Where to Eat in Thai Nguyen City
Vietnamese Restaurants, Street Food, and Noodle Soup: Pho Nhung
While traveling in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam, try the home-grown tastes such as spring rolls and Pho, and visit some of the local restaurants for a true taste of Vietnam
In Thai Nguyen, like most of Vietnam, you can find food everywhere. At night, the streets literally become one long restaurant. Contrary to Western tastes, the Vietnamese care less about the décor of a restaurant than the taste of its food. That’s why some of the rattiest looking places will be packed full of people.
If you’re interested in trying some local street food, use the old rule of thumb, if a place is full of people, food will be fresh and tasty.
Anyone visiting Thai Nguyen must try the local speciality, Pho Nhung. This delicious meal, a soup–noodle combo, is served fresh in many street restaurants along Phu Cho Street. Pho Nhung consists of a bowl of minced pork soup broth served with plates of thick fresh rice noodles, bean sprouts, various leafy vegetables and peppers and chicken if you wish. More of an evening meal, Pho Nhung is generally more popular after seven at night.
Places to Eat in Thai Nguyen
- Mot Thoang Huong Tram, café bar fast food, So 19 Hoang Van Thu Street, 854-437 is Thai Nguyen’s newest and fanciest resto-bar. Just around the corner from the parent bakery, Houng Tram, and directly across from Thang Long Hotel, this restaurant specialises in coffee but also serves a wide variety of western and Vietnamese dishes. This is the only place in town where you can order a hamburger, fish and chips or pizza. (15,000 – 30,000 VND for a meal not including drinks)
- Duc Tin Restaurant, 648, Luong Ngoc Quyen Street, 856 – 751, next door to the Hoa Hong hotel, this restaurant specialises in Vietnamese dishes. The décor is ordinary with long buffet style tables and blue plastic chairs but the food is excellent. The price depends on the amount of food you care to sample. A small meal of spring rolls, pho, a meat dish and a vegetable dish for two people runs for around 30,000 VND each.
- Nha Hang Bia Hoi Hai Van, Nga Tu duong Minh Cau Street, 859 397, Minh Cau Street is teaming with restaurants. Hai Van is a great place to relax, sample fresh beer and watch the happenings on the busy street outside. Like the Duc Tin restaurant and most in the city, the menu has no prices; the price depends on the amount of food ordered. One can expect to pay between 50,000 and 60,000 VND for a full meal for two people. Anyone coming to Hai Van must try the grilled beef and garlic.
Food is always fresh in Vietnam and wherever you choose to eat, whether in a fancy restaurant in Hanoi a street side stall, or even at a local dog meat restaurant your taste buds will never be disappointed.
