Hanoi Walking Streetfood Tour

  • Duration: 1 Day
Hanoi
Apart from tasting the food, our tour guide also helps you to understand more about the history of the Old Quarter in Hanoi with its thousand years old but today still retains much of the old flavor that made the area special. Once joining this tour, you will find it each street in Hanoi Old Quarter is the exclusive domain of one trade so there are whole streets of blacksmiths, silver shops, paper shops, headstone makers and more. Originally there were just 36 streets in the Old Quarter but nowadays it becomes 50 streets instead.

Highlight

  • Sample delicious Vietnamese cuisine just like the locals do — on the street
  • Stroll through hidden alleyways and bustling markets of Hanoi’s charming old quarter
  • Learn more about Hanoi’s unique food culture
  • Try local specialties with influences from French and Chinese cuisine
  • This tour is ideal for family and couples.

Itinerary

At 11.00 or 17.30, our tour guide will come and pick you up at the hotel for the Hanoi street food tour in the Old Quarter “36 streets” to visit some famous and specialized – food families or stalls, shops which are opened daily. Also, you will have a chance to taste around 5 – 7 particular dishes along the tour, we can customize the vegetarian or special food as requested too. Especially, our tour guide will take you to the nice mini restaurant (not luxurious ones) where you feel comfortable to sit down and enjoy your food and drinks.

Apart from tasting the food, our tour guide also helps you to understand more about the history of the Old Quarter in Hanoi with its thousand years old but today still retains much of the old flavor that made the area special. Once joining this tour, you will find it each street in Hanoi Old Quarter is the exclusive domain of one trade so there are whole streets of blacksmiths, silver shops, paper shops, headstone makers and more. Originally there were just 36 streets in the Old Quarter but nowadays it becomes 50 streets instead.

It is not easy to find some local food stalls and mini restaurants on your own in the hidden alleys and sidewalks. Certainly, the best way is joining with Viland Travel, taking part in this special tour to learn about Vietnamese cuisine, culture, people, and language.

Overall, food on foot tour gives you a unique experience by tasting the food like a local here. We ensure that the food is handled hygienically and provide a comfortable venue for tasting.

At 14.00 or 20.30, our tour guide says goodbye to you and will escort you with the directions or the taxi back to the hotel.

Your Hanoi Streetfood Tour ends.

What's Included

Inclusion

  • Food & Drinks during the food tour
  • English-speaking guide per tour

Exclusion

  • Tips
  • Personal expenses
  • Anything unmentioned from the itinerary

Notes

  • Duration: 3 hours (flexible pickup time, recommended from 9:00 am – 7:00 pm).
  • Starting point: your hotel in the Old Quarter.
  • Starting time: upon request.
  • Ending point: your hotel in the Old Quarter.

 Notes: Vietnamese street food tour is focusing on street food stalls as well as lovely mini restaurants (not luxury restaurants). And they are experienced and appreciated by the local people every day. You will keep on ordering food as long as you keep eating, the suggestion that you should taste a little bit each first then the next.