If you want to research about Hanoi street food walking tour, you should explore the night market in Hanoi Old Quarter. Currently, Hanoi has all three night markets which are Phung Khoang student night market, Dich Vong student night market and Hanoi night market at Hang Dao – Dong Xuan. If the Phung Khoang and Dich Vong night markets are built as real markets, they only meet at night and sell cheap items to students, mainly clothes, the Hanoi night market combines with walking streets (Hang Dao – Hang Ngang – Hang Duong – Dong Xuan) They becomes unforgettable destinations for domestic and foreign tourists when they visit Hanoi.
Hanoi Old Quarter Night Market
Hanoi Old Quarter Night Market takes place from 6pm to 11pm on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sunday nights in the walking streets on the Old Quarter, which lasts 3km through the old mossy houses. It starts from Hang Dao Street, next to Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square through Hang Ngang, Hang Duong Street and ending at Dong Xuan Market. Every Tuesday evening, this place becomes the bustling shopping area in Hanoi Old Quarter. In spite of all kinds of weather, even rain, nightly walking street is still full of people. Therefore, we can see the charm of it.
There are many kind of goods such as: clothes, shoes, household goods, typical handicrafts of Hanoi, souvenirs … and so on. They are sold in the sidewalk stalls, in the old houses on the street or in the mobile booths with very affordable prices. The sellers are willing to please the shoppers and the need to buy gifts of visitors.
Especially, besides discovering an ancient Hanoi street which is close to people’s routine, shopping, you should enjoy Hanoi cooking class because they make the market become more and more attractive than ever. In addition, here are a lot of Hanoi traditional foods such as beef noodle, steamed glutinous rice, rice vermicelli, tea … You can also find both typical dishes of Asian and European cuisines and dishes bring you back with memories of a childhood.
In particular, Hang Buom cuisine street is the most attractive destination that you cannot be ignored. You can find lots of foods such as: barbecue, roasted, grilled corn, boiled snail, fried sweet potato and banana cakes, rice gruel, steamed crab or oyster …which are very hot and tasty. It is very interesting if you enjoy them in the cold weather. The price is very reasonable, from a few thousand to one hundred thousand for the popular or luxurious dishes.
Especially, every Saturday nights, the street is also a venue for art performance with traditional arts and culture such as contemporary Hiphop, violin, traditional operetta, classic drama, ceremonial songs,.. All visitors are very interested in the art performances. This is also the unique highlight of the old town night market.
The night market not only attract a large number of domestic and foreign tourists, but many of the local people also spend their weekend leisure time to walk into the streets and eat dishes. You should spend about 2 or 3 hours to discover the night market and pedestrian streets. You should be on the street early, before 7.00 p.m to leave your vehicle with someone. After that, lets enjoy life at night. At that time, you would agree with me that wandering on the streets of Hanoi at night and taste a little Hanoi’s diverse cuisine is one of the most exciting things when you come to Hanoi – the piece millennial land of this culture.