Friday, March 6, 2015

Street food in Ma May, located in Hanoi Old Quarter.

 
Ma May street located in the center of Old Quarter is a famous and bustling place to both foreigners and the local teenagers who wander at night for catching up or tasting street food with a chain of speciality food shops. Especially, only resonable price, the street food here is variety and attracts everyone who go pass this street through its signature smelling especially at night. Here, the street is always busy or chaotics. Food shops in Ma May street are specialised in grilled street food. When the winter comes, the street is always full of foodies on sidewalk to taste hot grilled street food because of cold weather which makes the food is even better. In addition, these food are listed in menu in the Hanoi street food walking tour

When you taste the street food, the host serves already everything on the table, you’ll taste food by a very “local” way, just plastic table and some small plastic stools get along the stove placed on the table. A unique experience for foreigners. And here, everyone uses a charcoal stove because
the local people still believe that only using charcoal stove and grilling manually would make the best quality food. Small food shops have been here and reputed for a long time.



1. Grilled Pork Side (Thịt ba chỉ nướng)
The recipe to make this food attract foodies is the owner mix with different spicies. This makes difference from other food shops in Hanoi. In addition, these food are listed in menu in the Hanoi street food walking tour
Each piece of meat is carefully selected, contain both the lean and fat. They slice the meat, marinate in spices then grill in a hot coal stove. Be careful when grilling, you must remember to turn the meat side constantly until it is cooked. 


2. Grilled Rolled Beef (Bò cuộn)
The first time tasting you might wonder why the beef is crunchy and different from the original grilled rolled beef. The secret is that the vegetable inside the roll and in the middle there are corncobs. 

3. Crunchy (Giòn lai rai)
For others, the reason they come here is because of the dish named Crunchy (Giòn lai rai). The dish name is created by the customers. Its main ingredient is the pig or cow’s heart stems marinated with spices.

4. Honey Bread (Bánh mì mật ong)
Like grilled beef, spicy marinated oyster, grilled octopus with pepper, grilled pork side with sour and sweet sauce, etc. Combine with these dished is Honey Bread (Bánh mì mật ong) which has good smell or make you quite full for your stomach. 


Especially for foreign tourists, A wandering around the Old Quarter at night will be more memorable when tasting vietnamese street food by the local way. It is an opportunity to discover Vietnamese cuisine and find out more cuisine culture of local people. Vietnamese street food is variety

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