What They're Eating in Hanoi
Five restaurants. Five dishes. All in Hanoi.
MICHELIN Guide
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24th July 2023
Who Invented Vietnam’s National Dish?
It's complicated, it turns out.
Going Places (Malaysia Airlines)
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1st February 2024
Cover Story: Saigon Steps Up to The Plate
"Most travellers' perception of [food in] Vietnam is stuck in the Bourdain era." So what's changed?
Insider
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30th December 2023
One family has been running Hanoi's best fish noodle shop for 20 years. They swear the secret to their success lives in the tree next door.
"It's a goddess. Her name is Bà Đông Cuông."
Wallpaper*
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10th May 2024
Ho Chi Minh City: Rising Star
"I’ve observed this city transform over the past 15 years. In this story I wanted to couple my own musings with powerful local voices."
MICHELIN Guide
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10th February 2024
Behind The Bib: Hồng Phát
The unlikely story behind hủ tiếu, a cherished Saigonese noodle soup dish.
Insider
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11th December 2023
I think the Michelin Guide missed Hanoi's 5 best street food spots
When the Michelin Guide to dropped earlier this year, they really stirred the pot. Exasperated netizens took to social media and ruthlessly criticized the list, with a lot of anger targeted at the street food recommendations. "It'
MICHELIN Guide
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9th August 2024
2 Days in Ho Chi Minh City for Street Food Lovers
“Street food, I believe, is the salvation of the human race,” said Anthony Bourdain.
MICHELIN Guide
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7th March 2024
Female Chefs in Vietnam Thrive in The Kitchen
8th March is International Women’s Day, and in Vietnam, it’s a big deal. Traditionally, the day has propelled children to buy flowers for their mothers and husbands to cook meals for their wives. It’s also a day for get-togethers, and it’s still common to see large groups of women dressed in colourful ao dai taking photos in parks, restaurants, and coffee shops.
But in more recent years, International Women’s Day has also become an opportunity to rethink traditional gender roles in society.
MICHELIN Guide
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17th November 2023
Where to Eat and Stay in Hanoi's French Quarter
The French designed the French Quarter’s street plan over a century ago, but the Vietnamese have since made it their own. Motorbikes course through the streets, coffee shops spill onto the pavements, and parasite architecture abounds, adding a textured aesthetic to the orderly European blueprint.
The French Quarter is also a culinary hub. Of the 48 restaurants listed in the MICHELIN Guide Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City 2023, around a third in Hanoi are in this part of the city. In recent years, t
MICHELIN Guide - Vasta Stone
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26th December 2023
Recasting Vietnamese Identity
Sam Tran, co-founder and head chef at one-MICHELIN-Starred restaurant Gia, shares her recipe for a quintessentially modern Vietnamese dining experience.
MICHELIN Guide - Visa
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29th November 2023
How Vietnamese Chefs Are Harnessing Flavours to Push Culinary Boundaries
Ensconced in an alleyway in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1, Nén Light, MICHELIN Guide Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City 2023, feels a world apart from the roaring streets of Vietnam’s biggest metropolis. Swarming around the restaurant are motorbikes and cars that ceaselessly tear through the city, but nestled within sit curious diners contemplating their spotlighted plates. There’s a lot to take in before taking that first bite.
The atmosphere is relaxed and pensive as the diners chatter over the c
1843
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8th May 2020
All The Rage: What the Vietnamese Are Eating
Vietnam is the world’s leading exporter of dragon fruit, most of which goes to China. The spread of covid-19 has impeded this trade, leaving hard-hit farmers with mounds of unsold produce.
Silkwinds (SilkAir)
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2nd December 2019
City by the Sea: Danang's An Thuong Neighbourhood
Danang is a city of bright lights and glinting bridges hemmed in by sweeping bays and jungle-topped mountains. It is regularly referred to as Vietnam’s most liveable city,
and it’s easy to see why. The food scene is booming, the energy is youthful and a dip in the ocean is never more than a few minutes away.
Insider
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14th October 2023
He's Trying to Charge $100 for Phở in Ho Chi Minh City. That's 50 Times The Usual Price. I Had to Try It.
"The implicit rule of phở is: Don't fuck with phở." Those were the words of Peter Cuong Franklin, the founder and head chef at Anan Saigon, when he gave me his take on phở's controversial history earlier this year.
Sawasdee (Thai Airways)
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1st May 2023
Hanoi & Ho Chi Minh City Pocket Guide
There’s a spirited sibling rivalry between Vietnam’s two major metropolises. Hanoi basks in its 1,000-year-old history, boasting grand architectural heritage and legendary food culture. By contrast, Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), Hanoi’s younger and
Smile (Cebu Pacific)
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1st May 2023
24 Hours in Truc Bach
Hanoi-based travel writer Joshua Zukas takes a stroll through Truc Bach, a neighbourhood that, despite being encroached by the Old Quarter and West Lake, still maintains a unique identity
MICHELIN Guide
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14th September 2023
Refugee Turned Banker Turned Chef
Few chefs have a backstory as colourful as Peter Cuong Franklin’s. Born in a war-ravaged Vietnam, Franklin fled the country as a child in 1975, resettled in the United States, and graduated from Yale. He then launched himself into investment banking, a career path that took him across the world.
