Add: 2 Hoe Nhai Tel:   04. 3927 0261 Opening hour: 0630 - 2100 Fresh water crabs flavor this tangy tomato soup that’s made with round rice vermicelli and topped with pounded crabmeat, deep-fried tofu and often, congealed blood.  An odoriferous purple shrimp paste is offered on the side - it tasted delicious.  Chili and fresh herbs are the finishing touches for a complete one dish meal.

Add: 14 Cha Ca - 107 Nguyen Truong To - 19, 21, 31 Duong Thanh Tel: 04 3825 3929 / 3823 9875 / 3824 5115 Opening Hour The combination of ingredients - turmeric, dill, shrimp paste and fish sauce- delivers an intriguing muskiness bolstered with chiles, silky noodles and a thicket of other fresh herbs to season the chunks of moist fish. 

Add: 12 - 14 Hang Ga, Hanoi Tel: 04. 3828 0108 Opening Hour:   06:30  -  21:00 Banh Cuon is a Northern Vietnamese dish that migrated to Hanoi.  Thin steamed rice flour pancakes filled with minced pork and cloud ear mushrooms are served with nuoc cham - a fish sauce based dipping sauce, fried shallots and fresh herbs. Slightly goopy in texture, banh cuon are often eaten for breakfast or as an evening as well.