Hanoi's Old Quarter - Tin tức mới nhất hàng đầu Việt Nam cập nhật liên tục 24h https://dathoavina.com/tag/hanois-old-quarter Sat, 14 Sep 2019 08:38:09 +0000 vi hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 Hanoi’s old quarter overrun by vacation crowds for Mid-Autumn Festival https://dathoavina.com/hanois-old-quarter-overrun-by-vacation-crowds-for-mid-autumn-festival.html https://dathoavina.com/hanois-old-quarter-overrun-by-vacation-crowds-for-mid-autumn-festival.html#respond Sat, 14 Sep 2019 08:38:09 +0000 https://dathoavina.com/?p=1377 With the Mid-Autumn Festival peaking, people have been flooding into Hanoi’s Old Quarter to shop, take photos and enjoy the festive ambience. These days Hang Ma Street, which normally sells paper votive offerings and home decorations, has transformed into a busy shopping area with most houses and sidewalks turning into makeshift shops selling star-shaped lanterns and […]

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]]> With the Mid-Autumn Festival peaking, people have been flooding into Hanoi’s Old Quarter to shop, take photos and enjoy the festive ambience.
These days, Hang Ma Street, one of the busiest areas in the capital specializing in trading children’s toys, paper goods and paper votive offerings, turned into a traditional market during the Mid-Autumn season.The street, which has exister for hundreds of years and a hidden gem of Hanoi normally sells paper votive offerings and home decorations but one month before the festival, it has transformed into a busy shopping area with almost houses and sidewalks turned into makeshift shops, providing star-shaped lanterns, revolving lanterns, and paper masks of animals and fairy tales characters for the childrens favorite festival.For many Vietnamese, the Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on September 13 this year, is the second most important festival after the Lunar New Year.  The Mid-Autumn festival dates back to the Rice Civilization of the Red River delta, over 4,000 years ago.

These days Hang Ma Street, which normally sells paper votive offerings and home decorations, has transformed into a busy shopping area with most houses and sidewalks turning into makeshift shops selling star-shaped lanterns and paper masks of animals and fairy-tale characters.

For many Vietnamese, the Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on September 13 this year, is the second most important festival after the Lunar New Year.
A little girl looks at the crowd around her, sitting on her father’s shoulders.It takes around 50 minutes to stroll around the 350-meter-long Hang Ma Street in the stream of people moving step by step.

A little girl looks at the crowd from atop her father’s shoulders. It takes around 50 minutes to stroll around the 350-meter-long Hang Ma Street amid the slow moving stream of people.
A woman sells traditional toys such as star-shaped lanterns, paper masks, small drums, and lion heads on Hang Ma Street. Made-in-Vietnam toys dominate the market this year, a trend that has overtaken the sale of imported Chinese products which could be seen in previous years. 

A woman sells traditional toys such as star-shaped lanterns, paper masks, small drums, and lion heads on Hang Ma Street. Locally made toys dominate the market this year unlike in previous years when imported Chinese products were everywhere.
The street was crowded and narrow, many people could not stand the heat, so they stopped buying portable electric fans to cool down.

The street is crowded and narrow and too hot for many people, who buy portable fans to cool down.
Small-sized star lanterns sell like a hot cake, my family consumes hundreds of lanterns each day, said Nguyen Huan, a local shop owner.

Nguyen Huan, a local shop owner, said: “Small-sized star lanterns sell like hot cakes, my family sells hundreds each day.”
Authorities have banned vehicles from certain streets in Hanois Old Quarter until September 13 for the festival celebrations. They are not allowed to enter Hang Luoc, Hang Ruoi and Hang Chai streets and sections of Hang Ma and Hang Khoai streets from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.The Mid-Autumn Festival, one of the most traditional and popular family holidays in Vietnam, is enjoyed by people throughout the country, regardless of their background or economic status.The festival is an occasion for a children’s night out and family reunions. Children enjoy art performances like singing, plays and lion dances, light up the night with colorful lanterns and enjoy mooncakes.

Authorities have banned vehicles from certain streets in the Old Quarter until September 13. They are not allowed to enter Hang Luoc, Hang Ruoi and Hang Chai streets and sections of Hang Ma and Hang Khoai streets from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, one of the most traditional and popular family holidays in Vietnam, is enjoyed by people throughout the country, regardless of their background or economic status.

It is an occasion for a children’s night out and family reunions. Children enjoy art performances like singing, plays and lion dances, light up the night with colorful lanterns and enjoy mooncakes.

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]]> https://dathoavina.com/hanois-old-quarter-overrun-by-vacation-crowds-for-mid-autumn-festival.html/feed 0 Fried goose with crispy garlic a hit with young Hanoians https://dathoavina.com/fried-goose-with-crispy-garlic-a-hit-with-young-hanoians.html https://dathoavina.com/fried-goose-with-crispy-garlic-a-hit-with-young-hanoians.html#respond Sat, 27 Jul 2019 23:55:07 +0000 https://dathoavina.com/?p=757 A “new” dish, fried goose with crispy garlic, in Hanoi’s Old Quarter has found favor with many youngsters. This food vendor, Ngan Ngon Pho Co, at 61 Hang Thiec Street, was the first one to come up with the dish and arguably the best one yet on this block. The venue is quite small, so the […]

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]]> A “new” dish, fried goose with crispy garlic, in Hanoi’s Old Quarter has found favor with many youngsters.

This food vendor, Ngan Ngon Pho Co, at 61 Hang Thiec Street, was the first one to come up with the dish and arguably the best one yet on this block.

The venue is quite small, so the owner would place one row of chairs in the middle of the house and some additional ones on the sidewalk in order to accommodate the customers. This arrangement can hold up to a maximum of 30 customers at a time.

The shop stands in contrast to the typical of image of Han Thiec Street, which is famous for its tin products. The street is associated with the constant sounds of workers hammering, welding and making tin products in the morning. Today, a section of this street is packed with customers waiting to taste this trending dish.

Like other food vendors on this street, this place also sells fried goose with crispy garlic, along with a boiled version of the fowl, some rice vermicelli and a bowl of bamboo shoot soup with a clear broth.

Some customers say that the dish tastes better in this eatery and attribute it to the owner carefully cleaning and preparing it.

All foods are put put inside a platter and put right in front of the customers. Photo by VnExpress/Lam Linh.

A serving (or more) of the dish is placed on one platter. Photo by VnExpress/Lam Linh.

While there are many dishes in the platter, the star of the show is undoubtedly the fried goose, which is cooked in a way that maintains the moisture of the meat. The goose is well-seasoned and packed with flavors and texture when eaten with crispy garlic. A whole goose costs VND450,000 ($19).

Fried goose with crispy garlic is a must try dish at this food vendor. Photo by VnExpress/Lam Linh.

A closer look at fried goose with crispy garlic. Photo by VnExpress/Lam Linh.

Most of the customers are young Hanoians, in pairs or in groups of five to six people, while the others are families with kids and some foreign tourists. The popularity of this dish has also made the street section come alive, with people buying food to go and drivers of food delivery services crowding the place.

This particular eatery welcomes guests between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. and between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. every day.

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