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Let’s prepare to get your taste buds dancing during the most delicious food tour in Hanoi Old Quarter! This lively ancient part of Hanoi offers many hidden gems for tourists to discover. Start with a visit to the market and learn about traditional ingredients, then engage in a special food and sight-seeing tour that will make you fall in love with Vietnamese cuisine. So what are you waiting for? Tasty local foods and delightful adventure await!

Traditional Vietnamese ingredients - a vibrant headstart

Let’s set off our trip to discover Hanoi cuisine at a small street, in the middle of the noisy urban quarter. This is the place where local people come to pick up ingredients for their daily cooking. The vivid atmosphere of the local market will definitely boost your inner mood for adventure.

Strolling along the street, tourists can see a wide range of raw ingredients in various colors being sold by the pavement. Each step will present you with another kind of traditional ingredients, from rice, vegetables to spices. They all are indispensable in any Vietnamese woman’s kitchen. Moreover, when stopping at each store, our tour guide will tell you the names of ingredients, teach you how to differentiate similar kinds; and let you directly touch them. Try to use your senses and feel the spirit of Vietnamese dishes through the ingredients that create them.

Hanoi street cuisine tour - a walk to remember

For a long time, Hanoi's famous delicacies have been protected and evolved to create thousands-of-years specialties. In particular, Hanoi Old Quarter is the convergence of the best culinary culture of Hanoi. Most popular dishes can all be found here, where the ancient but youthful city never sleeps.

Following our tour guide, tourists can visit street food stalls - a typical trait of Vietnamese street cuisine. From the oldest and most crowded shops to the most popular ones among young people, Hanoi Old Quarter offers all those afternoon snacks and drinks that cater to tourists of all ages. It can be affirmed that coming to Hanoi Walking Streets, you absolutely do not need to worry about finding places to eat. Only a few steps and you can find a good address. Some small lanes are even called the heart of the Old Quarter since restaurants there are super close to each other, so you can choose a lot of options such as Tam Thuong Street, Dong Xuan Market Street, etc. Believe us, one day is not even close to enough to try every iconic dish around Hanoi Old Quarter!

After freely enjoying Hanoi street foods, we continue to go sight-seeing and admire the ancient streets and houses with a very vintage vibe. Drop by the bustling market, observe the lively activities and get immersed in Hanoi’s breath of life. Don’t forget to take some photos to save those priceless memories. Although not having visited this lovely city long, many foreign tourists unconsciously grow a deep connection with Hanoi because of the friendliness and the delicacy it has to offer.

Our group will take a rest at a famous coffee spot - Giang Cafe. Located in a small valley, this is the birthplace of a legendary egg cafe that both locals and visitors really enjoy. Sipping a tasty cup of coffee in a quiet and relaxing atmosphere, as opposed to the crowded streets out there, creates an interesting contrast feeling that is hard to find anywhere else. During the time here, tourists can hear about the establishment history of the coffee shop as well as the story of how their one-of-a-kind egg coffee was created.

“No trip to Hanoi is complete without eating a bowl of pho”. Therefore, let’s put a beautiful ending to our food tour by trying the one and only Pho! Considered one of the best food in the world, Pho has always been an irresistible attraction to any traveler who would like to discover the Hanoian eating culture. The combination of soft noodles, tender beef and onions, all dipped in hot soup, creates an enchanting flavor that you shall never forget. The atmosphere of people going in and out, the sound of bowls, chopsticks and knives, and the passionate faces, will definitely further this lovely experience.

Tourists end the tour with many emotions accumulated in their hearts. From now on, each person will retain the impression of a true Hanoi with more personality layers.

Include:

3-5 foods and tour guide

Exclude:

other expenses

An exquisite food tour in Hanoi Old Quarter - from ingredients to flavors