Mark Wiens is a famous food blogger from the US. He currently owns a Facebook page with 6 million followers and a personal Youtube channel with more than 10 million followers.
With a passion for travel and culinary exploration, Mark Wiens has set foot in dozens of countries across continents, experiencing unique and attractive dishes in many localities and regions. In Southeast Asia, Vietnam and Thailand are the two countries Mark visits the most. He is especially impressed with the rich cuisine in Vietnam because there are many delicious dishes at affordable prices.
During his most recent trip to Vietnam, Mark visited Hanoi . He admitted that he really liked the local street food style, where he could comfortably sit on a small chair and enjoy street food. So this time, he went to a fish noodle shop located right at the corner of Trung Yen alley (in Dinh Liet street, Hoan Kiem district) to try the famous fish rolls here.
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American YouTuber with millions of views enjoys fish noodle soup in Hanoi (Screenshot)
This fish noodle shop has been in operation for over 20 years and is known by many locals and foreigners for its crispy fish cakes and unique and delicious fish rolls. Although the space of the shop is quite limited, the number of customers is always crowded, 6-7 staffs have to work at full capacity to serve.
To fully enjoy and feel the unique flavors of the restaurant's dishes, Mark ordered 3 sets at once, including: vermicelli soup, mixed vermicelli, and red rice paper. He admitted that as soon as he approached the restaurant, he smelled the aroma of fried fish spreading everywhere, stimulating all his senses.
In addition, this Western guest also ordered a crispy fried fish roll to eat with it because this is the restaurant's most popular dish, everyone who comes here must try it at least once.
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The fish noodle shop serves a variety of dishes such as noodle soup, mixed vermicelli, red rice paper, etc. In addition, there is also fried fish rolls with meat to eat with (Screenshot)
The first dish Max enjoyed was fish noodle soup. Each bowl of noodles consisted of noodles, fish, and crispy fried fish cakes, served with bean sprouts and celery, green onions, and broth. Diners could enhance the flavor of the dish by adding some spicy bamboo shoots soaked in garlic, chili, vinegar, kumquat, etc.
The American YouTuber couldn’t hide his excitement and eagerness to try this noodle dish. He also showed that he was no less of a gourmet than the locals when he tasted the broth first.
“The broth is fragrant, sweet, a little sour with the smell of dill. The noodles are soft, the fried fish is crispy. I can guess it is tilapia. The fish is well seasoned but still crispy. It is really great,” Max commented.
For the mixed vermicelli dish, the Western guest described the ingredients as similar to the noodle soup dish but dried and mixed together with soy sauce, adding roasted peanuts. The advantage of this dish is that the fried fish still retains its crunchiness, not softened by the broth like the noodle soup.
To feel the flavor most clearly, Max also added chili, garlic vinegar and mixed well, served with pickled bamboo shoots. While eating, he kept praising how delicious it was.
In addition, the American YouTuber also tried the crispy fried fish rolls. This is the restaurant's signature dish and also the most popular dish. The fish is marinated with rich spices, added with minced meat, wood ear mushrooms, and rolled in a fish fillet. The outside is covered with crispy fried breadcrumbs, dipped in sweet and sour fish sauce.
The last dish Max enjoyed was red rice paper, which is similar to vermicelli soup. The Westerner revealed that he did not often eat this type of rice paper, but seeing many diners around him ordering it, he was curious and wanted to try it.
“This is definitely the thick noodle dish I was looking forward to. The hot broth softens the rice paper. I will be back to try the mixed red rice paper next time,” said Max.
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