Old Quarter, a triangular area of 36 streets centered just next to Hoan Kiem Lake by the right bank of Red River, is the food hub of Hanoi. Besides many hotels, bars and clubs located at the site, there are also plenty of local cuisine specialties and delicacies like the unique pineapple rice and mango salad.
Dried sweetened fruits or vegetables are called "OMai and Murt" in Vietnamese. Most of them are supplied from Hang Duong Street. There are also many kinds of rice noodles and soya bean or root related fried snack, mostly eat together with fish sauce and rice noodle.
Cha Ca La Vong is a Hanoi very special delicacy. The original restaurant who first offers this dish is located at No. 14 Cha Ca Street of Old Quarter. The street was later named after the dish. It is actually a kind of oil grilled fish fillet to be mixed with a lot of fresh green onion, wild vegetables in a pan of oil while it is still in boiling heat. The fillet and vegetable are to be taken with local noodle and fish sauce. This is one and the only one dish offered by the restaurant at a standard price of about 9 US Dollars per person.
The tempting pork innards soup noodle.
Simple kitchen, simple utensil at simple stall along the 5 foot way of the shops offering variety of food for your choice. You may have beef or clam meat fried noodle or soup noodle at about 2 US dollars per bowl.
When sky begins to turn dark, the 5 foot way of the shops become a venue of snack food-stalls with variety of traditional local delicacies.
At dusk, by the streets at Quarter, Hanoians crowd sitting and drinking beer or tea or having snack, have a leisure moment of relaxation with friends or family after a day of hardwork.
A noodle soup seller and a mini tiny tea-shop!
This is the way young locals gather and enjoy their food.
Egg roll, pan fried on the spot and stuff with a selection of ingredients, is another kind of tasty snack in Hanoi.
Seniors enjoy smoking with bamboo pipes.
Hanoi Bun Cha at Hang Manh Street is one of the most famous restaurants in the city. The restaurant was packed with customers during lunch hour and customers have no choice but to squeeze and share the limited numbers of table and seats.
Hanoi Bun Cha's noodle with the special BBQ seasoned pork is in the top list of Vietnamese cuisine.
Its Vietnamese spring rolls, prepared and fried on the spot.
This is quite a different kind of rice noodle and it tastes good with basil and mint leaves in fish sauce.
Though it is a small stall selling in front of a house by the road side, the food is prepared in a very clean and hygiene way.
We joined in the local crowd, seated on the small stools, having a bowl of simple noodle, chit-chat with neighboring...we had become one of them.
Buyers and seller are so close to each other. She never talk much, but with a pleasant heart mindfully prepare each bowl of noodle customer ordered. And customer never ask much, but satisfactorily enjoy the noodle she made.
Chicken soup Vietnamese noodle is most popular world wide but the typical and original is really not the same taste. We often have it in USA but never had it so deliciously cooked.
Undoubtedly, the difference in the chicken soup noodle should be the chicken and the soup.
This was the only dish we did not like much. It supposed should be sugar-cane shrimp rolls but it did not turn up good in looking and taste as well. The egg plant with peanut dish also appear the same in dark color. We assumed this is their way of cooking but friendly say, we would not ever recommend to anyone.
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