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Food Stalls: Fried Fritters
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Fried fritters at Hanoi, Vietnam
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There is a road-side store selling delicious and cheap fried fritters (see photos) along Cau Go Street at the Old Quarter area. Do give them a try and remember to drink lots of water because it is very heaty (also let it cool down a bit before eating as they are fresh from the frying wok).

Written Apr 7, 2007

Address: on the streets around Hoan Kiem Lake and old town

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Food Stalls: Dragon Fruit & other fruits
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Dragon fruit at Hanoi, Vietnam
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While you are exploring Hanoi, you will come across may locals selling various types of fruits in the streets, and the fruits are also sold in the markets. Do try some of the local fruits, especially the dragon fruit (see photo) which is native only in Vietnam. This fruit has an interesting colour and shape, and when it is cut open, the flesh is white in colour with lots of black dots (you can eat them together with the white flesh). Remember to bargain because the locals will increase the price of the fruits by a lot once they see that you are a tourist.

Written Apr 7, 2007

Address: on the streets around Hoan Kiem Lake and old town

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Food Stalls: Local Desserts & Drinks
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Local desserts and drinks, Hanoi, Vietnam
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While exploring Hanoi, especially the Old Quarter area (and the weekend night bazaar at the Old Quarter area), you will come across many road-side stores selling all kinds of local desserts and drinks. During my trip in December 2006, I managed to try the soya bean drink, bean curd, sugar cane drink, sweet potato dessert, fried fritters, red bean soup with nuts etc. Be bold and try the local desserts and drinks (they are very very cheap anyway).

Written Apr 7, 2007

Address: on the streets around Hoan Kiem Lake and old town

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Food Stalls: Roadside food along Cau Go Street
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Grilled pork noodles at Hanoi, Vietnam
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Cau Go Street is located at the Old Quarter area north of Hoan Kiem Lake, and this street has lots of roadside stores selling local food. There is one store called Binh (see photos, at least this is what the big signboard says) which sell very delicious Vietnamese soup noodles with grilled pork which you can see them actually grilling on the street (see photos). The grilled pork is inside the soup, and you are supposed to put the noodles (which are on a seperate plate) into the soup with the pork.

You should give them a try as it is very cheap and delicious, the only problem is that this dish is rather heaty with the grilled pork and you may get sore throat after that (drink lots of water).

Written Apr 7, 2007

Address: on the streets around Hoan Kiem Lake and old town

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Food Stalls: My Van Than
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My Van Than food store, Hanoi, Vietnam
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My Van Than is a food store located somewhere at Ngo Cau Go Street and Hang Be Street at the north end of Hoan Kiem Lake (Old Quarter area). It sells local dishes Sui Cao and My Kho, which are essentially Vietnamese soup noodles which are delicious and this store is apparently popular among the locals. If you are not sure where, please look at the photos which I took. Very cheap and delicious local food here (10,000 to 15,000 Vietnamese dongs per bowl).

Written Apr 7, 2007

Address: on the streets around Hoan Kiem Lake and old town

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Food Stalls: Sidewalk Food Stalls
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Some of the best food in Hanoi can be found on the streets and sidewalks. Wherever you find a busy corner with plenty of people sitting on little blue or red plastic stools, stop and join them.

Favorite Dish: If you get the soup, make sure you add some of the spices!

Updated Mar 23, 2007

Address: on the streets around Hoan Kiem Lake and old town

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Street vendors: Eat like the locals
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The general food tip in Hanoi's Old Quarters is not to go into a restaurant, but eat at the street vendors or small shops. The locals don't eat at restaurants with more than one item on the menu (they're just there for the tourists). The best food is found in places where they specialize in only one dish, e.g., pho, bun cha, cha ca, banh cuon, etc. If you have no idea what any of this stuff is, it's also easy to wander around the Old Quarters during breakfast, lunch, or dinner time, and watch where all the locals are gathering and squatting on those little plastic stools eating. You shouldn't even have to order, just sit down, point a finger for 1 or 2 portions, and they'll just bring you whatever the specialty is :-)

Updated Feb 9, 2007

Address: on the streets around Hoan Kiem Lake and old town

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Food Stalls: More street vendors' food stalls
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Glutinous rice
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Generally, my little Hanoi trip was more about eating, eating, eating and coffee. Found this coffee shop on our way back to our guesthouse. This bowl of glutinous rice (sticky rice) comes with 2 or 3 side vegetables or meat. Cost about 10,000 Dong. Pretty tasty.

Check out some of the other goodies I had mainly from street vendors.

Updated Dec 22, 2006

Address: Around the Old Quarters

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Food Stalls: Around The City
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Local street vendor.
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I would definitely suggest stopping and eating from one of the many street vendors who cook all sorts of delicious food right beside the road.
These photo's were taken during a day when i was walking with some friends, it was raining quite heavily and we came across a whole row of people cooking food along the side of the road. I was curious to try some, so upon my suggestion we stopped and tried some banh chuoi (banana cake). Which not only was delicious, but extremely cheap!

Updated Nov 10, 2006

Address: Duong Lang Street.

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Food Stalls: cheap food is everywhere
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dry pho with beef
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u can get cheap food everywhere in Hanoi.tho u may not know how to order,just point to what u see the next guy eating and they will bring the same to u.
their pho(glass noodles) is outta this world!!!

Written Sep 10, 2006

Address: on the streets around Hoan Kiem Lake and old town

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