While we were in Toa Payoh Central for our dental appointment, something unexpected caught our attention—a delightful little gem called Viet9 Baguette. It’s a takeaway joint that specialises in authentic Vietnamese cuisine, with a focus on banh mi sandwiches, spring rolls, grilled pork noodles, and grilled pork rice dishes. Menu Viet9 Baguette’s menu is not […]

Xin chào! Tôi quay lại để ăn thức ăn Việt Nam một lần nữa! (Hello! I’m back to eat Vietnamese food again! Thanks Google Translate by the way.?) Super excited as Vietnamese food has always been one of my favourite things to eat ever since I travelled to Hanoi some years back just to explore […]

Popped by Northshore Plaza again as I had to pick up some stuff at Decathlon. Love the 2-storey Decathlon outlet here as it’s huge. If you’re ever here to shop on a weekday, there’s hardly anyone around and you can just take your own sweet time. Absolutely no queue at the fitting room too, haha. […]

“I want to eat bun cha!” And that was how my friend brought me to Uncle Ho Tuckshop, lol. Ever since visiting Hanoi and eating possibly the best bun cha in the world at Bun Cha Huong Lien (Obama made this place famous :-P), I have been constantly craving for it. Until one day, I […]

Authentic Vietnamese Food In The Rochor Area We discovered Quan Co Ba at the Broadway food court at Sim Lim Square basement some years back when we had to come here on a few occasions to pick up stuffs that we had ordered online. And it has now become my go-to place for good, authentic […]

Couple of months ago, a new banh mi (Vietnamese sandwich) place popped up in the CBD, right at Tanjong Pagar Centre. Really glad to see that as I love Vietnamese food a lot. Probably even more after I visited Hanoi last year. ? Banh mi and pho are my kind of soul food. ? So there’s […]

My latest trip to Hanoi had been a fantastic experience. Probably because it was my first time in Vietnam. There were so many new things to discover & learn about as well as new eating places to explore and new & unfamiliar food to try. Vietnamese food has always been one of my favourite cuisines […]

Can’t believe this will be the last post of my Hanoi food-venture. Really felt like I had been in Hanoi for a long, long time. And I just couldn’t believe how much we had eaten while there because there were so many new stuffs to try. Amazing! We headed to Noi Bai International Airport to […]

On our last night in Hanoi, we decided to have dinner at Little Vietnam that was located very near to our hotel. In fact, we walked past it everyday when we were headed towards the main shopping/eating areas of the Old Quarter. And every time I would just stop for a minute or two to […]

John wanted to have supper at this fried eel shop that was packed with many locals. Must be pretty good as business was so brisk. But I was a bit hesitant because I’ve never been a huge fan of eels – not because of the way it looks (or resembles the snake) but I just […]

As I hadn’t come across a huge supermarket or hypermarket in the Old Quarter, I thought I would just stop by Lotte Mart at Lotte Center Hanoi when on the way back from the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology. Lotte Center Hanoi 54 Lieu Giai, Ba Dinh Hanoi, Vietnam From the museum, we took a taxi […]

Cha Ca is a very unique dish in Hanoi that consists of boneless fish chunks marinated in turmeric and then stir fried with fresh dill and spring onions. The original restaurant/creator of Cha Ca is said to be located on Cha Ca street which is obviously named after the dish. It was on my list […]

This pho restaurant that was located very near to our hotel was always packed with customers. In fact, it was probably one of the very few restaurants in the Old Quarter that would have queues of people everyday. Pho 10 Ly Quoc Su 10 Ly Quoc Su Street Hoan Kiem, Hanoi Vietnam Tel: +84 4 […]

Found this place on TripAdvisor when I was looking for banh xeo so the moment we spotted the eatery on Hang Bo Street, we were very excited that we could finally have some savoury Vietnamese pancakes for breakfast as we were famished. The lady boss welcomed us with a big smile and eagerly gestured towards […]

We were on our way to Hang Bo Street to look for banh xeo and as we walked down Luong Van Can Street, we spotted several stalls that were selling steamed buns or banh bao. We stopped by one of them to check it out. Banh Bao Luong Van Can Luong Van Can Street Hoan […]

Where there is smoke, there is grilled pork. This is indeed very true for Hanoi. It’s so easy to spot a restaurant that serves grilled pork (for example, bun cha) – you’ll either catch a whiff of BBQ or see smoke on the streets. And that was how we discovered this place. Com Suon Nuong […]