Picture: healthy, yummy and fun to eat - Vietnamese Hot Pot (or steamboat as the Chinese would call it).
Picture: Hanoi streetfood - never mind the oil...
Among my favorite Vietnamese dishes is the hot pot (or steamboat). The concept is simple and can be found across South-East Asia: a hot pot with bubbling savory soup, lots of vegetable and salad, sea food and beef that all are quickly cooked in the pot. The food is then eating with a salty sauce that reminds me of very strong broil. This dish is tasty, light, healthy and fun and is served in many restaurants around Hanoi and Vietnam. The most original way of eating in Hanoi is in the streets at the many food stalls selling deep-fried ware and noodle soup. If you do not want to squat on little plastic chairs right next to the road I can recommend the many Westernized restaurants and cafés around the St.Joseph’s church. And if you feel like splurging many upscale restaurants around the opera offer a wide-array of food ranging from Vietnamese to Italian. PS: An insider-tip is the buffet at the Sofitel Metropole Hotel. Well, it is not a bargain but worth the atmosphere. Picture: Authentic but not for the health-conscious ones...
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