Hours before the sun shines over Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital, streets that were sleepy at night quickly come alive with sounds of honking motorbikes delivering fresh produces to markets, street sweepers tidying up, and vendors setting out to sell breakfast.
When preparing the food, we use variant fresh herbs like lemongrass, mint, cilantro, and scallions to add freshness and flavors to the dishes. While spices like lime, chili, garlic, shallot, and fish sauce are always used to balance the tastes.
In Vietnam, chè means a sweet, tapioca, coconut cream, or sweetened condensed milk-based dessert. To the Vietnamese, chè refers to any traditional sweet soups, drinks, or puddings that can be served hot or with crushed ice, and it could be eaten as snack or dessert.
Hanoi is Vietnam’s capital city, situated in the center of the Red River Delta, in northern Vietnam. Rich with history, art, culture, and vibrant culinary scenes, Hanoi attracts visitors from across the region and internationally, and is one of Vietnam’s top leisure destinations.
The capital Hanoi is seen as the kitchen of the northern Vietnam. The Hanoi food is known for the light and balanced taste, resulting from subtle combinations of flavoring ingredients, and the use of the 5 basic tastes.
Bún chả, or grilled pork with rice vermicelli, is one of Hanoi’s most delicious street dishes. It includes charcoal grilled pork patties and slices of pork belly, cooked fish sauce, rice vermicelli, and fresh herbs. The combination features the pleasure of the grilled meat, the tempting sweet-sour tastes from the sauce and refreshing flavors from the herbs.
