Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, has secured the highest spot within the 2024 Best Culinary Destinations category on the Travelers’ Choice Awards by TripAdvisor, the world’s leading travel site. This achievement surpasses many famous culinary destinations all over the world, comparable to Chiang Mai and Phuket in Thailand, Rome in Italy, Paris in France and New Delhi in India.
This achievement signifies that Vietnamese cuisine is making its mark on the worldwide culinary scene. It represents a big opportunity to draw tourists to Hanoi, each domestic and international.
Many visitors to Hanoi is not going to miss the chance to try a few of its famous dishes, comparable to beef pho, grilled pork with vermicelli noodles and Vietnamese baguette. In addition, Hanoi offers other famous dishes comparable to banh cuon (rolled rice pancake), ca phe trung (egg coffee), cha ca la vong (fish with dill and turmeric), bun dau mam tom (vermicelli noodles with fried tofu and shrimp paste) and bun oc and bun rieu (snail and crab noodle soup).
TripAdvisor recommends several restaurants in Hanoi value trying out, including Bun Cha Huong Lien, Giang Café, Cha ca Thang Long, and Trang Tien Ice Cream. Hanoi also boasts three Michelin-starred restaurants: Gia, Hibana by Koki, and Tam Vi.
As a part of its efforts to advertise culinary tourism, Hanoi has also developed quite a lot of specialist tourist routes, comparable to Tong Duy Tan Food Street in Hoan Kiem District, the Night Food Street and Dao Ngoc – Ngu Xa Pedestrian Street in Ba Dinh District.
Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best 2024 is an annual award given by TripAdvisor to destinations which have received very positive reviews and opinions from the worldwide travel community up to now 12 months. Fewer than 1% of the eight million destinations listed on TripAdvisor receive a Best of the Best award, indicating an exceptionally high level of excellence within the travel industry.
