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Don’t be intimidated by the long menu:there are no wrong moves here,and plenty of rare treats.
Skip regular goi cuon (rice paper rolls) in favour of banh trang bo. The crisped,rolled,shrimp-flavoured rice paper comes filled with cottony pork floss,fried shallots and butter mayo,chopped into impeccable sweet-savoury bites.
Struggling to decide on a main? Hedge your bets with com am phu. The Hue-style claypot rice arrives on a tin platter with four sides:spicy candied freshwater crab,pickled mustard greens with baby eggplant,fluffy omelette,and pork belly braised with shrimp. The Hanoi speciality cha ca la vong is a 150-year-old recipe of fish grilled with turmeric and dill that has a fascinating anti-colonial history.
There’s also iced coffee crowned with salted heavy cream,but drinker beware:the only bathrooms are in the shopping mall next door.
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