1. Com sausage
Many people know cốm sausage as a side dish of vermicelli with fermented shrimp paste, but in fact, this is also a delicious “snack”. In the cool autumn weather, sipping on a hot cốm sausage with the soft, sticky, sweet and fragrant cốm inside will bring a unique and unforgettable flavor.
So where is the best place to eat cốm sausage? You can enjoy this cốm sausage in Vong village, famous for its cốm specialty.
Com village sausage (photo: chriscloid2)
2. BUN CHA
When talking about Hanoi, how can we miss Bun Cha? The attraction comes not only from the fragrant grilled pork on the charcoal stove but also from the bowl of dipping sauce with rich sour, spicy, salty, sweet flavors. With the chilly weather of autumn, enjoying a hot bowl of Hanoi Bun Cha will bring you a unique and unforgettable taste that can only be felt when eating in Hanoi in autumn.
Hanoi's Bun Cha in the "legend" (photo: Minh Chi)
Some famous and long-standing delicious bun cha restaurants in Hanoi:
- Bamboo skewer vermicelli with grilled pork in Dong Xuan market alley: vermicelli with grilled pork here sells out very early (4:30 pm)
- Bun cha Huong Lien or also known as "Bun cha Obama" (24 Le Van Huu, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi)
- Bamboo vermicelli with grilled pork in lane 213 Bach Mai (Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi), only open from 2-4 pm
- Bun Cha Duy Diem (140 Ngoc Khanh, Ba Dinh, Hanoi)
3. RIB PORRIDGE
In the cool morning of Hanoi, you can have a bowl of steaming rib porridge with the sweetness of meat, the rich aroma of porridge, add floss and chili powder with fried breadsticks to complete the dish. This dish in Hanoi has a taste unlike anywhere else, the porridge is cooked so smooth that it melts in your mouth, the cartilage ribs are simmered until tender. Especially the rich, crispy taste of fried breadsticks makes both children and adults love this dish. You should visit the most famous rib porridge shop in Hanoi in Huyen alley, Ly Quoc Su!
Rib porridge is only available in Hanoi (photo: khongandau)
4. BOILED SNAILS
The name of the dish sounds simple but it is... really simple. The hot snail dish combines the sweetness, richness, and crunchiness of snails with fish sauce, lemongrass, sweet and sour chili, and the strong aroma of ginger. The "simple" snail dish combined with the cold weather has "captured" many foodies' hearts. Famous and sought-after delicious snail restaurants are Tong Duy Tan snails, Old Lady's snails in West Lake, boiled snails on Dinh Liet Street, and Ms. Le's snails in Cua Bac...
“Simple” boiled snails (photo: LonggTran)
5. FROZEN ROLLS
Banh troi tau is a special dish that is only sold in the cold season in Hanoi. And for a long time, the chilly autumn of Hanoi has been indispensable for this "super champion" delicious Banh troi tau. Banh troi is round with many types of fillings such as green beans, red beans, minced meat with ginger aroma, peanuts, coconut. You should visit famous places for this dish such as Ba Mai restaurant (Hang Bac), Banh troi tau on To Hoang dike road, Ba Thin sweet soup (Bat Dan) and some cake shops in Luong Dinh Cua, Hang Bo, Nguyen Khuyen, Pham Ngoc Thach... The price of a bowl of Banh troi is only from 8,000 to 20,000 VND.
Hanoi's super delicious Banh Troi Tau (photo: thaosfoodfeast)
As a travel enthusiast and dreamer of “eating the world”, you cannot miss Hanoi in the fall. With the cool weather, romantic scenery and special dishes, you will enjoy a Hanoi that not only looks very different, feels very new, but also has a very delicious and rich “taste”.
In addition, if you come to Hanoi and don't know where to stay, you can rest assured to choose the RedDoorz chain - a chain of good-priced hotels from Singapore, famous for its beautiful, "luxury" rooms at affordable prices.

RedDoorz is currently offering a Fall promotion - 29% off room rates. This is your chance to travel freely, book a "luxury" room at a super "cheap" price!































