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Cha Ca La Vong (Grilled fish) / Hanoi food & Cuisine

Author: admin | Filed under: The Gourmets Sunday Apr 27,2008

“Cha ca” is a favourite dish of Hanoian. Located in Cha Ca street, Cha ca La Vong (”cha ca” means grilled fish) is the famous restaurant to many Hanoian as well as visitors from all over the world.
The food is supposed to have been created by the Doan family. According to Mrs. Ngo Thi Tinh […]

Tasting veggie dishes in the backpacker’s quarter

Author: RaNiKa | Filed under: The Gourmets Thursday Aug 30,2007

Foreign tourists visiting the backpacker’s area around Pham Ngu Lao Street in District 1 in HCMC will notice during the next few weeks that the vegetarian restaurants are more crowded with Vietnamese guests than usual.

This is because the Vu Lan Festival, a Buddhist holiday held annually on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, […]