Tastes of Hanoi
There's only one thing on the menu at this iconic restaurant: it's grilled fish piled high with dill and green onion.
Phở could be considered to be Vietnam's flagship dish. North Vietnam's style of this beef noodle dish is simple and straightforward, with a few cuts of beef, a couple pinches of green onion and cilantro, and a big clump of fresh flat noodles.
Although we wouldn't know it in the states, but phở happens to be a versatile noodle. Here they are fried, as phở xào.
Another variant is called phở cuốn. It's a cold roll of beef and herbs, wrapped up in a noodle sheet and dipped in nước chấm.
If there's any Vietnamese food I'll miss most of all when we leave Hanoi, it's cốm, a dish of roasted young rice. Tender and nutty, cốm's green hue comes from the natural color of the immature rice. Unfortunately, it's a regional specialty. We can't even find it in Saigon.
Another reason the cốm has become a favorite: it makes a great ice cream.
There's only one thing on the menu at this iconic restaurant: it's grilled fish piled high with dill and green onion.
Phở could be considered to be Vietnam's flagship dish. North Vietnam's style of this beef noodle dish is simple and straightforward, with a few cuts of beef, a couple pinches of green onion and cilantro, and a big clump of fresh flat noodles.
Although we wouldn't know it in the states, but phở happens to be a versatile noodle. Here they are fried, as phở xào.
Another variant is called phở cuốn. It's a cold roll of beef and herbs, wrapped up in a noodle sheet and dipped in nước chấm.
If there's any Vietnamese food I'll miss most of all when we leave Hanoi, it's cốm, a dish of roasted young rice. Tender and nutty, cốm's green hue comes from the natural color of the immature rice. Unfortunately, it's a regional specialty. We can't even find it in Saigon.
Another reason the cốm has become a favorite: it makes a great ice cream.
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