Actress Tang Thanh Ha, daughter-in-law of luxurious retailer tycoon Johnathan Hanh Nguyen, and her enterprise husband Louis Nguyen loved a few of Hanoi’s well-liked road meals and drank beer on the sidewalk.
On March 7, Ha attended an occasion of her husband’s firm in Hanoi. The HCMC-based couple then went out to get pleasure from Hanoi’s spring specialities. Having visited the capital many instances, Ha and her husband didn’t select luxurious eating places as earlier than, however went to the Previous Quarter to attempt well-liked road meals.
One among them is a small and comfy stall that serves Chinese language-style candy soup on Dangle Giay Avenue, beforehand opened by the household of late artist Pham Bang. The menu has three foremost dishes: banh troi tau (glutinous rice balls) (L), luc tau xa (inexperienced bean candy soup) and chi ma phu (black sesame soup) (L). The banh troi tau has clear soup that’s aromatic with ginger, and candy like molasses, the truffles are chewy.
The couple went to a cha ca (fried catfish) stall on Duong Thanh Avenue. Vietnamese fried catfish is a mixture of fish with rice vermicelli, recent herbs and a wide range of aspect dishes that originated from Hanoi. A sauce known as mam tom is indispensable as it is going to significantly improve the style. This dipping sauce is made with sugar, shrimp paste, distilled rice wine, sizzling oil, and chili combined collectively.
The couple additionally visited Phuong’s banh cuon (steamed rice rolls) restaurant on Dangle Cot Avenue. This is likely one of the hottest addresses for banh cuon followers in Hanoi. The particular characteristic of the restaurant is rice rolls served with shrimp floss and sausage.
Diners can watch the cooks skillfully put together and roll the truffles proper in entrance of the door. The stall can be fairly small, so diners primarily sit on the sidewalk.
At evening, the couple stopped by a sidewalk beer stall that additionally served grilled squid and shredded fish – one of many culinary cultures of Hanoians. Sidewalk beer stalls are at all times very crowded, no matter winter or summer time, on account of their inexpensive costs and open area. Ha, 38, began her profession within the leisure trade aged 16. She has minimize down her on-screen actions since she acquired married. Her Instagram has 3 million followers.
