(TITC) - The leading online travel platform Tripadvisor has just announced the list of 15 must-visit food cities in the world, including Ha Noi with a sophisticated and attractive culinary cultural identity.
Bun cha - Typical cuisine of Ha Noi (Photo: Collection)
According to Tripadvisor, one of the best ways to experience a destination is through food. Visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy traditional recipes that have been passed down through generations, sample dishes created by the local community and experience modern culinary “concepts” by young “culinary creators”.
Tripadvisor recommends that visitors come to Ha Noi to enjoy the capital's iconic dishes, from popular eateries to high-end restaurants honoured by Michelin. Ha Noi cuisine is famous for its sophistication and lightness with a variety of natural flavours of local ingredients, light broth, fresh vegetables and spices. Bun cha - a typical dish of Ha Noi is the perfect proof of this statement. The dish combines white, chewy vermicelli noodles dipped in sweet and sour fish sauce, served with fragrant grilled meat.
A corner of the Old Quarter (Photo: Collection)
The Old Quarter in the centre of the capital is an extremely bustling place, where visitors can enjoy countless attractive street foods and unique local specialties such as banh cuon (steamed rice rolls), pho, cha ca (grilled turmeric-marinated fish)... And one of the drinks that impresses visitors is certainly indispensable coffee with diverse versions such as egg coffee, salted coffee, iced milk coffee…
Exploring Ha Noi's cuisine, visitors can freely experience or choose culinary tours around the Old Quarter. Indigenous people will take tourists to delicious, affordable places to eat. Vendors will sometimes introduce the origin and history of the food as well as some famous landmarks of the capital.
In this list, the Americas include Hawaii and New Orleans (USA), Jamaica, Mexico City; Europe has Brussels (Belgium), Naples (Italy), Athens (Greece), Barcelona (Spain), Paris (France); Asia has Bangkok (Thailand), Kyoto (Japan), Ha Noi (Vietnam), New Delhi (India); There is also Istanbul (Türkiye), Marrakech (Morocco).
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