Hanoi Free Food Tour is the best choice to explore reality Hanoi with charming French corner, ancient Old Quarter, bustle local market and indulge in local atmosphere while tasting amazing authentic Hanoi street food.
Pick up from your hotel, we start the walking part of our tour early first visiting the colorful local markets where we meet stall holders and talk about their food. Our walk then continues along both high streets and back streets exploring beaten corners in Hanoi Old Quarter that you never known by walking yourself, enjoying elegance Hanoi through tranquility French quarter with birds singing.
You will taste more than 10 entrées, drinking endless local beverage while chatting with street vendors. Our final destination is tasting room where you can taste a wide selection of these local delicacies bought directly from the vendors – most of whom we saw or met on the tour and sharing about Vietnam culture through traditional food.
The purpose of our tour is to provide you with a unique opportunity to experience and learn about exciting history, exceptional culture, as well as distinctive architecture of Hanoi following its unique cuisine trail – we ensure the food is hygienically handled and provide a comfortable venue for the tastings. The benefit also goes back to the vendors as we buy directly from them.
We start our excellent FREE food tour walking tour at 16 Hang Chinh street in old quarter of Hanoi along the perimeter of the market, dozens of street hawkers sell a staggering variety of produce from live seafood to exotic fruits and spices. Your expert English-speaking local guide will give you an insight into the intricacies and traditions of Vietnamese food culture including details on ingredients and historical backgrounds of popular northern dishes. We eat as we go, trying seasonal fruits and sampling a tasty French-inspired snack from a street cart.
Walking through the maze of bustling streets that make up Hanoi’s Old Quarter, we tempt our tastebuds with the famed Hanoi dishes such as Bun Cha , Banh Cuon at a local eatery. Watch in awe as the skilled chefs demonstrate for you how this tasty dish is put together. Continuing into the atmospheric heart of the Old Quarter, we wander past street stalls and quiet residential lanes where you can observe local life that has changed little since Hanoi was founded over 1000 years ago.
Our next two snack stops are at outdoor barbeque stalls. We sit down with the Hanoi locals and sample various meat, vegetable and bread specialties that are flame grilled over hot coals for extra flavour. It’s then time for dessert as we venture down a small alley to join in the local tradition of feasting on fresh fruit served in a cup and smothered with crushed iced and condensed milk – this speciality is one not to be missed!
Your local guide will then take you to one of Hanoi’s best kept secrets, a hidden street food restaurant to taste top ten street foods in Hanoi is Banh My Hanoi, Vietnamese Rice Wine and famous Egg Coffee. This hard-to-find café is one of the few left in the narrow street inside the old quarter of Hanoi. Or, if coffee is not your style, a cold beer awaits!. At the end of the trip you are free to continue exploring the area or your guide will assist you with directions or a taxi back to your hotel
Hanoi Free Food Tour Inclusion:
Pick-Up from center Hanoi hotels
Guided walking tour of markets, Old Quarter
Friendly English speaking guide
All food tastings
Printed list of all foods on the tour
Complimentary drinks
Hygiene food handling
Comfortable tasting venues
Route map
Great photo opportunities
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