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!