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discover the old quarter in Hanoi

Visit Hanoi, especially the old quarter in Hanoi. Maybe you will have to spend all day just walking around the street to enjoy the snack from early morning until late night. Wandering around the old quarter of Hanoi, you can find a lot of rice pyramid dumplings restaurant on the streets. rice pyramid dumplings are classified in the row of famous snacks in the city, with simple ingredients, mainly from rice flour, chopped meat, minced meat. A hot rice pyramid dumplings cake is only 10,000 VND. You can find in Kim Lien, Thuy Khue, Nguyen Cong Tru market, Hom Market, Dong The…
Strolling around the Hoan Kiem lake to enjoy the breeze and watch the beautiful view of the lake, it is impossible not to enjoy ice cream of Thuy Ta shop. The ice cream here is very diverse, flexible and delicious. Lemon mint ice cream is the most popular. The fat Floating Rice Cakes, plasticizer, adding delicious peanuts, fresh and sweet broth which has the smell of ginger. Inside is green beans or coconut or black sesame or black meat, eat in the winter will be extremely delicious. You can enjoy this dish in Hang Bo Street, Hang Gai, Hang Dieu…

Hanoi Beef Noodle Soup is famous which is very much in demand because it is considered, rarely delicious and cheap. A normal bun cha is priced at 35,000 VND which is always full, with the smell of chopped meat, delicious leaf rolls… For a long time, the “Mixing fruits at To Lịch Street” has become a part of the culinary brand of Hanoi. The Mixing fruits are put into a medium sized glass bowl, full of fruits like watermelon, jackfruit, mango, strawberry. Even durians and breasts are available to serve the needs of customers. The seller sprouts a bit more condensed milk and coconut milk to enhance the aroma, finally adding a little ice cream. Speaking of Hanoi, no one in Vietnam does not know about the 36 old streets of Hanoi which is busy and crowded every time fx: Hang Bai, Hang Dao, Hang Ngang, Hang Ma …
Each street is a place to keep the long historical memories of the capital, as well as preserving memories of the lives of people who have lived, worked and built the country in this old quarter. Over the years, the old town of Hanoi has not been as intact as before, but this is still one of the most tourist attraction of foreigner when they come to the capital of Vietnam to visit the remains of an old Hanoi.

This is the usual name of an urban area which has been created by many generations of local people here, dating from the Ly dynasty of Vietnam, located in the east of the Thang Long royal citadel, to the Red River. Book a free walking tour in Hanoi if you get Vietnam visa through TUN Travel and you can easily enjoy the old quarter. This urban area concentrates on small-scale commercial activities and industrial, forming the characteristic streets. Craftsmen came from many villages around the capital then they gathered and lived here, focusing on each area of their profession. The merchant ships can exchange through each street, making this old quarter at that time trading business grows very much. The main products of each street have become the names of the street with the word “Hang” at the top. Nowadays, we can see the streets still retaining traditional products as it from the beginning, such as Hang Thiec, selling household goods with tin, iron… Hang Ma, a shop selling gold and Hang Bang, silver items for worshiping or using, However, over time, some careers have disappeared, there are also new industries but know related with the name of the street.  such as Hang Quat had previously traded herds and fans, now trading in embroidering, small altars, parallel sentences, or Hang Buom which sold products such as sails, bags Now is the place to gather candy stores, various melon seeds. Many other streets are also worth for visiting when you come to the Hanoi Old Quarter, such as Hang Bac which has many skilled craftsmen producing fine handicrafts; Hang Gai with bookshop shops, bookshops, book printing… There are many streets in the old quarter mainly open restaurants, hotels, shops to serve tourists here