A two-day food tour in Hai Phong city with loads of delicious dishes is a suitable itinerary for food lovers.
In recent years, Hai Phong has emerged as a culinary destination on the tourist map of Vietnam. The port city has markets, streets selling countless local dishes such as crab cakes, spicy bread, sizzling noodles, snails, banh beo, Chinese cakes, pot prices, chrysanthemum tea, pate bread, etc. pickled coconut tea. A two-day food tour in Hai Phong was suggested by a Vinlove local.
Day 1
Morning in Hai Phong begins with a journey from the central flower garden. Choose the most typical dish, which is crab cakes, for breakfast . Some crab cakes on Cau Dat street are chosen by many tourists to Hai Phong. However, according to the locality, try the nameless crab cakes.
“Walking around the streets of Hai Phong, you will encounter many crab cakes at the beginning of every small alley. Only a few sets of tables and chairs, a small cupboard, but the bowls of crab cakes there are really fragrant. traditional taste,” Nghia said.
Chinese Casters. Photo: Duy Tung
Crab cakes. Photo: Duy Tung
Banh beo. Photo: Duy Tung
Spicy bread. Photo: Duy Tung
Price of stir-fry tank. Photo: Duy Tung
After breakfast enjoy chrysanthemum tea . This is a popular drink in Hai Phong and locals often say “chrysanthemum tea is preferred over coffee”. Delicious chrysanthemum tea has a dark brownish yellow color, fragrant. A proper cup of tea must have all three flavors, bitter and sweet of chrysanthemum, sweet and fragrant of licorice and acrid taste of tea. Visitors can find this dish on streets such as Phan Boi Chau, Minh Khai.
Hai Phong has many French architectural works such as Hai Phong station, Opera House, museum, city post office. If you come to Hai Phong on the weekend, you should try the free walking tour to learn the history, culture, architectural works and people of Hai Phong. Regular tour on Saturday afternoon, passing Tam Bac lake – Monument to General Le Chan – City Theater – City Museum – City Post Office – Hoang Van Thu Bridge – Spicy Bread/No 1986 Cafe Dinh Tien King. Pre-register on the fanpage of Hai Phong Department of Tourism.
The next journey is Cat Bi market , which is considered the largest snacking “mecca” in the port land. The market is located on Ly Hong Nhat Street, Hai An District, about 10 km from the city center. The food court is spacious and airy with all kinds of dishes such as banh beo, pork belly, grilled pork chop, tea, snails, beef skin, pickled coconut tea. With about 100,000 VND, you can have a full meal here.
“One note is that the food court is only open from 3pm, so visitors should eat their lunch or arrange a suitable meal time of the day to be able to “eat clean and fresh” at Cat Bi market,” Tung said.
After a day of food tour, in the evening relax by going to some bars or pubs in Van Cao area or Vinhomes area. Whether you like a gentle or strong style, addresses such as Mya Pub, Palma Pub, Pink Pub, Satan Sky, Sixsense Saloon can all meet.
Day 2
Breakfast with spicy fish noodles . This is a dish that combines country and sea ingredients such as mackerel, carp, perch, fish cake and deep-fried fish. Some reference addresses are Spicy Fish Noodles Le Loi, Thang To, Van Cao. Note, these lines are all on the sidewalk, and quite crowded if you go during the morning rush hour.
The next destination is Do Son beach, more than 20 km from the city center. About 20 – 30 years ago, tourists from the North often went to Do Son during their summer vacations. Do Son beach is not beautiful, the water is not clear, the sand is not as white as the beaches in the Central region. However, coming to Do Son is to find memories, a space to relax with the sea breeze and famous places.
Dragon Hill Park is a new destination with an artificial beach, bringing a different experience to Do Son. There is a water park that is about to be inaugurated and many virtual living corners. Some other places to visit are Tuong Long tower , Co Chin temple, ancient town at the foot of Ngoc mountain, Bao Dai villa, Hon Dau Resort, Dau island .
Seal Island viewed from above. Photo: Le Tan
Beach 2 Do Son. Photo: Tam Anh
For lunch, choose seafood to continue your Hai Phong food tour. The seafood in Do Son is fresh and delicious, the price is quite reasonable, each person can be full for about 300,000 VND. “The phenomenon of guillotine in Do Son has decreased a lot, but you should still ask the price first,” Mr. Nghia advised. Some reference addresses: beach 295 seafood range, Hoa Lan seafood between beach 1 and 2.
At the end of the afternoon, back to Hai Phong city, visitors should visit an address not to be missed near the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is the Dong Phuong Mooncake Shop on Cau Dat Street. Cake with bold traditional flavor, is a gift from Hai Phong.
Alternatives: Visitors can choose to go to Thien Van hill in Kien An district, about 10 km from the city center; Go to Thuy Nguyen district, 15 km from the city center, try the specialty onion rolls , visit Tuyet Tinh Coc, Bach Dang Giang relic. In addition, if the time is longer, visitors can go to Cat Ba Island during the day, take the road across the island with many beautiful scenes, eat seafood and swim.
($1=24,000 VND)
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