we have this kind of legendary dessert
that we're going to try out right now
yeah
are we what's happening are we posing
is this these are video cameras
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today on the best ever food review show
it is all about cheap eats last time in
saigon we took you on a tour of the best
10 street foods you could get for under
one dollar now just over 1 000 miles
north we've arrived in vietnam's capital
hanoi and you won't believe how far your
money can go here i love that texture i
can eat like a thousand of these from
the most unique breakfast you'll find
when i look like i'm in pain that means
it's really good to vietnam's tiniest
street food stall it is all just this
right here i even stumbled upon hanoi's
hangover cure this place is basically
like the vietnamese waffle house so
count your pennies and hit the streets
today we're ordering up hanoi street
food dollar menu
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okay i've been working like three jobs
probably why i never see y'all probably
why i never
today we are in hanoi's old quarter
scouring the street going through the
alleyway to find the best the most
affordable food we can we've got a lot
of varieties of food on the street for
under a dollar or maybe even under two
dollars would be okay too because that's
what we're doing today
but it's no show so i go down to the
open mic
well good morning it's breakfast time
today we are starting off with a
legendary annoying street snack this is
called
is the vermicelli noodle out means snail
first she takes the vermicelli noodle
blanches it for a little bit tosses it
in the bowl a load of scallions some
herbs coming in with the seasonings
we've got some msg salt and a load of
big snails and small snails the broth
has a combination of pork stock some
snail stock is that even a real thing
and tomato all of that inside one bowl
and and it's done there we go
i've got a chair as my table and then
somehow an even smaller chair as my
chair we have all of our beautiful
ingredients our bun al dido if you need
even more seasonings it's right behind
me and so uh what do we got here looks
like some chili oil oh get it a little
bit spicy here we have a fermented rice
vinegar it smells like booze a little
bit so that's perfect for the morning
they've drilled a little hole on top
it's kind of like a pepper shaker drip
it in a little bit
done give it a nice little mix i'm gonna
get one of these big snails on here wrap
it in some noodles let's go for it
when i look like i'm in pain that means
it's really good the snails you can
imagine are super crunchy the broth
itself is so savory a bit of tomato
flavor the noodles very soft soaking up
that hot broth i love it it's really
it's what i love about hanoi
everything's just right here on the
sidewalk and they've been doing this for
20 years i don't know how this works
exactly but at some point 20 years ago
someone's like i'm going to sell snail
noodles here and no one stopped them and
they're still here god bless them
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we have come to our second location
today banmi 25
trademarked that name is not for you to
use it's only for this place right here
von mi kind of means bread or sandwich
in vietnamese it's one of the most
ubiquitous street treats that you'll
find in this country almost anywhere and
each region does it a little bit
differently i was suggested to order the
barbecued pork with or without pate also
known as panmi pate sassi the pate is
made from a liver of an animal and it is
cooked made into a pate
today's bun me starts with a smearing of
pate then a bunch of chasu and some
pepper pepper pepper toast it for two
minutes then dump on a thick stewed pork
sauce last slide in some coriander and
pickled carrot close it wrap it eat it
we are just gonna undress this bon me
like
take apart this wrapper revealing oh all
this goodness it's very heavy the mouth
of the bone means try it out
mmm
oh that was delicious what i'm really
impressed with is kind of the flaky
crackeriness of this bread it's crispy
so really a perfect texture of course
plenty of fresh coriander the rest is
just meaty goodness it's quite rich
my sandwich is leaking all over the
sidewalk i gotta cap that off there we
go it's like the new generation of bon
meat young people enjoying together
trying some of the new twists on some
classics and then just some full-blown
new manami styles that i've never even
seen before so definitely worth paying a
visit
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we have come to this alleyway this
beautiful shaded alleyway here where
they're serving
that is bun like kind of a bun cake and
then here this is dao
doubt
nom roy beautiful array of tofu just
frying up so how this works they have a
bunch of stuff that you can dip into mom
tom which is a fermented shrimp paste
it's kind of purple in color you'll see
soon what we're going to have to go with
the sauce is fried tofu rice vermicelli
cakes young rice and minced pork cake oh
and then this is what we're gonna order
in just a moment
okay i need to figure out how to order
that
i'm pretty sure i just ordered up some
freshly sliced and fried cubes of tofu
and fried young rice pork cake this is
paired with hot oil dumped directly onto
our pungent fermented shrimp paste
so we have our whole boom dal mumtum
spread here gonna add some kumquat to
that mix it up that's exactly what we're
looking for it's a bit kind of fizzed up
now chili chilis more chili and then a
little sugar just give it a little tap
just tap it in all right that was too
much so here we have fried tofu start
off with just a bit like a kiss of sauce
and you throw it back
a little bit
planche that way oh the first bite i
swear to god it is like your first shot
of tequila for the night it's terrible
in that moment and you're like why am i
doing this to my body and then as you go
on throughout the night you're like i
love tequila this is the baby rice and
minced pork cake awesome chewy texture
on this i'm gonna give it a little dip
cleanse the palate a little bit of herb
it's kind of like a little high you
bring yourself up and then you cool it
down if you're insane you could have
cucumber this is one of those dishes a
lot of foreigners can't handle the
intensity of the shrimp is just too much
for them but to me it's awesome it's
addictive it's a very intimidating food
so we have this kind of legendary
dessert that we're gonna try out right
now this thing is just full of green
jellies that are pandan flavored and i
know what you're thinking what is pandan
flavored uh pandan is a leaf it tastes
like that leaf
it starts with the yogurt put in the
pandan jellies some pineapple watermelon
mango some jackfruit here cheese jelly a
red one and a green one boba we're
putting on some whoa condensed milk some
coconut milk on top of that finally it's
gonna put a bit of chipped ice on there
okay yeah come on yeah are we what's
happening are we posing
is this these are video cameras
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what a magical treat here we have these
heart shaped cheese filled jellies i'm
gonna try just that alone
and i love it
i knew it kind of fruity yummy jelly
texture sweet cream cheese inside maybe
i don't know it's so good i'm gonna try
to mix all this together it's the local
way of doing it it's called the right
way there we go we got jackfruit
watermelon some yogurt
mmm good that's just fruit though which
is fine there's nothing wrong with that
but this is kind of what this place is
known for right here these pandan
flavored jellies made with real pandan
leaf let's just take all those down
right now
fresh and refreshing that was my
favorite part by far we're putting balls
in our mouth all day on to the next
location
right now we've come to what is probably
the smallest street food stall in hanoi
it is all just this right here one lady
one fryer some shelves of ingredients
the menu is all laid out and then the
phone number too you know what i'm
saying they have these three different
types of cakes right here up top these
are shrimp cakes you have to eat the
whole like shell the outer part of the
shrimp as well as the inside but maybe
with it fried it'll all be crunchy
together here we have hakao these little
dumplings are filled with minced pork
and then on the bottom they have what
they call a pillow cake it is filled
with minced pork woody or mushroom and
we're gonna find out what else
here we have a little bit of everything
it's like a little vietnamese empanada
or samosa we've got our kind of
mixture here there's papaya inside
they've also put in some water and
vinegar we're going to start with the
shrimp let's try it out
pretty good this has been so intensely
fried that the actual shell of the
shrimp has become crunchy in itself the
vinegar and papaya just kind of lightens
it up a bit normal people would throw in
some herbs too and then here we have a
pillow cake so soft and fluffy you could
almost put your head on it at night a
little bit of fish sauciness in there
let's try it out
what's going on in here it's one of my
favorite things so far super crispy
diverse textures within it's not just
the woody or mushroom and the pork
there's also some chinese sausage glass
noodles some carrots and some cassava
root it's really it's a lot going on
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our fun food journey continues here
right now in this alley there's somebody
up here hello guys that's the kitchen
and then right here downstairs kitchen
gotta be against the ladder looks damn
good
these street food stalls in hanoi they
know how to make really good use of
space here they just have this really
thin little area where they prepare all
the food and then super organized along
the alleyway here they've got a bunch of
stools set up using stools as tables as
chairs waiters waitresses going around
taking your order asking what you want
and bringing the food to you she has
some freshly grilled nem nung here she
brings it to
the next city what is she doing with it
feel real good and i wish i was
right now we're headed up to the kitchen
i'm telling you this is the most compact
restaurant i've ever seen
whoa this place is wild this insanely
hot embers hot coals here if you were
drunk or have bad balance you will get
injured here they have fans here that
are kind of exposed once this meat is
finished they're gonna put it in a
bucket that goes back down to the people
there
they just have three items as far as i
know fried potatoes
which is kind of fermented pork that's
put on a stick and grilled and nem rang
this one is a fried little minced pork
cake we're gonna get that they're gonna
mix it with papaya who knows what else
they're gonna put on there let's find
out everybody watch out
for them have you ever seen such a
gigantic platter of food for such an
affordable price 50 000. we went a
little bit over what we talked about in
the title i'm sorry we're just trying to
make a fun food video here with a snappy
gimmicky title we've got the grilled
pork fried pork vietnamese fried
potatoes here i believe they have some
sort of a chili sauce i'm gonna see what
that's like
oh that's absolutely a french fries
chili sauce very good i think normally
you would come here with all your
friends and that's what all these people
they come with all their friends i've
tried something new where
i just come alone and eat by myself
pork made in the danger room upstairs
here we go mmm super delicious chewing
juicy porky goodness i love it anytime
you're in vietnam eating when they have
some kind of heavy fried foods like this
they're going to have something a little
bit more light on this side right now
it's mango with chili salt let's try
that out
not too sweet because it's like not
quite ripe it's a big green i think
that's the whole idea it's just chewy a
little bit sweet the most special thing
fried pork cakes made from a minced pork
batter essentially and fried let's try
it out
mmm juicy beautifully seasoned savory
and a little bit sweet i love that
texture if you have friends and for sure
i have friends i absolutely do on
facebook over a few many dozens but also
you could go with your friends to a
place like this and have a lot of fun
we have come to our final destination
right behind me a place that's been here
for 24 years it's actually a fan store
and then at some point they were like
why do we not have a restaurant in front
selling fried sticky rice
she's putting some oil on it right now
the rice patty fries for about two or
three minutes it is getting super crispy
and then we've got our plate on the
outside she's got the scissors out we're
cutting it into
manageable bite-sized pieces and i get
to choose my own meat
can i have chinese sausage big mounds of
chinese sausage soy sauce soaked
vietnamese pork sausage and then we got
an egg also soaked in soy sauce a little
pate on the top too and i think i'm
gonna call it good that is a lot of
random protein on top of there and then
she's putting on some soy based sauce
here this is some kind of vietnamese
stoner food wonderful
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what i'm told is this restaurant is
basically the drinking spot after you've
been out all night and i can see why
it's basically like the vietnamese
waffle house like if you went to a
perkins or waffle house at 2 or 3 a.m
the type of riff raff you would see
there trying to like soak up all the
booze and regret that they've had for
that whole night that's what this place
is very lovely fried sticky rice right
here that's like waffle house pancakes
oh crunchy savory mix that with our pork
sausage
is so rich i'm gonna try some of the
meat together here i got a bunch of this
red chinese sausage here
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the rice cake itself has soaked up all
this delicious soy sauce so it's super
salty it's a bit gushy pate chinese
sausage some egg i mean if that is not
the most perfect bite you have ever seen
oh i feel like hold on this is one of
those street food places i would look at
and be like there's no way i mean come
on but it's a bunch of brown stuff
what's going on that can't be that good
now
i'm ready to drink
hey guys thank you so much for watching
this show i mean next time you're in
hanoi this has got to be one of the best
places to just walk around take in the
city the food is super straightforward
made fresh and just absolutely delicious
and affordable all you basically need is
five dollars to eat all day true also
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