Ah Yu Blog: 0303 Vietnam – First Vietnamese Food at Hanoi

Coming out from the hotel after settled our Sapa and Ha long Bay trip was about 12:30p.m. Each one of us was hungry. We asked Mr Mark for the direction on some of the famous place for the food at Hanoi. We walked to a shop near by the Hang Quat road to have our first Vietnamese meal. It was located at the end of the Hang Quat road. A long the road, you always can see a lot of people selling different things like flowers, foods, fruits and so on.

Photo1: On the Hang Quat Road, Vietnamese Selling the Flower

It is a double stories restaurant. The kitchen was located at ground floor and the dining room was on the first floor. The waiter serves us a set of English menu. It was good for us as none of us understand Vietnamese language.

I ordered a beef fried noodles with mineral water. My friends order chicken noodle (Pho Ga). We all felt excited as this is our first time at Vietnam (except Immy). While waiting our meals, we started taking photos around the restaurant. These were some of the picture we took from the restaurant.

Photo 2: Menu in the Restaurant

Photo 3: Some chili on the table with vinegar. Immy told me it was very spicy, to me it was not really spicy at all.

Photo 4: Standard Set on the Table. I guess most of the standard restaurant will have these sets of item.

Photo 5: A view from the restaurant on Hang Quat Road. People cycling.

Photo 6: this is the look of the hawker stall at vietnam. People used to seat in front of the shop lot and having their meal there.

Photo 7: A view of a shop with “Hong Kong” above the door

Photo 8: me and Gee Gee (Hui Gee – our Main organizer)

My comment on the first Vietnamese food was good. The vegetable was fresh as well as the beef. The noodle was not much different with Malaysian noodle but the way they cooked makes the noodle tasty. However the price was a bit expensive. My beef fried noodle was 26000D (about 1.6USD). One of the experience I learn from a friend we knew during our trip, always ask for local menu as most of the Vietnamese shop always have 2 different set menus. One menu is for local people and the other menu is for tourist. The menu for the tourist normally will charge higher than local people.