Since the Michelin Guide came to Hanoi in 2023, the city’s culinary scene has gained more international recognition. The guide has elevated the standards for local chefs and restaurateurs, also provided reliable guidance for travelers to enjoy the flavors of Hanoi.
On our food walking tours in Hanoi French Quarter, we walk by the former prison built by the French. So our brief introduction about the prison often gives them good information about the city, and in this blog post, we’re sharing the commentary to you.
Food is the purest example and expression of an entire cultural and regional identity. The best way to discover more about a foreign city, especially one that’s as rich in history and culture as Hanoi, is through an exclusive gastronomic experience in the form of an intimate, and intuieractive tour with a local foodie guide.
Based on rice, which Vietnamese people eat three times a day. The Vietnamese cuisine is about the cooking of the green vegetable, fresh meat or fish using fresh herbs and spices to make delicious dishes to eat with the steamed rice.
When you wish for a change from the noodles or other traditional Vietnamese foods, La Badiane (French, for the star anise) comes up to be a great alternative in Hanoi to go for. It’s a Hanoi’s well-known French restaurant, offering fusion of Vietnamese and French flavors with international gastronomy.
On many of our Hanoi Food Tours exposing the city’s most typical street eats and daily home-meals of the Hanoians, we received questions related to various types of noodles. Many of them were about noodle dishes we sampled on our walk, many of them were about the noodle itself, such as “what’s the Vietnamese cellophane noodle made from?”
