HANOI STREET FOOD TOUR

  • HANOI STREET FOOD WALKING TOUR
    Duration: 03 hours
    Departure at every hour from: 10.00 AM to 17.00 PM

    Itinerary of Hanoi Street Food Walking Tour
    We start our excellent street food walking tour at your hotel in the old quarter of Hanoi 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 such as Bun Cha Hanoi, 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 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. It’s then 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 speciality is one not to be missed!
    Your local guide will then take you to one of Hanoi’s best kept secrets, a hidden street food restaurant to taste top ten street foods in Hanoi is Banh My Hanoi, Vietnamese Rice Wine and famous Egg Coffee. This hard-to-find café is one of the few left in the narrow street inside the old quarter of Hanoi. Or, if coffee is not your style, a cold beer awaits!. At the end of the trip you are free to continue exploring the area or your guide will assist  you with directions or a taxi back to your hotel.

    This tour can be organized as joining group or private and cost in USD per person

    Group Size 1 – 3 4 – 6 7 – 10 10+
    Price 25 20 15 10

    Tour included: English speaking guide, all street food items as itinerary, 1 bottle of water, 1 coffee or beer

Bun Cha – Hanoi Street Food 
Possibly the most delicious food available to man, Bun Cha is the lunch of choice all over Hanoi. Pork patties and slices of pork belly are grilled over hot coals and served with fish sauce, tangy vinegar, sugar and lime, which, when combined, creates a sort of barbecue soup that is eaten with rice vermicelli and fresh herbs. Accompanied by deep-fried spring rolls, this calorically rich dish is served with garlic and chilies on the side for an extra kick.
Try it at: Bun Cha at No 1 Hang Manh Street, Hanoi Old Quarter

Pho – Hanoi Street Food
As the birthplace of pho, Hanoi is ground zero for the fragrant rice noodle soup served with fresh herbs that has become popular all over the world. It’s no surprise, then, that Hanoi’s pho is outstanding. Two variations are most popular: Pho Ga (with chicken) and Pho Bo (with beef). Pho is traditionally served as a breakfast food, so you’ll find pho sellers all over town from before dawn to mid-morning.

Try it at: 49 Bat Dan Street, Hanoi Old Quarter

Barbecue chicken – Hanoi Street Food

Ly Van Phuc is its official name, but the place is colloquially known as “Chicken Street” in honor of the tasty poultry being barbecued up and down this crowded alley.

Grilled chicken wings and feet, sweet potatoes and bread that’s been brushed with honey before being grilled are served with chili sauce and pickled cucumbers in sweet vinegar.

The simple, enticing menu is nearly identical for all the vendors on the street.

Try it at: Ly Van Phuc Street, Dong Da, Hanoi

Xoi – Sticky rice – Hanoi Street Food

In the morning you’ll find the sticky rice vendors out hawking their wares. Sticky rice is a hugely popular carb-rich breakfast food that comes wrapped in a banana leaf. There are dozens of variations on the dish.

One is served with crushed peanuts and sesame salt, another involves white corn and deep-fried shallots.

Try it at: Xoi Yen at 35 Nguyen Huu Huan Street, Hanoi Old Quarter

Egg coffee – Hanoi Street Food

Giang Café is humbly hidden on a small lane on Nguyen Huu Huan Street in the city’s old quarter. It may be difficult to find for visitors, but it is well worth the effort. It continues to be hugely popular among Hanoi’s coffee addicts with its special ca phe trung, or egg coffee.

Try it at: Cafe Giang at 39 Nguyen Huu Huan Street, Hanoi Old Quarter

Nem Cua Be – Hanoi Street Food

You can find many types of excellent spring rolls all over Vietnam, but nem cua be, made with fresh crab meat, are particularly good. Unlike regular spring rolls, they are wrapped into a square shape before being fried.

Nem Cua Be are a specialty of Hai Phong, a seaside town not far away, but are fantastic in Hanoi as well.

Try it at: Nem Vuong Pho Co at 58 Dao Duy Tu Street, Hanoi Old Quarter

Chao Ca – Hanoi Street Food

Toast has nothing on chao ca, so if you’re looking for a satisfying breakfast in Hanoi, why not try a steaming bowl of fish porridge?

Like Chinese congee, it’s a rice gruel made by cooking down the grains until they are nearly liquid. In Hanoi, it’s most often served with green onion, sprigs of dill and slivers of ginger.

Try it at: Chao Ca Doan Xom at 213 Hang Bong Street, Hanoi Old Quarter

Banh Cuon – Hanoi Street Food

Banh Cuon is a Northern Vietnamese dish that migrated to Hanoi. Thin steamed rice flour pancakes filled with minced pork and cloud ear mushrooms are served with nuoc cham, a fish-sauce-based dipping sauce, fried shallots and fresh herbs. Slightly goopy in texture, banh cuon are often eaten for breakfast or as an evening pick-me-up.

Try it at: Banh Cuon Thanh Van at 14 Hang Ga Street, Hanoi Old Quarter

Muc Nuong – Hanoi Street Food

There’s no greater pleasure than drinking on a busy Hanoi sidewalk, and what better to nosh on at while you do than Muc Nuong? Dried squid is grilled over hot coals before being shredded and served with a spicy sauce. It’s a chewy treat that is best washed down with shots of rice wine.

Try it at: Muc Nuong at 36 Hang Bo Street, Hanoi Old Quarter

This tour can be organized as joining group or private and cost in USD per person

Group Size 1 – 3 4 – 6 7 – 10 10+
Price 25 20 15 10

Tour included: English speaking tour guide, All street food items as itinerary, 1 bottle of water, 1 coffee or beer