Hanoi - Food Alfresco & Beyond

Our first night out, we went in search of local street food. We stumbled upon this place filled with locals sitting on tiny chairs around tiny tables on an alleyway outside a shop front. All of us being tired and hungry thought that in a place bursting with locals enjoying the food, the food must be great! The shop attendants didn't speak any english. So to order our food, we had to communicate in sign language. Alto an experience, we didn't enjoy the food. I felt that the pork smelt, well... much too porky!

A fastfood cart - Doner Kebap! It was pretty yummy.

A decent place to have Vietnamese food is at the chain restaurant Pho24.

We came across a street stall selling balut eggs. None for me, thanks! The Balut is a Vietnamese delicacy - it is a fertilized duck egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell.

The locals seem to eat all the time and everywhere! At every street you can see people cooking, selling, eating all kinds of food and drinks.