Hanoi food tour with recipes

The food tour was unbelievable. We sampled 8 dishes from places we would never be able to find ourselves. All responsible reputable vendors with good history here in Hanoi. They also source their ingredients from quality places.

Our tour guide Snow spoke impeccable English and answered all our questions and gave history and insight into the life of Vietnamese and those living in Hanoi.

In the end, she sent us the names of the places we visited and the recipes. Two places had proprietary recipes and of course could not give.

This is our food diary. They made accommodations for food sensitivities. They gave me vegetarian options though I did eat a little chicken with the first dish. I loved every one of them.

1:Pho ga tron: mixed rice noodles with chicken (address: Pho Dung 20 ngo Hang Chi)

2: Banh cuon: steam rice rolls with pork meat and mushroom (14 Bao Khanh)

Recipe

3:Bun cha: grilled pork with vermicelli, (Obama’s dish) (12 Dinh Liet)

You mix the greens and the noodles in the sauce before eating. Mine did not have meat but they have me spring rolls instead. The sauce was amazing and had rice vinegar as the base.

Recipe
4:hanoi beer

5: Kem xoi: sticky rice with ice cream ( 92 hang bac street)

This has coconut on the top. Yummy!

6: Nom hoa chuoi ga: banana salad with chicken (25 hang bac)

Recipe

7: ca chua ngot: fried fish with sweet sour sauce (25 hang bac)

The fish was a catfish and was amazing. So tender and tasty and the sweet and sour sauce was light and not too sweet.

Recipe

If you are interested in this specific tour, here is a link to the trip advisor site.