Westerners call canned chicken in Hanoi a "crazy" dish.

The first time seeing canned chicken in Hanoi , a Canadian tourist did not understand how a whole chicken could be stuffed into such a small can and cooked.

Luke Martin is a travel blogger specializing in cuisine , he owns a YouTube channel with more than 1.5 million followers. Earlier this year, Luke came to Vietnam to travel and find unique street foods that are not available everywhere. Stopping in Hanoi, the Canadian guy was most surprised by the canned chicken dish. This is a nutritious and easy-to-eat dish that many diners in Hanoi love, but the way it is prepared is so "strange" that Luke exclaimed when he saw it: "I have never seen this way of cooking, crazy but very creative and interesting.

Chicken stew in a can is a unique, economical way of cooking of Hanoi people. Photo: Cut from video

Luke told his companion, "In Canada we have chicken beer but it's a can of beer stuffed into a chicken's belly instead of a chicken in a tiny beer can like this. How can you put a whole chicken or pigeon in a can like that? It's crazy." He ordered two cans, one can of stewed black chicken and one can of stewed pigeon. The two of them tried the black chicken first (black chicken or black chicken), from the skin to the bones, everything is black. The whole chicken is stewed in a can with spices and Chinese herbs such as red apples, lotus seeds...

Luke eats black chicken or black chicken stewed with Chinese herbs on Hang Cot street, Hanoi. Photo: cut from clip

Luke eats black chicken or black chicken stewed with Chinese herbs on Hang Cot street, Hanoi. Photo: Cut from video

When eating the whole chicken taken out of the can with enough spices and broth. Tasting the broth, Luke felt a sweet and slightly bitter taste, the aroma of Chinese medicine. In addition to canned chicken, he also spent time exploring other dishes such as duck eggs, West Lake shrimp cakes, rib porridge, rice rolls, egg coffee...