Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Hanoi Delights: Off-Road Street Food.

This is a great concept for a restaurant. Quan An Ngon gathers every variety of Hanoi street food under one roof (well, tent).

Everyone eats at long wooden tables. The place is always packed
with tourists and locals alike.

Around the perimeter are a dozen food stalls, each preparing
their own specialty. This means they have at least
a dozen kitchens, so they can feed a lot of people very rapidly.

The food is a little more expensive that real street food,
but it's also prepared and served in much more
hygenic surroundings. And they haven't dumbed it down.
The flavors are pungent and delicious.

You can even feast on crispy sparrows.
You eat the whole bird, bones, beak, and all.

P.

2 comments:

Steve said...

It seems sort of like a shopping center food court. We ran into a similar scene in Singapore - on open floors in apartment highrises (of all things). The problem in Singapore is that they were very expensive.

reiser said...

Steve, next time try the parking buildings at night. Tai, Malaysian, Indian, Chinese, Arabic,Indonesian...a gastronomic heaven!
Richard