Motorbike tours Vietnam are for tomorrow, now, it is the time to enjoy the dishes

Vietnam Dirtbike Travel is specialized in organizing custom Vietnam motorcycle tours covering every destination in Vietnam. All of our trips are designed to suit every rider with different preferences such as laidback sightseeing tours, intensive enduro tours and everything in between.

When riders first come to Vietnam, they really want us to provide some information about the food in Vietnam. Motorbike tours Vietnam are for tomorrow, now, it is the time to enjoy the dishes. What are the specialities?.

1.    Xoi:
Xoi is made from sticky rice and is commonly eaten for breakfast. Xoi can most cheaply be purchased from a street vendor. There are different choice for Xoi such as: Xoi xeo, rice topped with crushed yellow beans, crispy fried onion and pork floss plus a squirt of oil; xoi lac (with peanuts) and xoi do den (with black bean).

If you book hotel in the Hanoi Old Quarter, or need us to book the hotels before and after your Vietnam motorbike rides in this area, you can try it at one of the best restaurant named “Xoi Yen” at 35 Nguyen Huu Huan, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi. The xoi is served in a bowl and eaten with a spoon. Expect to pay 40,000 to 50,000 VND per pax. There are also Sweet versions of xoi: kem xoi — served with ice cream — and xoi dua, with coconut.

2.    Pho:
You can find “Pho” in many place in Hanoi. This hearty, noodle-forward meal is served as breakfast, lunch, or dinner in Vietnam. However, if you want to enjoy it, the best one is at No.10, Ly Quoc Su Str. “Pho” here is just as good or better than what you might just happen across elsewhere, and the hygienic standards are decidedly better.

Service is good and the menu's in both in English and Vietnamese. With a bowl of delicious Pho, the price will range from 30,000 to 50,000 dong, which isn't much more than on the street.

3.    Bun Cha
Bun Cha includes rice vermicelli, grilled pork and spicy, raw vegetables and well mixed fish sauce. The best place to enjoy the dish is No.1 Hang Manh, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi. For a dish of bún chả, you take a dish of rice vermicelli, a dish full of vegetables and a bowl of fish sauce combined with vinegar, sugar, hot chilly, garlic and pepper. You will find nowhere to enjoy this dish in your Vietnam motorcycle travel better than in Hanoi.

The sauce of the dish is very special for it is the mix of many different spices, so it contains essential tastes, sour, hot, salty and sweet. Grilles of well cooked pork would be opened and the contents dropped into the bowl of fish sauce.

There are two kinds of chả (grilled pork) used, depending upon the cut of the meat. If the pork is cut into small pieces, it is called chả miếng (piece of grilled pork). If it is minced prior to being shaped into small cubes, it is named chả băm (minced grilled pork).

You can enjoy these kinds of best street food in Hanoi before and after joining our Vietnam motorbike tours