we are traveling from the south to the north of vietnam seeing everything in between so crazy
and today we have made it to hanoi not only are we going to
be seeing the vast variety of culture we're going to be using a motorbike
and even eating at anthony bourdain's and obama's favorite restaurant we're also going to be having
some coffee on some train tracks that was insane i can't wait to take you with let's go
i can't believe we are here in the north already we are in the capital of vietnam and we started
in one of the beautiful lakes here in the center of the old quarter here in hanoi which
is also known as sword lake so during the day it's actually super nice such a nice quiet atmosphere
everybody's walking there's no cars around you're actually not allowed to drive your bike in this
area on the weekend but at night it turns into a bustling night scene as well as a night market
from what i can get as a first impression super peaceful
and yet just a road away you've got all the chaos of the motorbikes so we've done it we have hired a
motorbike in the streets of hanoi we have had some biking experience when we lived in thailand
but this is a completely different level i don't know this is the craziest idea
ever we're gonna go through the town today and just get a little more of a different perspective
as opposed to walking let's see how this goes i'm already stuck oh dear okay this is mine
cool little pot you look very dangerous and this is my little part you look so cute you ready
let's go
ready all righty we ready let's do this drive on the right this is our first time
riding a bike here in vietnam and in ho chi minh we were on the back of motorbikes
we were very comfortable just looking around but now i think we gotta focus to the max
okay so far so good but we haven't gotten to the intersections yet
oh my gosh and we made it we made it okay whatever you do don't stop just go
we parked our bike over here we've come to something very unique today
which is this train track and what's cool about these train tracks is the train is actually coming
in a few minutes this train track goes right through the city when the train actually comes
everybody moves all of their stuff that they had in their shop inside the train goes by and then
they quickly move everything back out as if the train had never come through in the first place
i've always wanted to come to a place like this and have the train go by
and have it miss you by just a second it just gives me that adrenaline rush and i'm here for it
all along the tracks you have people's houses and they go all the way up two or three stories high
all along the streets there are coffee shops and restaurants
you can get some beer and you can get an egg coffee
we just found a cute little coffee shop to sit in order some egg coffee and wait for the craze
this is our first egg coffee here in hanoi the egg coffee is specific to here in hanoi when there was
a milk shortage here in vietnam they used egg as a replacement so now you get this creamy caramelized
but still delicious coffee they've even surrounded it with some hot water to keep it hot
it's really clever oh my gosh look at this the texture is like super thick and quite creamy
kind of tastes like a dessert
that's the best part of my whole day this is still there help me i think you're good now
oh it's so big i'm finished
everybody's scurrying the train is about to arrive any minute now
so
that was insane that was crazy holy moly it was so close
you could literally feel like the air of the train jeepers
how awesome was that it is so close to the side you don't realize because the train tracks are
so wide how close it's actually gonna come to you and i was at the top and the heat coming off the
train was crazy it's like an adrenaline rush so we're gonna pay for our coffees now only thirty
thousand dong twelve coffees each and now we're going to go to the next part it was actually so
awesome because i got the lower angle they haven't got that above angle because there's actually a
second story up there and we recommend coming on the weekends because the trains come more often
so you can catch one all right thank you so much thank you so far we're being on the bike is cool
look at our house very safe you just go oh it's not even green
oh come to a dead end
oh my gosh you have to go through this little alleyway
no whoa it's a two-lane alleyway this was crazy
am i allowed to go down here yeah oh i guess so
now what now we go straight you just go oh okay just go i guess we're going yes
i literally couldn't park any closer to the restaurant we have now arrived at bunta hong
lien this is a very very special restaurant and we'll tell you more about that inside oh my god
okay so we're going up i've been up enough we're almost on the fourth level and they've just
converted this house into a restaurant so every single level you go up see if they have chairs
so there's no space on every level i think fourth fourth or fifth i've lost count and then you just
say how many people you want yeah okay we found a room that works
on a hot summer's day we just climbed up four floors
and if you don't know what unchar is it's actually vermicelli noodles with barbecued pork chicken
with barbecued pork chicken with some herbs white popcorn because this is super exciting because
in 2016 obama and anthony bourdain came to this restaurant and sat on these ever so low stools
and shared a meal together and ever since then this restaurant has been super super popular
so we had to come and try if obama likes it we'll like it too so we just got our buncha and it looks
incredible we've got barbecued pork we've got the perfect looking frog
and i think we have to put everything in so i need to put my pun in my body
that's jam-packed that is jam-packed and i'm sure the flavor isn't going to be any different
the broth is like sweet and sour but it's like a total contrast from the bbq pork
and the thin rice vermicelli noodles so perfect
i really love this style of eating when you kind of
make it to your liking how much you want my seed you want it very garlicky you can see
that was such a lovely meal and it actually feels super special that we got to come here
in hanoi the price for one buncha was 50 000 vietnamese dollars
yeah straight can i go this way
oh my god
no let's go this way
as this becoming afternoon we've decided to get some fur in the busy streets around that lake
where we were earlier there is this bustling vibe that everyone's coming around the lake
and it's absolutely crazy and this is the kind of contrast that you
can get in hanoi you've got like the the relaxed scene that we had this morning and
then you have this afternoon to evening nightlife which is just absolutely crazy
we're gonna get some fur now because we're obsessed with it ever since we've been here
for two weeks we can't stop eating it so this is the perfect place right on the side of the road
what we've now learned about fur is that all the powers in the broth
it's absolutely fascinating to watch them cook it they just put the raw meat straight into a ladle
and just dip that in the broth for a few seconds cooked ever so slightly and then once it's in the
bowl with the magical broth it cooks even more and that is what recognizes the flavor of the fur and
which is why we can't stop eating it and you can't have a good bowl of fur without lime and chili
we are on one of the busiest streets i've ever seen
it's interesting because like the contrast from day to night in the daytime kind of
seems a bit slower but at night time it's like it has completely transformed
we've somehow ended up in a night market i don't know how that happened
we're a little lost but we're in a market so who knows what we'll find
hello ice cream do you want ice cream okay let's get an ice cream right on the street
sorry i look confused because i was reading the
menu and the first flavor of the ice cream is cheese oh you want cheese no i don't like cheese
chocolate or vanilla chocolate one chocolate one vanilla
oh thank you okay so we got our ice creams i think it's absolutely hilarious
that devon always chooses chocolate and i always choose vanilla and that wasn't planned
we've now come to our favorite kong cafe right here in the square and of course we've ordered
a lovely coconut coffee but this one is three stories high so we're going to go right to the top
i think this is a perfect way to end off our jam-packed day that we've had here in hanoi
and nothing is better than a coconut coffee and this is actually our final coffee
on land because in the next video we will be heading away from hanoi to halong
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