Hanoi
If you like your noodles, you’ll fit right in with the noodle-crazed populace in Hanoi. Whether eaten wet or dry, for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, noodles infused with the freshest herbs, spices, vegetables, fish, or meat, make up a large part of the Vietnamese diet. Despite this standard staple, you’ll also find more unusual delicacies like dog or snake (considered a male aphrodisiac) paired with lots of alcohol. For an interesting night, you can head to Le Mat (known as “snake village”), to the East of Hanoi, for a seven-course snake meal, including fried snake skin, snake spring rolls, snake soup, and minced snake dumpling – all served with plenty of whiskey. French-inspired fare is also predominant in Hanoi and includes banh mi thit, a delicious baguette-filled sandwich of paté, shredded pickle, and cucumber slices, garnished with coriander and black pepper. Visitors don’t have to dine in a fancy or pricey restaurant to enjoy good food here, either: you can pick up a whole roasted pigeon at a food stall in the Old Quarter for next to nothing. And don’t miss out on the array of decadent desserts also available at street shops; try the tasty rice balls made with coconut and sesame seeds and served in a sweet, gingery soup.
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