MOUTH-WATERING STREET FOOD
THAT SHOULD N’T BE MISSED IN HANOI
1. Hanoi dried beef salad or “Nom bo kho”
In Hanoi, when it comes to salad, people will immediately think of Hanoi’s delicious dried beef salad with sliced dried beef, seasoned to create moderate toughness, combining green papaya with herbs and peanuts. The street food mix with roasted peanuts and sour soup promises to whet your appetite!
2. Trang Tien Ice-Cream
Trang Tien ice cream brand which is located at the heart of the capital, has become iconic for a long time. Each piece of the ice-cream can be reminiscent of the old childhood memories in local people’s minds. If you are looking for traditional ice cream flavors such as nuggets, green beans, coconut milk, cocoa, etc., then Trang Tien ice-cream will be a good try.
3. Hanoi-style shrimp cake
Hanoi-style shrimp cake is made of freshwater crayfish wrapped in deely fried flour crusts. Crispy crust with sweet taste of pureed green beans and marinated shrimp or crayfish makes it one of the most liked food item for foodies. Locals share the secret to the food is to enjoy it along with some chilled beer.
4. Tofu
Tofu is also one of the most-liked food in Hanoi whenever summer comes. The dish is quite familiar, but when eating in Hanoi, people can feel all its typical and traditional flavors. Hanoi’s Tofu is varied and served with flan (caramel), grass jelly, chewy pearls and syrup to create a sweet and fresh taste.
5. Seaworm omelet
Cha ruoi is one of the famous Hanoi specialties which is made from seaworm (a kind of seaworm often found in brackish waters in the northern coastal provinces such as Quang Ninh province), pureed pork, eggs, onions, chili served with delicate fish sauce. Tourists are enticed by its irresistible fragrance, and meaty-looking texture. What’s better than a piece of soft, fatty, warm, and delicious fried seaworm omelet in Hanoi’s cold weather?
6. Hanoi baguette
Hanoi baguette, despite originally from France, has varied and become the “national delicacy” of all Vietnamese people. Hanoi-style baguette “scores” with gourmets by creative variations, with grilled meat, potato spring rolls, fried spring rolls which make it taste extremely strange. Dan To baguette has also “stormed” social networks with its full of egg and pate fillings. Hanoi bread costs from just 20,000 VND to more than 60,000 VND depending on the fillings, although it is small, it provides enough energy to “raise the footsteps of discovery”.
Bánh mì – Vietnamese baguette
7. Hanoi green rice cake
Talking about Hanoi street food that are popular with tourists, it is impossible not to mention Banh Com or green rice cake. This is a famous Hanoi food because of its sweet taste and attractive characteristic aroma. The cake is made from yellow-flowered sticky rice that are eye-catching, sweet and flexible, embracing the filling made from durian or green beans. Hanoi rice cake is best when served with hot tea and serve as a delicious dish at Tet holidays in Vietnam.
8. Hanoi fried pig intestines
Traveling to Hanoi without enjoying the specialty of fried pig intestines is indeed a regret for real food reviewers. Pieces of clean intestines are deep-fried, crispy outside but soft inside, eaten with herbs, fresh rice noodles, dipped in spicy and sour shrimp past. Tourists can try on steamed, fried one or its another variant of salad. This excellent food item will make your Hanoi trip more special than ever.
9. La Vong grilled fish
La Vong grilled fish is a specialty dish of Hanoi made from catfish, a type of fish with various nutrients, sweet meat, and little bone. Each fish piece is dipped into shrimp paste, sprinkled some crushed peanut and served with some fennel branches, chopped spring onions and tangled rice noodles. A well-cooked grilled fish must be juicy, firm, flavorful and attractive with nice golden brown color.A well-cooked grilled fish must be juicy, firm, flavorful and attractive with nice golden brown color. The dish promises to awaken your taste buds with unforgettable flavors.
10. Hanoi fried spring rolls
If Thanh Hoa is the birthplace of fermented spring rolls wrapped in banana leaves, Hanoi fried spring rolls are unfermented ones. Delicious, greasy in each piece of fried spring rolls is beautifully served to tourists. Eating spring rolls, drinking beer and chatting with friends are quite popular hobbies among young people.
fried spring rolls
11. “Bun dau mam tom” (Tofu, shrimp sauce and rice noodles)
Rice noodles with shrimp paste is a delicious Hanoi dish that can steal tourists’ hearts. Today, “bun dau mam tom” is served with green rice pork pie, Vietnamese basil, perilla, sliced pork and of course, the soul of the food – ferrmented shrimp paste. Those who eat it for the first time can be strange to the shrimp paste but quickly become addicted after the second or third try. Among with ‘pho’, this dish is also a part of thousand-year-old capital of Vietnam.
12. “Bun thang” (Hanoi combo noodle soup)
Making “bun thang” is quite time-consuming because it takes up to 20 ingredients to make a delicious bowl. Its main ingredients include: thinly sliced fried egg, shredded chicken breast, thinly sliced pork sausage, shrimp, squid, laksa leaves, etc., all creating a beautiful and delicious bowl of vermicelli. It deserves to be the outstanding Hanoi delicious food, right?
13. Thanh Tri rice noodle rolls
Being famous for its thinness and toughness, the filling rolled with fried onions and a bit of minced meat. The cake can dip with light fish sauce, served with delicious spring rolls, the taste is so appealing. Try to experience Thanh Tri rice noodle rolls in Hanoi to find the difference!
14. Dong Cac pyramidal rice dumpling
Banh gio is a rustic and familiar dish of Hanoi people, easy to find in snack shops or food stalls along the streets. The food is carefully wrapped in a thick and sophisticated layer of banana leaves. The delicious and greasy meat fillings inside makes deserves to be a perfect choice for Vietnamese breakfast. A cup of soy beans an skewered grilled meat will match with the dumpling well, keeping tourists always energetic for their Hanoi trip!
15. “Bun cha” Hanoi
At first glance, you might immediately think of grilled pork vermicelli in the South, but no, the flavor of Hanoi “bun cha” is completely different. A portion of bun cha includes: vermicelli, sour sauce with kohlrabi and vinegared carrots, and a few pieces of fragrant grilled meat with the smell of charcoal and pepper. When eaten, served with raw vegetables, each little bit blends together to create a rich, delicious taste that is irresistible to diners.
Bun cha
16. Xoi Khuc (Hanoi cudwed sticky rice)
Xoi Khuc is one of the dishes that create the beauty of Hanoi’s traditional cuisine. The cake is in the shape of a round block, inside is green beans, chopped pork, and spices. Buying banh Khuc as a special gift from Hanoi will be great. It contains all the flavors of local grasslands and the taste of sticky rice in the homeland.
17. Hanoi crab noodle soup
You can find crab cakes in many other cities in the North, but the rustic and simple taste of Hanoi crab cakes is what makes people hard to forget. The chewy rice noodles served with a rich broth, adding a little bit of sour vinegar and hot chili peppers.
The street food is slightly sour with broth which made from crab paste and broth, tomatoes, fish sauce, salt, and onion. In order to strengthen the flavor, eaters can also add a little mam tom (shrimp paste).
18. Beef stew with crusty bread
The cool weather in Hanoi is the best time for you to enjoy beef stew with crusty bread. The dish is a combination of beef and a very attractive characteristic aroma, adding some vegetables such as coriander, carrots, onions, tomatoes, especially a little wine. Crispy toasted bread with rich wine sauce and tender beef provides a light breakfast, just enough to start a new day.
19. Hanoi “pho” rolls
“pho” rolls is another well-known dish of Hanoi. Which made from rice noodle sheets, and filled with meat, vegetables, onions, bean sprouts, etc. The rolls will be more delicious when dipped with a dipping sauce. That is actually fish sauce mixed with sugar, garlic and minced chili, tomato, carrots and green papaya. All of tho soaked in vinegar or seasoning sauce.
pho roll