Best street foods with low cost less than 10.000 VND in Hanoi, Vietnam

Nanini New member

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There are so many delicious foods in Hanoi that cost very cheap.
1. Fried steamed wheat flour cake:
Fried steamed wheat flour cake price is about 4000 – 6000 VND, this food is often in the meal in the afternoon. Enjoy with sour sweet sauce or chili sauce
2. Grilled meat by stick:
Grilled meat by stick has many lovers especial kids. One price is about 6000 – 10000 VND, you could pay more 2000 VND to have a bread with grilled meat stick. Walking on the streets of Hanoi in the after noon, you can see grilled shops near the side walk with great smell!
3. Banana cake, yam cake:
Only with 5000 for one cake, The main ingredients are banana, yam and flour then fry in cooking oil. They are fat food so you could only 1 – 2 cake for once.
4. Gio cake:
Gio like the name of famous food of Vietnam – Gio Cha but have no Gio in it. This food is made by rice powder and core : chopped black mushroom and meat. The cost is only 7000 – 10000 VND
5. Pillow cake:
You are right J.its name like its shape like a pillow. The core inside is meat and quail egg, cost from 7000 – 9000 VND. Pillow cake is often sale in the winter, and people like it. Enjoy with sour sweet sauce and salad.
6. Quay:
Cheap price is 2000 – 3000 VND/per, Quay is often eaten with salad and sauce as pillow cake. Many people like to put this food in HOT porridge or Pho.
7. Fried food with stick:
You can find these food in front of schools for the pupil with cheap price about 5000 – 7000 VND. It’s really a small party for pupil after the school time with full of smile and sharing, there are many kind of stick such as: Hot dog, fried Nem Chua, fish and shrimp…
8. Fried cake:
There are two type of Fried cake depend on their core: the sweet one with sugar and salty one with meat, black mushroom. The main ingredients are rice, peanut powder and honey or sugar. The price is only 2000 – 3000 VND, the salty one price is 4000 VND and enjoy with sauce.
9. Trung Vit Lon:
Have the babe duck in the eggs, a nutri-food but many foreingers and visitors dont like this food icon biggrin Best street foods with low cost less than 10.000 VND in Hanoi . you can find them in Hang Rong shop on ervery streets of Hanoi for breakfast or super. The price is about 6000 – 8000 VND, enjot with salt, ginger.
10. Trung cut lon:
The same with Trung Vit Lon but Quai’s eggs not Duck’s eggs. I love this food and often buy them from local market to cook. The price in local market only about 10000VND/10 eggs and in the street shop is about 10000VND/5 eggs coz the sauce and they boil them for you. The sauce is made of lemon juice, salt, ginger and pepper.
11. Sugar cane juice:
The price only from 8000 – 10000 VND, this is the great drink for HOT summer and nutritious drink. You can find them everywhere at the drink shop with a sugar cane juice machine, sit down, call for a glass of sugar cane juice and wait for 5 10 minutes. You also walk on streets with a nilon bag of sugar cane juice if you don’t like to sit at the shop.
12. Banh Nhung:
5000 VND for a stack of Banh Nhung, it’s not common food of street food Hanoi. The kids often like them coz the crack.
13. Bo bia:
My favorite street foods, I don’t know why name is Bo Bia but it’s really delicious. The ingredients are coconut fibers, sesame and the special is piece of sugar and the “bark” of foods. This food is rolled as spring scroll, the price is only 5000VND, fantastic! What’s a pity , there is now many Bo Bia shop in Hanoi now.
14. Trang Tien ice cream:
Trang Tien is the name of street and also the name of famous brand ice cream in Hanoi, everybody in Hanoi know about it. The old brand name for 50 years. It’s not only cheap with price 7000 – 8000 VND and also special by its taste. As its name, you can buy Trang Tien ice cream on Trang Tien street near the Sword lake. Don’t like any ice cream shop in Hanoi, you can buy ice cream, sit on your bike and enjoy, there is many couple and full of smile – a dating place, or hold your ice cream on hand and walk around the sword lake.
15. Every kind of Bong:
Favorite street food for girls and kids, less fat and can eat in a long time. The price is only 6000 – 8000 /pack. They are often made of flour or cassava flour then fry.
16. Yogurt:
Food for ladies’s skin , the different from Hanoi with other region that they often add more ingredents in yogurt to create taste such as: fruit or Nep Cam. The price only about 5000 VND.
17. Potato storm:
Cool name huh ! this new foods for kids, the price is about 10000 VND. The tase like many kind of fried potato.
18. Qua chua dam:
The main ingredients are sour and green fruits such as: mango, plum, guava fruit… slice and mix with sugar, pepper powder become attractive foods. The price is about 8000 – 10000VNd/100 gram – depend on the fruit price.
19. Caramen:
An old food and maybe from the foreingers, the famou place to eat this food is Hang Than street
20. Tao pho:
This is a unique food of Northern of Vietnam for Hot summer, the ingredient as tofu but near the last step to make tofu. The saler will slice Tao Pho to bowl, then pour flower sugar and ice to make a bowl of cool Tao pho. The price is about 5000- 7000VND/ bowl. You can find them on Hang Rong on streets of Hanoi with unique sound “ Tao Pho de”.

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uolam3579 Member

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11 years ago

Hi Nanini! Good to read your stories about the foods here in Hanoi. I'm almost 8 months here but never tried some of their streets foods that I want to taste. I just tried their pho bo and spring rolls and buncha I think. I am craving while reading your post! Hehe ..I missed the styled Bbq that you mentioned. I really missed it in my country. Just want ask you if there is some stores here in Mydinh song da if you are familiar with this place selling all the foods that you mentioned? Coz I do not find time to visits all the streets here in Hanoi, I had a baby to take care with. When I'm in a taxi. I am just looking at the window and curious what are the vendors selling. I really want to taste and know where can I buy that all foods that you mentioned were the price is not so expensive..:-)

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laclongquan_travel Active member

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11 years ago

Damnit~ Right when I am hungry.
Right, a few lesser known

21. Banh Khuc. It has cover of xoi, steamed sticky rice. The stuffing is yellow bean with Khuc leaves. Subtle taste. 10k a piece I think.

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virgoks Active member

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11 years ago

Amazing...

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Nanini New member

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11 years ago

Wow, it sounds good that you tried so many, and they really good, Right? Next time, you should try all of them

Nanini New member

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11 years ago

Can i know which street are you living in My Dinh? So I can suggest for you where to buy them

Nanini New member

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11 years ago

uolam3579 wrote:
Hi Nanini! Good to read your stories about the foods here in Hanoi. I'm almost 8 months here but never tried some of their streets foods that I want to taste. I just tried their pho bo and spring rolls and buncha I think. I am craving while reading your post! Hehe ..I missed the styled Bbq that you mentioned. I really missed it in my country. Just want ask you if there is some stores here in Mydinh song da if you are familiar with this place selling all the foods that you mentioned? Coz I do not find time to visits all the streets here in Hanoi, I had a baby to take care with. When I'm in a taxi. I am just looking at the window and curious what are the vendors selling. I really want to taste and know where can I buy that all foods that you mentioned were the price is not so expensive..:-)

Can i know which street are you living in My Dinh? So I can suggest for you where to buy them

Nanini New member

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11 years ago

sensesofvietnam wrote:
Hi Nanini,

I have tried the below foods you have listed. I was in Hanoi for two months early this year. I live near the old quarter and was able to experience some of the food you have listed and not able to try them all. Is so many and I will visit your website on my next trip to Hanoi.

2. Grilled meat by stick:
Grilled meat by stick has many lovers especial kids. One price is about 6000 – 10000 VND, you could pay more 2000 VND to have a bread with grilled meat stick. Walking on the streets of Hanoi in the after noon, you can see grilled shops near the side walk with great smell!
3. Banana cake, yam cake:
Only with 5000 for one cake, The main ingredients are banana, yam and flour then fry in cooking oil. They are fat food so you could only 1 – 2 cake for once

7. Fried food with stick:
You can find these food in front of schools for the pupil with cheap price about 5000 – 7000 VND. It’s really a small party for pupil after the school time with full of smile and sharing, there are many kind of stick such as: Hot dog, fried Nem Chua, fish and shrimp…

11. Sugar cane juice:
The price only from 8000 – 10000 VND, this is the great drink for HOT summer and nutritious drink. You can find them everywhere at the drink shop with a sugar cane juice machine, sit down, call for a glass of sugar cane juice and wait for 5 10 minutes. You also walk on streets with a nilon bag of sugar cane juice if you don’t like to sit at the shop.

13. Bo bia:
My favorite street foods, I don’t know why name is Bo Bia but it’s really delicious. The ingredients are coconut fibers, sesame and the special is piece of sugar and the “bark” of foods. This food is rolled as spring scroll, the price is only 5000VND, fantastic! What’s a pity , there is now many Bo Bia shop in Hanoi now.
14. Trang Tien ice cream:
Trang Tien is the name of street and also the name of famous brand ice cream in Hanoi, everybody in Hanoi know about it. The old brand name for 50 years. It’s not only cheap with price 7000 – 8000 VND and also special by its taste. As its name, you can buy Trang Tien ice cream on Trang Tien street near the Sword lake. Don’t like any ice cream shop in Hanoi, you can buy ice cream, sit on your bike and enjoy, there is many couple and full of smile – a dating place, or hold your ice cream on hand and walk around the sword lake.

20. Tao pho:
This is a unique food of Northern of Vietnam for Hot summer, the ingredient as tofu but near the last step to make tofu. The saler will slice Tao Pho to bowl, then pour flower sugar and ice to make a bowl of cool Tao pho. The price is about 5000- 7000VND/ bowl. You can find them on Hang Rong on streets of Hanoi with unique sound “ Tao Pho de”.

Wow, it sounds good that you tried so many, and they really good, Right? Next time, you should try all of them ^^

laclongquan_travel Active member

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11 years ago

#10

Oh, too late to edit. Banh Khuc in Hanoi most famous, a brand so to speak, is Banh Khuc Nguyen Cong Tru, , ie the original Banh Khuc Ms Lan shop in Nguyen Cong Tru street, Hai Ba Trung district, Ha Noi. The correct adress is 69 NCT.

A note on Gio cake ("Gio" bun is more like) is that it's suitable as child's food. Infant from as old as 2 year old can eat it, as my nephew had done so. Second: the tonal quality of pronunction "banh gio" might make you mistake another kind of bun, thin as big chopsticks, wrapped by leaves, and dipped in honey/liquid sugar cane.

Nanini New member

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11 years ago

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laclongquan_travel wrote:
Oh, too late to edit. Banh Khuc in Hanoi most famous, a brand so to speak, is Banh Khuc Nguyen Cong Tru, , ie the original Banh Khuc Ms Lan shop in Nguyen Cong Tru street, Hai Ba Trung district, Ha Noi. The correct adress is 69 NCT.

A note on Gio cake ("Gio" bun is more like) is that it's suitable as child's food. Infant from as old as 2 year old can eat it, as my nephew had done so. Second: the tonal quality of pronunction "banh gio" might make you mistake another kind of bun, thin as big chopsticks, wrapped by leaves, and dipped in honey/liquid sugar cane.

^^ we - the adults still really like Gio cake, and it's the main breakfast for so many people

Nanini New member

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Nanini wrote:
laclongquan_travel wrote:
Oh, too late to edit. Banh Khuc in Hanoi most famous, a brand so to speak, is Banh Khuc Nguyen Cong Tru, , ie the original Banh Khuc Ms Lan shop in Nguyen Cong Tru street, Hai Ba Trung district, Ha Noi. The correct adress is 69 NCT.

A note on Gio cake ("Gio" bun is more like) is that it's suitable as child's food. Infant from as old as 2 year old can eat it, as my nephew had done so. Second: the tonal quality of pronunction "banh gio" might make you mistake another kind of bun, thin as big chopsticks, wrapped by leaves, and dipped in honey/liquid sugar cane.

^^ we - the adults still really like Gio cake, and it's the main breakfast for so many people

laclongquan_travel Active member

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11 years ago

#13

Never said adults shouldnt eat. Just that it's suitable for the infants.

Nanini New member

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11 years ago

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laclongquan_travel wrote:
Never said adults shouldnt eat. Just that it's suitable for the infants.

??? it's suitable for everyone. By the way, I don't want to talk too much for such simple problem. Thnks

laclongquan_travel Active member

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11 years ago

#15

Banh Gio is such a terrific food. You eat it one, you thought you can finish 5 more. you eat the second one and stop, feelin stuffed to the gills.

uolam3579 Member

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11 years ago

#16

I'm living My dinh Songda near The Garden, or Tuliem Street. Coz id never seen those foods, some of vtnmese here cannot understnds english so its really hard for me to ask. Because I done that before..and its terrible so just looking at,,Hope you can hlp me. Thanks in advance:-)

laclongquan_travel Active member

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11 years ago

#17

Street food most concentrated at open market. You can find an open market nearby and visit it.

My Dinh is a newly developed urban area so the street vendors have not expanded fully there.

Your best method would be finding pictures of the food on net, saved it on your smartphone, then show it to them. Caption the tonal-less Viet words below, like Banh Gio, or Banh Ran. it would be faster than trying to pronounce the Viet words, or the Viets trying to understand your tone.