Unique Hanoi STREET FOOD Tour 2026 🇻🇳 Bánh Tôm, Fried Duck and MORE

All right. So, I wanted to try something

just very very Hanoi. I asked Leila,

"What is it all about when I went on to

Google Maps and I found all these shrimp

cakes everywhere?" And I was like, "What

is this all about? Why are so many

people selling shrimp cakes?"

>> Yeah. So, so what people come here for

is there's a place called Fu Behol. So,

it's a temple that is very like very

sacred for Hano people and they come

here to ask for blessing like and if

they tend to come as a big group and

family as well, right? Yeah.

>> And after getting a blessing and they

like like family gather so like they

like to snack on something and shrimp

cake is actually was invented and

created in Westlake area because from

their like fresh like fresh water caught

shrimp in back in the day. So it

basically because of spiritual like

religion practice and bring all these

people here. That's why back in the day

is only maybe a couple of bender start

selling shrimp but because of like

there's so much people come here. So, it

looks like everyone's selling cream

cakes.

>> Yeah.

>> All right. So, we're going to get

blessed.

>> Yep. And then eating snack after getting

blessed.

>> All right. You just want to get blessed

with some snacks, don't you, bud?

>> You love it. Yeah.

>> As we said yesterday in yesterday's

video that we were coming here today,

right? It's such a contrast from the

busy crazy streets of the old city,

right? To come here, you've got this

beautiful lake. Um, you can walk all the

way around it, I think. Right. Yeah, you

can walk all the way around the lake.

It's about 17 kilometer, I believe.

People tend to go to Chunw like Pagod.

You probably heard about it like right

in the between of Chukb and West. But

when you come here, you also can visit

the temple and uh like pray for the

blessings and also it's like to to hang

out in more like local neighborhoods.

>> Yeah. Yeah. I really like it. What you

got? What what did you just pray for?

>> Um to be honest, I most of the time I

didn't praise for anything. If I if I

would pray something, I would say I pray

peace for everyone.

>> Okay, that's really nice. That's much

nicer than mine. I was just going to

pray for good shrimp cakes.

>> That's good. That's more realistic.

>> What about you? What are you going to

pray for?

>> What did you pray for?

>> Ice cream.

>> Ice cream.

>> Yeah.

>> So, how how are we going to pick?

>> Um, I make a research and I know there's

a couple of like spot is one of the

oldest spot in the whole neighborhood

here. They also have a nice presentation

from outside and they also have their

kitchen

>> outside too. So like they put their

reputation right in front. Yeah.

>> See, everyone has these piles of shrimp

cake outside. Yeah. But these ones must

be fresh because when we just walked

past they only had it was only like this

like that bit and now the whole thing's

up. So they must have just covered this.

And then also guys also we've got some

some wood pigeon

>> some pigeon

>> papaya salad. And then this lady is

making the grilled pork.

>> Yeah. So they bunch here as well.

Can you can you ask her what what's the

most delicious thing?

>> She said she said what they known for is

still shrimp cake. She said everything

tastes great, but she's very proud of

the barbecue pork.

>> She makes the pork, so it must be the

best.

>> Yes. And the pigeon, but people come

here for the shrimp cake as well, right?

And the owner said it's like everything

is great but depends on what you come

here for,

>> right?

>> Yeah.

>> Is that

Yeah.

>> It's actually snip.

Yeah.

>> So I'm getting that

>> we take any excuses to just like get

togethers and parties and eating and

drinking.

>> Drinking.

>> Is this the same with Thailand?

>> Yeah. Same with Thailand. It's over

Thailand.

>> Yeah. This is like What else is there in

life?

>> Exactly. Exactly. Life is too short to

not have a good time. Right. Finally.

>> What do you reckon, bro?

>> Correct. You You agree?

>> So, you ordered this as bunch as well.

>> Yeah. So, cuz we see the like pork skew

is so good out there. So, we get a bunch

as well. And because they use the same

dipping sauce, so I think that's like

smart way for them to do business, isn't

it? Like to offer

>> different thing. But it's like using the

same base of different

>> Right. So everyone knows what it is.

Right. Right. Right. Right. Right.

>> And to enjoy. And this supposed to be

snack like afternoon snack.

>> Okay.

>> Yes. So it's not a heavy meal. Come have

a look. Yes.

>> Couple of beers and have a like a like

eating with the fingers, right? Have a

>> like dip um hanoi dipping sauce right

here. Have very light like super light.

But that's what this family special

like. They've been around for more than

30 years. Um, and they serve shrimp

cake. And the way to enjoy shrimp cake

is very simple. They give you a bowl of

very like slightly dipping sauce or you

can just eat straight with the finger

like that.

>> So, is the dipping sauce the same as the

bunt yesterday?

>> Very very similar. Very light. Like very

light nukum dipping sauce with fish

salt, vinegar, sugar, a little bit

pickle, papaya, and carrot.

>> What do you recommen?

>> You like? You like it?

>> I never like eating potatoes.

>> That's one thing that I've got to get

used to in Vietnam. Yeah. Like we would

never eat the shells in in uh

>> like at home. We just don't have the

shell like bunel and it just comes all

with the shell and everything.

>> So I got used to it in Thailand in um

>> in Vietnam. In Yeah. You know what?

Because they all like fresh water

shrimp. So the shell is softer.

>> Yeah. But when you eat the sea like like

sea shrimp, it's like ocean shrimp. You

definitely had to peel it.

>> Yeah. Yeah.

And plus they like they dabble and

sometime triple deep fry them. So even

the shell is like very crispies and easy

to eat.

>> Yeah.

>> Yeah. But you used to after a while and

I don't blame people. I mean it it hard.

>> As I said it's got like everything.

Shell, head, everything. Not the head,

but the shell like the little whatever

you call it.

>> As said though,

where it's been that triple fried the

the shell is actually almost

non-existent. You wouldn't even know

there was a shell on there,

>> right? You don't even know. You don't

even know really.

>> They're just super like crunchy,

fluffy,

light, like flowery

>> shrimp cakes.

>> It's very addicted, too, because it's

like

>> even though they dabble and triple fried

this shrimp cake, but it's not super

oily at all. It's actually very light

and fluffy, right? And when you combine

everything with like fresh herbs and

lettuce and you dip in this sauce,

it's all about perfect balance.

>> There you go. More balance.

>> Yummy face.

>> Yummy face.

>> So simple.

>> I'm going to try and wrap one.

>> Here you go.

>> I'm the worst rapper in the world. like

you mentioned, it's like you don't even

know that you're eating the whole shelf

anymore because like it's all it's all

come together with the veggies and fresh

herbs and everything.

>> Oh, and we got my favorite as well. We

have peril leaf.

>> Pilla. Yeah.

>> The dipping sauce is here. So, I add a

little bit like vinegar and stuff.

>> Oh, thank you.

M.

>> That makes all the difference. Just

having that freshness from the herbs,

that sour, sweet, salty dipping sauce.

As we keep saying, guys, all about

balance, right, buddy? Out my way. Get

out of my Get out of my way, man. I need

[music] to get some pork.

>> All right. All right. All right. You

win. You win. You win. You win.

>> Yeah.

>> Oh, thanks, buddy.

[music]

That's a big chunk of pork.

You're doing all right.

I'm so into this. This reminds me a bit

more of like I'm not going to try and

pronounce buntit in

>> bunt. Yeah.

>> Few snacks, few drinks, good company.

And that is what Vietnam is all about.

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This is without doubt the best thing we

could have done in Hanoi. Do you agree?

You all right, bud? Have me a pork snack

in your tea. Lea, have you had you had

fun taking us out?

>> Oh, yes. So much fun. Not too annoying.

So much fun. No, it's it's fun hanging

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All right, guys. So, last stop on our

second day. Yummy face unfortunately had

to leave us, but she has been replaced

by two of my absolute favorites. And we

are going out for one of my absolute

favorites. Fried duck covered in crispy

garlic. And this, my friends, is one you

have to stick on your list next time you

head to Hanoi. And when I say when I say

two of my favorites,

>> they couldn't make it, so I brought

Danny and Diggy. [laughter]

>> All right, talk to me. What do you think

vibe of the place?

>> Proper local. I mean,

>> proper local.

>> There's still bones from the last person

who sat here. So,

>> I think Danny had some food already.

>> There you go. Just chuck it under the

table. We don't need bins here, guys.

Little plastic chairs. We got some bar.

And this, my friends, is real deal

Hanoi.

>> It looks very, very local. Proper local

spot, I think.

>> And the good thing is you're looking at

other people's tables, you can tell the

food to the biggest, right? But I can

tell you what, it smells so so nice

here. Loads of garlic and fresh herbs in

there. I really like that.

>> Ready to eat.

>> Can't wait for food.

>> And before this, we went for an awesome

banme, kind of like the one we went to

yesterday on day one. And uh this was

Diggy and Danny's recommendation. So, if

you want to see that, I'll link to their

video of Hanoi where we've had some

amazing food all day. Uh and that'll be

in the description box below. But this

guys looks fantastic. As I said, real

deal Hanoi street food. There's like

eight tables here. Everyone's basically

sitting on the floor. There's bones all

over the floor. Um, and it smells

absolutely incredible.

>> Look how much food we have.

>> Wow.

>> And the thing I love about this place is

and Hanoi in general is the calamani. I

absolutely love these. We're going to

add these to our dipping sauce, I think.

All right. All right. So, we got the

fried duck, which I thought was goose,

but it's actually a fried muskabe duck.

And it the reason that I didn't know it

was duck is cuz the word for muskabe

duck is different from the word just

plain duck in Vietnamese.

We've got stewed duck here. We've got

we've got a bamboo soup, which we're

going to get rid of cuz it's steaming up

my That's very hot Di. Let's see how

hard Dunny is.

This has been deep fried like in a

sugar, soy sauce, uh sort of marinade,

deep fried to crispy perfection and then

covered in crispy crunchy garlic. We got

the ben here. So we got the fresh rice

noodles and then we've got some sawtooth

coriander and some Thai basil for the

herbage. A perfect.

>> All right, so just found out this is a

Siamese duck from the kingdom of Siam.

So, it's actually a pen.

>> It's a tie duck.

>> Must be duck.

>> Thank you very much.

>> I'm going to just take a piece of that.

I'm going to have a little dip.

That is ridiculously salty, but like in

a good way. I'm not like

not in a bad way at all. They're very,

very, very savory with that. I'm pretty

sure it's soy sauce like and it's been

deep fried so it's kind of caramelized

so it's like a semieet salty and then

you've just got that like bitter sweet

crispy crunchy garlic kind of getting

stuck in your teeth

it's on the bone as well so there's a

bit of work to do with it but I don't

mind that especially fry on the floor as

well so it's great um let me get one

more bit with the dip

so this dip's like a chili Garlic

fish sauce.

>> Yeah, that's top. But

think it needs a bit of calamani. I need

some sourness. Now, if you've never

eaten a calamani, it is like uh a lime

and an orange had a baby in my opinion.

They're very nicely like slice the top

for you, which is good. Let's go two of

them

cuz I like mine sour, you see, because

I'm very sweet, so I need to balance.

Yeah,

that's the stuff. Get on this, guys. You

got to try this. Super garicky, but now

it's sour as well. You got that citrus

coming through there, just cutting like

that real savory richness from the

muskavi duck.

Unreal.

Right, let me have a little piece of the

stewed duck. Muskab stewed.

>> Not bad. That's a bit tough. Not tough,

but like

>> it's nice enough, but this one's the

winner. This one's like what you come

for. That's okay. This is very good.

Okay.

>> So, I'm going to go for dip straight

away.

>> Oh, wow.

>> Good.

>> Mhm.

>> M.

>> Is that better than the first you picked

up? [laughter]

>> This is roasted or

>> it's fried rice. So they they basically

I think if as

>> Cuz it's so soft.

>> They've marinated the duck and then deep

fried it, I think.

>> Oh wow. It's super soft, garlicky. And

when you said it's incredibly salty, I

was expecting a little bit more salt

than that.

>> Yeah, I think salty was the right. I

meant savory like it's like real hit of

like

>> umami

>> with garlic and fresh herbs. Amazing.

The

>> good thing is this. You get the crispy

bits, you get the soft bits, you get the

crunch of the garlic, you get a mix of

everything with this. You got fat.

Bye-bye. You got bones, you got

everything inside there.

>> I'm going to have to do this. Chew on

this one.

>> You just got every bit, haven't you?

It's so good.

>> Really, really good.

>> You like it?

>> Yeah.

this stew duck or boiled duck. This is

delicious as well. It's completely

different texture of the meat. I think

you do need to dip that in the sauce

because it just lacks a little bit of

flavor

>> but consistency and it's so soft. I love

it.

>> I think they've cooked that so you have

it with the dip, right? Like that's

>> if you just had that I just bit that

without dipping it first and I was a bit

like

>> Yeah, definitely. Definitely

>> really good. But you should have, I

think, herbs with it. Little bit of

noodles and that sauce as well. It's

incredible. The flavors are amazing.

>> Good spot.

>> Good spot. I mean, we've eaten well

today. They haven't seen this because

like we were out um for your video. As

we said, we had that amazing bar and uh

what else did we have?

>> Our bar was so good. Bani was so good.

>> Bani was unbelievable. The roast pork.

>> Yeah. Make sure you check out the video.

Link is going to be in description as I

said as I heard.

>> All right, so that's about it from our

three days eating in Hanoi. This has

reignited my love for this city. The

food has been amazing. The people have

been great. Uh none more so than Leela,

Miss Yummy Face herself. So, please, if

you are coming to Vietnam, book a tour

with the links in the description box

below or grab yourself a map for sure.

They are amazing. I know I've banged on

a bit about her, but as you saw from the

video, she's absolutely amazing and I

really do want to support Danny and

Diggy's links in the description box

below as well. But that is it from us in

Hanoi. Thank you very much for watching

and we will see you

in the next one.