Hanoi- the food that are not to be missed

Hanoi- the beautiful capital of Vietnam is not only famous for its french-influenced architecture or their historical old quarter but this city is also renowned for being a street-food paradise ! Walking around the street and you are spoiled with choices from the basic most famous Phở - rice noodle soup or the delicious bread Bánh Mỳ to various differents version of noodle or rice pancake that you cant tell apart. "There are so much too eat, where do i start?" You ask. So to make it easy, lets take a look through some of the best street food that our city has to offer.
1. Bún chả- rice vermicelli with BBQ pork
"You cant say you've been to Hanoi if you didnt have Bún Chả". The saying is true as this landed on the top 10 of vietnamese best dishes.  The marinated grill pork soaked inside a bowl of well-blended flavour fish sauce, served with  rice vermicelli  will guarantee to please the most difficult eater. Pork patties and slices of pork belly are grilled over hot charcoals to give you the real taste of BBQ. Dont forget to put on the herbs and other spices like chilli and rice vinegar as they will double the flavour, give your mounth a feast !

2. Bánh cuốn- Rolling streamed pancake

Bánh cuốn is one of Hanoi’s favorite breakfast items and essential to any list of must-try Vietnamese dishes.

Made with only rice water, the fresh rice papers are filled with seasoned ground pork, mushrooms, and shallots, topped with deep-fried onion and a little shrimps meat. It brings you a taste of vietnamese countryside by the cà cuống (Lethocerus indicus) essence added to the essentially fish sauce. Usually served along side with chả lụa ( vietnamese pork sausage), Bánh cuốn can easily please your hungry morning stomaches.

3. Phở- noodle soup

We cant talk about Vietnamese cuisine without mention the world-wide famous soup noodle: Phở. This may not be new but the temptation of tasting its authentic flavour got many foodie running to the nearest phở restaurant. And of course, there is no where else can you find the best phở than in its original home town here in Hanoi. The ingredients may vary, but locals prefer it with either chicken or thin slices of beef in a rich beef broth; garnish it with bean sprouts, chiles, hoisin sauce and fresh Vietnamese herbs.

4. Chả cá Lã Vọng- grilled fish

Hà nội's grilled fish is like no other. Order a table in Cha Ca Street (fried fish pie street) and what you'll get is Hanoi delicacy. The waiter will stimulate your appetite with some seasonings: a bowl of well - stirred shrimp paste sauce mixed up with lemon and a few drops of liquor to give it flagrancy, and decorated by a few slices of red fresh pimento (chilli), a plate of grilled ground nuts of gold yellow color. The yellow and flagrant, delicious looking grilled fish is served o­n a plate of anethum vegetable and watered by a little boiling fat fish broth will just make your mounth drool. 

5. Cà phê trứng- Egg coffee

There is no better way to end a good meal than a nice cup of coffee! Come to Hanoi and you can have a taste of our one-of-a-kind EGG COFFEE. 

The egg part sounds less or more strange for most visitor as they continue to read on the guide : egg yolk and milk. This beautiful drink compose of a creamy, rich texture- egg top which was whisked to frothy goodness with sweetened condensed milk (not straight sugar). Underneath lie the vietnamese strong black coffee that bring pleasure to every coffee lover. 

If a five-meal-cours wasnt enough for you, then dont worry, come with us on our Hanoi food tasting tour  to try even more of Hanoi greatness and experience the real happiness of being a foodie in one of the best destination in Asia!

HA NOI STREET FOOD TOURS 

HaNoians are notoriously picky eaters. Why so choosy? They’re spoiled for choice. Ha Noi is a city full of iconic joints — every HaNoian has a favorite slice and detailed reasons to back it, and the same goes for Noodle Soup, doughnuts, coffee and more... Food is integral to life in Ha Noi, so if you want to experience a day like a local, it better be centered around eating. Joining a Hanoi street food tour will let an expert lead the way to the best Street Food in Hanoi Old Quarter. You’ll learn about the history and culture of the city, all while filling up on the flavors that made Hanoi one of the world’s great destinations for hungry travelers.

We start our  Hanoi street food tour at Hanoi Old Quarter to Largest covered market, Dong Xuan. Along the perimeter of the market, dozens of street hawkers sell a staggering variety of produce from live seafood to exotic fruits and spices.

Your expert English-speaking local guide will give you an insight into the intricacies and traditions of Vietnamese food culture including details on ingredients and historical backgrounds of popular northern dishes. We eat as we go, trying seasonal fruits and sampling a tasty French-inspired snack from a street cart.

                 

Walking through the maze of bustling streets that make up Hanoi’s Old Quarter, we tempt our tastebuds with the famed Hanoi dish Banh Cuon at a local eatery. Watch in awe as the skilled chefs demonstrate for you how this tasty dish is put together. Continuing into the atmospheric heart of the Old Quarter, we wander past street stalls and quiet residential lanes where you can observe local life that has changed little since Hanoi was founded over 1000 years ago. 

Our next two snack stops on our Hanoi street food tour are at outdoor barbeque stalls. We sit down with the Hanoi locals and sample various meat, vegetable, and bread specialties that are flame grilled over hot coals for extra flavour.

Now, it's time for dessert as we venture down a small alley to join in the local tradition of feasting on fresh fruit served in a cup and smothered with crushed iced and condensed milk – this specialty is one not to be missed!

Your local guide will then take you to one of Hanoi’s best kept secrets, a hidden café with stunning views over the picturesque Hoan Kiem Lake. This hard-to-find café is one of the few left in the city that still serves egg coffee, a scrumptious local delicacy that we will sample whilst admiring the hustle and bustle of the city centre below. Or, if coffee is not your style, a cold beer awaits!

At the end of our Hanoi tour you are free to continue exploring the area or your guide will take you back to your hotel.