Westerners love the unique fish noodle soup with meat rolls in Hanoi, eating 3 bowls at once to satisfy their cravings

Mark Wiens is a famous food blogger from the US. He currently owns a Facebook page with 6 million followers and a personal Youtube channel with more than 10 million followers.

With a passion for travel and culinary exploration, Mark Wiens has set foot in dozens of countries across continents, experiencing unique and attractive dishes in many localities and regions. In Southeast Asia, Vietnam and Thailand are the two countries Mark has visited the most. He is especially impressed with the rich cuisine in Vietnam because there are many delicious dishes at affordable prices.

On his most recent trip to Vietnam, Mark visited Hanoi. He admitted that he really liked the local street food style, where he could comfortably sit on a small chair and enjoy street food. So this time, he went to a fish noodle shop located right at the corner of Trung Yen alley (in Dinh Liet street, Hoan Kiem district) to try the famous fish rolls with meat dish here.

American YouTuber with millions of views enjoys fish noodle soup in Hanoi (Screenshot)

This fish noodle shop has been in operation for over 20 years and is known by many locals and foreigners for its crispy fish cakes and fish rolls with unique and attractive flavors. Although the space of the shop is quite limited, the number of customers coming to eat is always crowded, 6-7 staff members are working at full capacity to serve.

To fully enjoy and feel the unique flavors of the restaurant's dishes, Mark ordered 3 servings at once, including: vermicelli soup, mixed vermicelli, and red rice paper. He admitted that as soon as he approached the restaurant, he smelled the aroma of fried fish spreading everywhere, stimulating all his senses.

In addition, this Western guest also ordered a serving of fried fish rolls with meat to eat with it because this is the restaurant's most popular dish, everyone who comes here must definitely try it at least once.

The fish noodle shop serves a variety of dishes such as vermicelli soup, mixed vermicelli, red rice paper,... In addition, there is also fried fish rolls with meat to eat with (Screenshot)

The first dish Max enjoyed was fish noodle soup. Each full bowl of noodles included noodles, fish and crispy fried fish cakes, served with bean sprouts and celery, green onions and broth. Diners can enhance the flavor of the dish by adding some spicy bamboo shoots soaked in garlic, chili or vinegar, kumquat, etc.

The American YouTuber couldn't hide his excitement and eagerness to try this noodle dish. He also showed that he was no less of a gourmet than the locals when he tasted the broth first.

“The broth is fragrant, sweet, a little sour, and mixed with the smell of dill. The noodles are soft, the fried fish is crispy. I can guess it is tilapia. The fish is well-seasoned but still crispy. It is really great,” Max commented.

thumb bun ca.gif — The Western guest kept exclaiming and nodding in delight because of the enchanting flavor of the fish noodle dish (Photo cut from clip)

For the mixed vermicelli dish, the Western guest described the ingredients as similar to the vermicelli dish but dried and mixed together with soy sauce, adding roasted peanuts. The advantage of this dish is that the fried fish still retains its crunchiness, not softened by the broth like vermicelli.

To feel the flavor most clearly, Max also added chili sauce, garlic vinegar and mixed well, served with pickled bamboo shoots. While eating, he kept exclaiming how delicious it was.

fish roll meat.png — Crispy fried fish rolls with sweet and sour dipping sauce (Screenshot)

In addition, the American YouTuber also tried the crispy fried fish rolls. This is the restaurant's signature dish and also the most popular dish. The fish is marinated with rich spices, added with minced meat, wood ear mushrooms, and rolled in a fish fillet. The outside is covered with crispy fried breadcrumbs, dipped in sweet and sour fish sauce.

bun ca hn 1.gif — Max enjoyed the red rice paper, commented that the broth was fragrant, had a mild sour taste and was sweet from the pineapple (Photo cut from clip)

The last dish Max enjoyed was red rice paper, which is similar to vermicelli soup. The Westerner revealed that he did not often eat this type of rice paper, but seeing the diners around him ordering it a lot, he was curious and wanted to try it.

“This is definitely the thick noodles I was looking forward to. The hot broth softens the rice noodles. I will be back to try the red mixed rice noodles next time,” said Max.

Phan Dau

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