Hanoi Street Food Exploration: Discover Traditional Northern Vietnamese Cuisine
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Hoàn Kiếm
Embark on a culinary adventure through the vibrant streets of Hanoi, exploring the rich flavors and traditions of Northern Vietnamese cuisine. Join a knowledgeable local host to discover the secrets behind each dish and learn the art of eating with chopsticks and rolling rice paper rolls.
Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • 198 P. Hàng Bông - We will begin our tour at the famous Local food Banh Khoái ( satisfied cake From there we will walk from location to location to experience the full spectrum of North Vietnamese cuisine. You will patron 7-10 different locations, with a 5-10 minute walk between each meal, giving you a taste of the street culture in Hanoi. This tour focuses on traditional seasonal dishes and relevant cultural history of this 1000 year old city.
What's Included
  • Dinner
What's Not Included
  • Bottled water
Meal Options
  • Rice pancakes - Traditional Vietnamese Savory rice pancakes are the best for having a delicious appetizer: The name literally translates to “sizzling cake,”
  • ice cream sticky rice - The ingredients to make kem xoi include sticky rice, fresh ice cream, fresh milk, yoghurt, coconut juice, white sugar, and la nep (pandan leaves)
  • egg coffee - Egg coffee is like a bomb! We will have it in a place is very authentic in Dinhcafe , nice atmosphere. Locals come here and chill.
  • Green papaya salad - super fresh green papaya salad is packed with raw crunchy veggies, roasted peanuts
  • vietnamese dumplings - Banh bao or Vietnamese steamed buns is a dish that is a fusion of Vietnamese and Cantonese cuisines.
  • Banh My- Vietnamese sandwich - “That’s a symphony in a sandwich” is how Anthony Bourdain described the most famous Vietnamese sandwich called the Banh Mì.
  • Spring roll - Spring roll is not an everyday dish but it is more preferred on special occasions such as family gatherings, family festivities or Tet holidays.
  • noodles - phở - The history of phở begins at the end of the 19th century, at the peak of French colonialism: it is a dish loved by both rich and poor.
  • Hanoian Beer
Additional Information

Embark on an exclusive gastronomic journey through a millennial city with a culture dating even further back. Savor the complete range of authentic Northern Vietnamese delicacies, accompanied by a knowledgeable local guide explaining the significance of each dish. Understand the traditional method of enjoying each dish, inclusive of a tutorial on using chopsticks and crafting your individual rice paper roll.

Location
198 P. Hàng Bông
Phố Hàng Bông
We would like to see you inside Net Hue restaurant- 198 hàng Bông
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Y6456hckarenb
Jun 7, 2024
Best food, wonderful guide. Be open-minded, you will be pleasantly surprised. Taste everything - Ella is amazing. Super friendly. Very knowledgeable in Vietnamese history & culture. Start this trip hungry. 10/10!!
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Stay18791216476
Jun 7, 2024
Hanoi food tour - Ella is an amazing guide. She shared and explained the various dishes very well. Added a lot of local knowledge and humour
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Dream33883716543
Jun 6, 2024
Warm recommendation! - The tour was great and we learnt a lot. As vegetarians Ella made an effort to adjust the tour to our diet. She is super funny and full of stories. The tour is delicious and very recommended!
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Roving40478547860
Jun 6, 2024
Delicious! - Great tour with delicious food! It was very nice to meet Ella. She is so kind and we love it how she shares her love for Vietnames food with us. She tells also a lot about the Vietnames culture and language. If you want to do a food tour in Hanoi, please book this tour.
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D2b2
Jun 4, 2024
Stuffed and Happy - Ella is an energetic guide who will make sure you are informed, stuffed, and happy. We ate or drank about 10 different things, and all were very tasty. Highly recommended!
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Escape61101718695
Jun 3, 2024
Ella is amazing and very funny - Amazing. Ella is very funny and has a lot of nice and interesting things that she learned us about Vietnam. Very good food, and you get a lot! Would recommend.
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Evib567
May 25, 2024
Amazing food and tour - I had the best time! The food was amazing, Ella was a very funny and friendly tour guide and her English is very good! She also made sure everything was gluten free for me, so I didn’t need to worry about anything. I would definitely recommend!
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575yarine
May 23, 2024
recommended!! - A great experience with Ella, she takes me to places of value that there is no way we would have arrived without her, besides she knows English really well so you can and should ask her all the questions you have, we had a lot of fun!
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Lukewojdyla
May 22, 2024
Amazing taste of Hanoi curated by a true local. - Ella is an amazing food tour guide - she provides so much energy, fun, and importantly delicious, curated food from stalls you will not find on your own. We all left very full and happy. I highly recommend going on this tour Ella! She made our night.
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Explorer34300569234
May 23, 2024
An interesting and tasty tour, I needed to understand more about the history of Vietnam - Ella is charming and kind, brought us to eat in good places and explained about the culture and the language, we would like to learn more in depth and walk around the area more.
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