Hi everyone,
Good morning
Today is the first day Hanoi allows all the restaurants and coffee shops to open finally after a month of social distancing
So finally I can be outside and like enjoy the fresh air and everything
As you guys can see
The people here are very excited too, it's already crowded on the street
And I can't wait to show you guys what to eat today in Hanoi
I feel like all the local businesses are being affected a lot by Covid-19
So what I can do right now
is to go out and eat and support them
You know, so they can survive through this challenging time
So without further due
Let me show you guys the first restaurant that we're gonna go today
Hi everyone, so for breakfast I just ordered the steamed rice rolls
It's called "banh cuon" in Vietnamese
And first of all
I'm just gonna introduce you to all the condiments that we have here
So we have garlic vinegar
This is fish sauce
And chili, lime
Pepper and chili powder
So if you come here to eat, you'll see like this two bottles
And you confuse that what they're for
And if you see like it's red, it's chili powder
And it's brown, it's pepper
Yeah so I feel like all the condiments here
Looks like the condiments when you eat Pho
Especially in Hanoi
So yeah just mix them match
Whatever you want
whatever dipping sauce flavor you want
But for me,
I like to have a touch of peppers
And chili and lime in here
Cause I like my dipping sauce a little bit sour and spicy
So I just like put everything in there
So I just ordered a special plate
that has the steamed rice rolls with the minced pork and ear mushroom and with mushroom.
you can see fried onions on top
and Vietnamese bologna, it's actually cinnamon Vietnamese bologna
and it smells so good
I can already smell the fried shallot
And it's so aromatic guys
So good
So the rice paper is very thin and it has the chewy texture in there
It's so earthy guys and it super good if you guys have this for breakfast
or like even like suburb
I think it's the great breakfast in the winter
Especially in Hanoi
You know, winter in Hanoi is so cold
But, if you have like a warm place of "bánh cuốn"
It's gonna make your day
And I feel like the owner need to have a special skill
to make the steamed rice paper this thin delicate
and so transparent
You know, from here you can see the meat from the rice paper
And when
Did you guy notice that when she actually take the rice paper out
of her pot
It didn't even break
I don't know how she did that
Yeah, the steamed rice paper are made of rice flour
Sometimes it's like tapioca starch
or it's like a mix of rice flour batter
The most important thing is the dipping sauce
Because I feel like the dipping sauce
is the perfect balance of sweet and savory taste in here
and when you dip it in the dipping sauce
The food is just... Amazing
Like so delicious and so earthy
Ok. This is actually my favorite
Because... she put egg in here
and the minced pork is like
all in one
You know, is the special piece
So I gonna have this piece with the Vietnamese bologna
Dip it on sauce
And I eat it with the bologna
It's gonna be mouthful
but it's gonna be worthy guys
OMG, it's gonna be hard
Here
You know, I just love the feeling when
Like the egg yolk just melting in your mouth
And it's has like a
I don't know like a natural sweetness in it
But it's just like so fresh
Ok, so I just got done with my breakfast
And it was such a nice breakfast guys
So now I'm just gonna show you guys
around Hanoi.
And, let see what we gonna eat next.
So usually here
They have like Vietnamese sausages
And all the street food
All the good street food of Ha Noi will be here
And usually at night
young people will come here and eat
drink and talk together
But because of Covid,
we can't gather right now
But soon, we're gonna open
You're gonna see this street is so busy at night
And, if you're gonna have a experience the nightlife in Hanoi
Ta Hien
This is the street what it's called
Yeah, it's gonna be a great place for you come
So yeah, it already 10AM right now
And it actually hot and humid
So
I decided to get some ice cream today
And where I'm at right now
is Kem Trang Tien
So this place was founded in1958
Very very famous you know
Like all Hanoian know this
And when you come to Hanoi
Definitely need to try this ice cream
Because it's yummy
It's so good
And then now we're just gonna go inside
to see what flavor they have
and then to see what inside
Alright, let's go
oh and especially if you ride the motorbike
Make sure that you turn off your engine
Yeah, don't turn on your engine
Turn it off
And then walk your vehicle in here. Ok?
Yeah, cause that's a sign over there
And then they have a cyclo there too
But yeah, that's really cool
Yeah and then you can put your bike here
So there's plenty of space for you to park your vehicle
There're two types of ice cream
So the first one is the cone ice cream
And the second one is the popsicle
The cone ice cream that ice cream with the cone
has four flavors: taro
vanilla, chocolate and the young rice
And the popsicle has more flavors
And
Kind of the same flavor with the ice cream with cone
But then they have durrian
Durrian flavor here, you guys should try it
So the cone ice cream is here
But the popsicle is over there
Thank you
Ok so I got the vanilla ice cream
And this is a... What is that called ?
Coconut milk ?
Yeah, coconut milk popsicle
Yeah and behind me this is the train
And it's that Kem Trang Tien which is Trang Tien Ice-cream over there
And you can see people on the train
Maybe they're trying to get ice cream
Yeah I usually just sit here like what this girl is doing right now
Yeah I usually sit here and just enjoy ice cream with my friends
And it's the great way to
like communicate with people and having a fun time together
You know, that what I love about Vietnam
Because there're so many places that you can hang out here in Hanoi
It's a big city so you never get bored
Everyday you wake up and you'll find something new to do
Guys, I have my buddy here
And actually, hmmm
I don't know if I feel comfortable sitting here because it's so narrow
And then half of my butt is like out
sticking out
So yeah, but the ice cream is so good
Let's have a bite
It's melting, it's so good, so refreshing
All it's melting, I'm just gonna eat it now
Alright, I'll see you guys at lunch
Ok guys, so moving on to the next dish
This one is kind of like strange to foreigners
Especially who haven't come to Vietnam yet
It's actually fermented shrimp paste with noodles
You know like I already did the video about fermented shrimp paste with noodles
And it's called "bun dau mam tom" in Vietnamese
And today we're gonna discover how it's like. Alright ?
So let's go inside
Ok so we're in front of "bun dau co Tuyen"
It's in the Hang Khay alley
And as you can can see that so crowded in here
Like there're a lot of people in here
So we're just gonna go inside and order
What is that ?
Like there're some water like coming down
But anyway, we're just gonna come inside and order special fermented shrimp paste with noodles
Alright, Let's go
Yeah so if you come to Vietnam
cleaning your own table is the normal thing to do
Yeah, because usually they don't have enough employees
So it's kind of normal to see like all the bowls and plates like still on the table
And if you want to have somewhere to sit
you just have to clean it by yourself
Seeing like a trash on the floor and like all the cups and plates on the table
So yeah, it's gonna be a culture shop for you, the first time when you come to Vietnam
But just let you know that like the locals here do this
So, at first when I came back to Vietnam I was shocked too
Yeah, but now we just need to, I guess like raise awareness
So people won't let it on the floor
Another note when you come to Vietnam is that it's very common to see children
and older people trying to sell souvenirs on the street or in the shops
I wish I could change that system because it's harsh to see the elderly still have to work
This is huge guys
So usually this is one is for two people
So I already said once in one of my video that
This type of food is you either love it or hate it
So if you haven't had it before you're gonna be haunted by a pungent scent
from the fermented shrimp
So the fermented shrimp as you can see it's like purple
And before eating this
You need to know how to make it taste better
how to make the fermented shrimp
So basiclly what I usually do is that I would squeeze some lime
Ah, and in here they have kumquat
In here a little
And then I would mix it, I would whisk it
Until it has like bubbles on top
So you know like it's good
Yeah, and then you can see the purple color so beautiful here
If my mom makes it at home I would ask her to put some boiling oil in here
So it will have like more greasy texture flavor in it
And some Hanoian do that too
And I feel like this is the greasy food
You know, that why they serve it with tons of herbs like thai basil
and Vietnamese coriander and everything
Traditionally they just have the fried tofu with noodles and with the shrimp paste
Some people if they can't eat shrimp paste they ask for fish sauce instead
sweet and sour fish sauce
Nowadays they have a young rice nugget,
They have fried egg rolls and pork intestins and everything
And this is very interesting in Vietnam and I personally don't eat it and it's called "doi"
Inside it like a pig blood with tons of herbs in here
And look pretty fresh but for me
I don't know, I'm not a big fan of organs and stuff
So I think I'm gonna pass on this one
Eat this one you would dip the vermicelli in the sauce and then you eat it with whatever topping you want
So I'm just gonna eat this one with fried tofu
I was dreaming of having this all day yesterday, all night yesterday
My dream just came true guys
In the vermicelli here is so different from other vermicelli
Because when you eat noodles the vermicelli is like separated
But in here as you can see it's like very solid
And it's kind of like stick together you know
And I feel like it's easy for you to dip in the sauce and I just have it as one bite
with like other the toppings
And I really like the tofu because it's very crispy and crunchy outside but it's still moist and very hot and soft inside
And that's what I love about fermented shrimp paste with noodels
Because there're so many diferent ingredients
But they still match and beautifully mix with all other ingredients and especially with the dipping sauce
My foreign friends when they first come to Vietnam they like I hate boiled chicken
or I hate boiled pork because it's so plain and there's no flavor to it
And my answer is that you haven't found a right sauce yet, the right dipping sauce
for this one, you should dip it in here. This is the magical sauce you know
When I was younger I couldn't really eat it
But then my mom, my mom talked me into it and she's like
just try it, you're gonna regret not trying it
And after that I'm just tried it and I fell in love with it
Like probably the second time or third time I tried it
It just has a very very pungent smell I have to say
Some people compare it to like stinky socks but for me the sauce is sweet and very savory and
I have to say it is very tasty it's very different from other sauce
Because usually Vietnamese sauce we mentioned about sweet and sour fish sauce
But in here it's like fermented shrimp paste so it's more condensed
and it's salty definitely
When you mix it with kumquat or lime in here, it has a perfect balance of all flavors
So good
Ok guys so I'm walking on Ly That To street right now and as you guys can see
next to me is the Hoan Kiem Lake
And you guys probably noticed that this place appeared on my video so many times
Because it is the very iconic sympol of Hanoi you know
Can you guys see it ?
There you go
Today is actually is a very good day
The weather was perfect
Even though it's the middle of June it's supposed to be very hot and humid
But because it was raining so hard yesterday
So today was actually very cool
And people started going outside, doing exercises
There's a person doing exercises over there
But yeah, normally this street it's gonna be packed with people
But today there's still Covid going on so not many people go out
And it's kind of lunch time as well
But yeah before when I was walking on this street it's like packed with people
And it was like very dynamic and very nice
Ok, I need it's enough food for today and I hope you guys like this video
It's just gonna be my chill day
Because I want to celebrate the first day of Hanoi opening all the restaurants and coffee shops
And I'm glad that I go out and eat so I hope you guys like this video
Don't forget to give a like and don't foget to share it with your friends
Alright, I'll see you guys in the next one.
Byeeeee