Street eats in Hanoi

Here I am in Hanoi. My little boutique hotel has provided me with a netbook in my room, so you will be hearing from me more frequently in the next few days!

I feel that I have gotten too cossetted with sumptuous Western breakfast buffets and the like, a little too set in my ways, so I decided to sample street eats in Hanoi. Vietnam is a great destination for adventurous eating, after all.

This is my very first steaming bowl of pho, bought from a street vendor and eaten while sitting on plastic chairs on the sidewalk. Delicious! With a nice tang from the calamansi juice. Why did I wait so long to try it? Cost: 1.19 USD.


This is dau phu--tofu fried with lemon grass and chilli and served with vermicelli noodles and fresh mint and dipped in fish sauce. The fermented fish sauce took some getting used to--it's really pungent--but it lends a nice savory flavor to the dish. Cost: 71 cents.
And now I'm off to the water puppet theater and perhaps more street eating. Bon appetit!