(VOVWORLD) - Michelin Guide has suggested destinations and dishes for two days in Hanoi, including eating beef Pho, banh cuon, mien luon, cha ca, and bun cha, as well as visiting Bach Ma temple, Thuoc Bac street, Truc Bach lake, Tran Quoc pagoda, and Quan Thanh temple.
 Visit St. Joseph Cathedral and enjoy a meal at Mien Luon Dong Thinh and Cha Ca Thang Long. (© Shutterstock, Michelin) |
Michelin Guide said street food is a competitive business in Hanoi and that the Old Quarter is the best place for foodies to stay. Not only does it have the best street food, but the neighbourhood is also packed with temples, pagodas, churches, lakes, parks and cafes. In other words, this is the ideal place to spend time before your next meal.
As Michelin Guide suggests that on the first day you work up your appetite with a brisk loop of Hoan Kiem Lake before ducking into the Old Quarter and seeking out beef noodle soup at Pho Bo Au Trieu, with the beef bone stock cooked for 10 hours, resulting in a rich broth that is topped with beef flank and tendon.
After breakfast you can admire the 19th-century cathedral, then settle into a café that overlooks the cathedral’s weatherworn façade.
When the hunger pangs return, wander up the road for a lesser-known Vietnamese noodle dish, Mien Luon Dong Thinh, another MICHELIN Guide 2024 Bib Gourmand hole-in-the-wall eatery. On your travels, look out for Bach Ma Temple, one of Hanoi’s oldest places of worship, and Thuoc Bac Street.
For dinner, one of the best spots in the city is Cha Ca Thang Long.
 They say life unfolds on the streets in Vietnam. Pay a visit to Banh Cuon Ba Xuan and Oc Di Tu if you're in the mood for excellent street food recommended by our inspectors. (© Shutterstock, Michelin) |
For the second day, for breakfast, visitors can opt for Banh Cuon Ba Xuan. Nearby is an arty corner of Hanoi, with the independent bookshop Bookworm, anthropological artifact gallery 54 Traditions and Manzi art space just around the corner.
Lunch like a Hanoian on bun cha, one of the city’s favourite dishes. Keeping to the neighbourhood, loosen the purse strings just a little for dinner at Oc Di Tu, serving a dizzying variety of high-quality mollusks in basic surroundings, along with prawns, clams and cockles.