You are a tourist? Do you like to explore the culture of Vietnam? So, the most interesting as well as the fastest way to get a quick lesson about Vietnamese culture is to try our food. Vietnamese cuisine is very rich and diversified. Therefore, you can not have a general view at luxurious restaurants only but go further to street vendors. Please come to Hanoi, a paradise of street food in Vietnam and try the 3 following dishes to get started your food journey.
1/ Caramel in Hang Than
It probably is not superlative praise to say that Caramel in Hang Than is the best. It is said that if you ever try caramel Hang Than, caramel in other places becomes tasteless with you. Indeed, in spite of cheap simple food, it is difficult for your processor finds a better caramel than in here. It is made to be sweet, rich and cool enough for patrols to feel to the end the full special flavour. Particularly, the fine texture of each caramel in Hang Than street will surprise you and make you eat it up in 1 minute.
There are many variants of caramel for you to choose such as egg caramel, coconut caramel, fruit caramel and even mixed caramel.
The mixed caramel is truly a distinctive delicious dish. It is the harmonious combination between traditional tastes such as pearls, longan, coconut cream, yoghurt and jelly. The sweet flavour of Caramel gets more perfect with the slightly sour flavour if crystal jellies and the pearls.
2/ Sua chua mit (Yogurt with Jack-fruit) in Ba Trieu
Just recently been discovered and become hot, Sua chua mit is creating a fever among Hanoian youths. The sweet and crunchy taste of jack-fruit mixed with the cool and sour of yoghurt are the element that makes sua chua mit Ba Trieu become one of the most favoured food stalls in Hanoi.
The dish itself is invented by the stall owner. Therefore, sua chua mit Ba Trieu has a distinctive taste compared to sua chua mit in other places. With the friendly and enthusiastic service provided by staffs, we commit that you will have enjoyable moments when enjoying sua chua mit Ba Trieu.
3/ Banh gio xuc xich (Pyramidal rice dumpling with sausages)
Banh gio is one of the favorite traditional dishes of Vietnamese people. It contains enough energy for working studying. Therefore, it is often eaten at breakfast or lunch. The hot rice dumpling filled with meat, onion and mushroom inside and wrapped in banana leaves will give you a different flavour. Nowadays, Banh gio is served with sausages, fried pork rolls or Vietnamese hams.
The popular banh gio stalls are situated in Dong Cac Street, Luong Dinh Cua Street, Thuy Khue Street and Nguyen Cong Tru Street. The Banh gio in Doc Cac Street is well-known for a special sauce, which is a bit hot from chilly, sweet from sugar and other tastes made by secret.