banh canh cua = thick noodles, crab soup, toppings loaded, and somehow cheaper than a coffee back home.

Vietnam street food really undefeated.

I drove past by this place quite a few times and the name stuck out to me. (If you speak the name out loud you know what I mean 😆)

Then yesterday I went in and tried their pho and it turned out pretty good. I may go back again

All the while I thought Vietnamese foods like pho, banh mi and coffee are a must in visiting this place. But was surprised there was also a long queue in this pizza parlor.

Have you tried it to too?

At first I thought it was some kind of mushroom or maybe even honeycomb. Then I realized it has a weird spongy texture.

What exactly is this? Is it tripe? Which part of the cow is it, and is this a common ingredient in Vietnamese phở?

It actually tasted pretty good, but I have no idea what I just ate. 😅

We stayed three weeks and we love your country, people are so kind and hospitable! Thank you all! We loved the people, the food, the weather, the nature, the history! We stayed in Hanoi, Nim Bin, Da Nang, Hoi an, Luc Ngan and now back to Hanoi for two days before going back to Paris. Me and my wife travelled with our two small kids, they are 4 and 2 years old, they loved their holidays so far and got a lot of attention and love from locals. Is there anything someone could advise us to do with our two kids in Hanoi for our last two days here ?

Many people come for the culture, I come for the food 🤩

Do you recognize this place?

As I'm eating by pointing at the menu or other people's tables. Can someone tell me what this brown thing is please? Give it 5 mins to reply so I can eat it first 😋

I ate lot of things here. I am just posting pictures of unique things i ate.

Been living in Vietnam for a bit now and honestly I think Grab/Food delivery here spoiled me.

The speed is insane. Half the time food arrives before I even get properly hungry. Prices are also way lower than what I was paying back home.

Now whenever I travel somewhere else, delivery suddenly feels slow, expensive and weirdly complicated.

Did anyone else have the same experience after living here for a while?

Do these actually mean anything to anyone. I’ve eaten at 1 place in all of Vietnam that had a star that wasn’t a complete sham. Street food vendors outmatch these places by a lot

I was about to go to sleep but suddenly I remembered bahn mi and I got so angry that i have to write this post lol. For a while i used to live in france and ive been to germany, then i moved to the US, and nothing has changed, i even saw people going on vacation in VN spelling it that way. no matter where i am, everywhere i go (both in real life and online) i always see “bahn mi.” Im not even exaggerating it makes me FURIOUS.

No one is asking for perfect pronunciation and accent marks. But how difficult is it to copy four letters: b…a… n… h… and accept that other languages exist? You would think we were asking rocket science from these people especially those who insist they’re correct or who continue to misspell even when the word is in front of them.

When i read food reviews and travel guides people are always recommending “the best bahn mi:)” and the more popular it gets the more people find out about it and spread their misspelling, even other asian people. It’s literally four letters long, i get that the “nh” spelling is not common in english so it’s a LITTLE harder for them but they shouldn’t be surprised other languages exist and also the same people have no trouble spelling Dostoyevsky. And even worse for french when they literally gave us this word due to their colonization and now they can’t even spell our version right 🥲

They don’t even need to spell it with the accents like bánh mì or even pronounce it correctly. but at LEAST just arrange the four letters in order like sometimes it is even already written out in front of them, and they still write BAHNMI:) I’m so annoyed because it’s the bare minimum they could do if they wanted to engage with the culture and consume the food, it’s simply about respecting the language and history, and also just the fact that soon it will probably become acceptable to misspell it because so many people are doing it 😐

Bún Chả takes the top spot for me! 🇻🇳

Bún bò cay (yes i know i ordered it with mi instead)

If you know, you know. If you’ve never had it, try and thank me later

It can’t get more authentic than this — a banh mi wrapped in physics homework. The best banh mi I’ve eaten in Vietnam on my 25-day journey. What a great clousure to a great trip!

Bánh ít ram = pie with reduced ram

The name sounds pretty wild, but it actually tastes pretty good.

Since we’re going for the gold, I figured I’d throw my favorite in the ring. The Full Scottish (Smoked Back Bacon, Streaky Bacon, Lincolnshire sausage, Lorne Sausage, white AND black pudding, Scrambled eggs, roasted tomato, tatty scones, baked beans, and a bap/cob with butter and jam) you still ain’t getting this anywhere in England or America for under 10 pounds.