Hanoi beef noodle (Photo: VNA) Hanoi’s typical dishes include nem (spring rolls), pho(noodle), Vong village young rice, cha ca (grilled fish), bun oc (snail noodle),banh tom Ho Tay (West Lake shrimp cake), banh cuon Thanh Tri (Thanh Tri steamedrice rolls), xoi Phu Thuong (Phu Thuong steamed sticky rice), banh day Quan Ganh (Quan Ganhround glutinous rice cake).
Many dishes have been honoured by foreign tourism websites and included in thetravel guide for visitors to Hanoi. Particularly, the famous travel siteTripadvisor named Hanoi as one of the top 25 culinary destinations in the worldin 2022. In 2023, three restaurants in Hanoi were awarded with Michelinstars, and 45 others honoured at the Michelin Guide Ceremonyevent held in June in Hanoi.
According to the Hanoi tourism orientations until 2030, the city will diversifyits culinary products, focusing on developing night food tours and culinarycraft villages, along with a system of restaurants to serve visitors.
The city will build a Food Tour map for visitors, making it easier for them toexplore the local cuisine themselves, while strengthening food safety control.
A series of activities will be held to promote Hanoi culinary culture values todomestic and foreign tourists, along with an annual event to popularise the Hanoicuisine and an annual Hanoi culinary festival.
Vong village young rice is a specialty of Hanoi in Autumn. (Photo: VNA) VCCA Chairman Nguyen Quoc Ky said that the proper development of the culinaryculture will help boost tourism growth, luring more visitors to Vietnam andthus enhancing the competitiveness of Vietnamese tourism in the world arena.
Experts held that in order to optimise Hanoi’s potential ofculinary culture, it is crucial to make systematic investment and encourage theengagement of management agencies, travel firms as well as local residents inthe work./.
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