37 Hong Phuc restaurant - 'disgusting coughing lady'

Hanoi - Around dinner we were hankering for Vietnamese food and went to Dong Xuan Market but the famous Night market is only happening on the weekends. On Monday, it has quieten down with few shops opened - not interesting so we went searching for food. Came to this restaurant packed on the ground floor with Vietnamese so it most be good; the waiters guided us up to the 2nd floor.

We ordered our food from the menu and next came the shock! This auntie was coughing into our vegetables and served that bowl of vegetables to us - we looked at each other and laughed in disbelief. As we were thirsty we order drinks. Edmund look at her coughing and she covered her mouth but managed to scoop up the ice into the cups for us - Edmund was the brave pathfinder who drank the ice tea.

Bun Ca

Bun ca is a classic and healthy Hanoi-style Vietnamese noodle soup. The broth is savory, flavorful, and slightly sour, and is stuffed full of vegetables and herbs. The most significant ingredient, of course, is the fish, which came in the form of fried fish to add a filling heartiness to the soup. The noodles in this restaurant was brown.

Fried fritters

Similar our Yu Tiao, I dipped this into the bowl of noodle soup.

Ice tea drink that I did not drink

Bowl of vegetables

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Calesa around Intramuros

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Temple Street Night Market

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