We might have found the first good food of Hanoi. Before you say anything, it is the first good food in our short experience here. We still have many places to go, many foods to try, many foods to re-try.
Banh mi is great.
We had it in two different ways today. The first was on a mini-french-bread-hoagie-roll that was cut apart with scissors. The scissors made sense, I use scissors when I prep food, but I've learned that I under-use scissors.
The breakfast Banh mi was a roll filled with egg, fried onion, spicy red sauce (one of the few spicy/flavorful things we've found). There were a few other ingredients and it was delicious.
After dinner we decided to take a walk. There is a good reason for this walk. Friday night was a karaoke party until 1 AM! Tonight is Saturday (it was 9:30 when we ventured out). Saturday is SILENT.
What did we learn:
Friday: Party/Karaoke fiesta.
Saturday: Recover from singing all night.
Anyways, we had a great Banh mi. It was a quarter pita, So not the Banh mi roll. But it said Banh mi on the sign, and I'm not going to argue with them. It also says 'Donar Kebab' and the meat was shaved off of a spinning pole just like Donar Kebab. The pita was filled with the meat, sweet-pickled red cabbage, and pickled bok-choy.
At this point, all food of Hanoi needs to live up to Banh mi.
--Jeff
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