A series of delicious specialties you must try when coming to Hanoi during the April 30 - May 1 holiday

GĐXH - Holidays are the ideal time to explore Hanoi during the day with a self-sufficient, economical schedule while still having a complete cultural and culinary experience.

Located on Bat Dan Street, Pho Bat Dan is one of the most famous and long-standing addresses in Hanoi with a history of over 70 years. Whether it is morning or afternoon, the restaurant is always crowded with customers, many people are willing to queue up just to enjoy a bowl of pho with the typical taste of old Hanoi. What makes Pho Bat Dan famous is not only because it is a symbolic dish of Hanoi people, but also because the traditional flavor is preserved almost intact.

Located on Lo Duc Street, Ban Me wet rice cake restaurant attracts diners with its rich flavor, soft rice cake, special dipping sauce and especially the image of "plates stacked on plates" high. Wet rice cake is a familiar dish in the Central and Southern regions and has only become popular in Hanoi in recent years. The restaurant is considered one of the first places to bring this dish to the capital.

La Vong fish cake is a specialty of the capital Hanoi, praised many times by the press and culinary sites around the world . When enjoying this dish, you will feel the delicious taste of catfish marinated with rich spices, fragrant with turmeric and perilla. Photo: Anpha/Flickr.

Banh cuon is a great choice for breakfast. You can choose to eat hot or cold banh cuon with 2 types: with or without filling. The filling usually includes ingredients such as chopped wood ear mushrooms, minced meat, shrimp... Banh cuon is often eaten with sausage and a little fried onion. In particular, dipping sauce is an indispensable ingredient of this dish. Photo: Banhcuonbahanh.

Banh mi is one of the Vietnamese dishes that is becoming increasingly famous in the world. The sandwich has a thin, crispy crust, and inside is a variety of fillings such as grilled meat, pork sausage, eggs, coriander, cucumber, pickles, pate, chili sauce, mayonnaise... Photo: PBS Food.

Hanoi is a "heaven of sweet soups". This is a great destination for those with a sweet tooth. The sweet soup shops here have a very diverse menu, you can choose different ingredients according to your preferences such as green beans, black beans, tapioca flour, jelly, fruits (longan, mango, durian, lychee or jackfruit) and coconut milk to create a mixed cup of sweet soup. Besides, there are a variety of traditional sweet soups such as sweet rice balls, pomelo sweet soup, white jelly sweet soup, corn sweet soup... Photo: @h.minhhtuan.

Vermicelli is a traditional dish in Hanoi that people of all ages love. When it comes to vermicelli, people can name many different names such as fish vermicelli, snail vermicelli, crab vermicelli, meatball vermicelli, Hue beef vermicelli, seafood vermicelli, rib vermicelli... Each vermicelli dish has its own unique flavor, often served with raw vegetables, a little chili and vinegar depending on taste. Photo: @duongvux_.

Bun cha is also a Vietnamese dish known to many foreign tourists. With soft white noodles, fragrant charcoal grilled meat, sweet and sour dipping sauce and aromatic herbs, bun cha brings diners a delicious flavor that stimulates the taste buds. Photo: Tuan Anh

Sweet sticky rice is a combination of sticky rice with sesame seeds and shredded coconut, sometimes with lotus seeds. This sticky rice dish is very fragrant and has a slightly sweet taste, often eaten for breakfast, delicious, does not cause an uncomfortable feeling of fullness. Photo: @Her86m2.

Cao Lau is often known as a specialty of Hoi An, but visitors can also enjoy this attractive dish in Hanoi. A bowl of Cao Lau will include yellow noodles, slices of char siu, shrimp, roasted pork, fried rice paper, bean sprouts, herbs and broth made from pork bones. Photo: @minhmat.

Roasted pigeon salad is an interesting dish for tourists who want to explore the rustic cuisine of Hanoi. The dish includes familiar salad ingredients such as papaya, green mango and shredded carrots, chopped herbs, crushed roasted peanuts combined with fragrant roasted pigeon meat. Roasted pigeon salad is very suitable to "drink" with beer on a summer day. Photo: @_ngoc_010595.

Banh xeo is also a famous street food in Vietnam. The crust is made from rice flour mixed with water, turmeric powder and coconut milk. The filling includes shrimp, pork or beef, bean sprouts, green onions... To make the cake, people pour a thin layer of dough evenly on the bottom of a pan at a low temperature until golden brown, then put the filling in the middle and fold it in half. When enjoying, diners use raw vegetables and sweet and sour dipping sauce. Photo: Delightful Plate.

Crab spring rolls are made from crab meat, crab roe, lean pork, egg whites, kohlrabi, carrots, wood ear mushrooms, herbs and bean sprouts wrapped in rice paper. The spring rolls are deep-fried and then served with vermicelli, lettuce, chopped cucumber and sweet and sour dipping sauce. Photo: Quynh Trang

Have you tried West Lake Shrimp Cake when you joined the Hanoi tour? This attractive, hot and crispy snack will be an ideal suggestion for your trip. The shrimps are carefully selected by the cook, the shrimps must be clean and fresh. After being pre-processed, the shrimps are rolled in the middle with a layer of flour and eggs, then put in a pan with oil, fried until golden brown, and placed on 2 chopsticks on the pan to drain the oil.

For Hanoians, pho cuon is a familiar, easy-to-enjoy dish that anyone who has tried it will surely love. The ingredients to make this dish include pho noodles, herbs, lettuce, and stir-fried beef inside. With the skillful hands of the cook, pho cuon is rolled up neatly and firmly, when eaten, dipped in a not-too-strong dipping sauce that is very tasty.

It would be a mistake if you come to Hanoi without eating bun thang - a delicious Hanoi dish that cannot be missed. In addition, this dish is also known by the familiar name "Thang Long's first bun". The ingredients and presentation of bun thang are quite elaborate. In addition to noodles and broth, people will add thin omelette, pork roll, chicken, mushrooms, dried radish and herbs... All are cut into small pieces. When put in the mouth, visitors will find it hard to forget the sweetness of the broth mixed with the spicy taste of chili, the richness of the ingredients. When you are hungry and enjoy a hot bowl of Hanoi bun thang, there is nothing like it.

As a long-standing ice cream brand that appeared in 1958, Trang Tien ice cream is a specialty of Hanoi that anyone who comes to Hoan Kiem Lake must enjoy. Some popular ice cream flavors here are green rice, green beans, coconut milk, vanilla, strawberry, etc. Trang Tien ice cream is like a dish that brings back childhood memories. That is why from children to the elderly, when mentioning this famous ice cream, they all have a strange love for it.

Dried beef salad is a favorite snack of Hanoians, especially young people. This dish is made from marinated dried beef cut into bite-sized pieces, mixed with green papaya, shredded carrots, roasted peanuts, herbs and a very attractive sweet and sour sauce.

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