enjoy the various delicious dishes here.
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