TOP 10 BEST STREET FOOD IN HOI AN

Best Street Food In Hoi An

Visitors to Hoi An City are not only fascinated by the poetic beauty, colorful lanterns, or the quiet space of the old town, but also by the extremely unique and fresh dishes that are left in their hearts. Traveling to Hoi An ancient town, visitors not only have the opportunity to explore the unique cuisine of this land but also can choose for themselves interesting specialties as gifts for family and friends.

The following will be Top 10 Street Food You Must Eat In Hoi An that you cannot ignore when coming to this tourist city.

1. Hoi An Bread (Banh Mi Hoi An)

Hoi An bread is considered as “the world’s most delicious bread”, it is street food in Hoi An that most visitors want to enjoy when traveling to Vietnam.  Bread is both rustic and simple, and at the same time expresses the richness of Vietnamese cuisine. Coming to Hoi An, you can not ignore the following famous bread shops.

Phuong Bread (Banh Mi Phuong)

It is not an exaggeration to say that Vietnam’s Phuong Banh Mi is famous all over the country and abroad. On social networks or travel websites like Tripadvisor or Foursquare, etc.

The menu here is also very diverse with more than 20 different types of cake for diners to choose: burgers, spring rolls, pate, chicken with butter and salad, cheese roll beef, meat smoked, mixed, etc. However, the culinary attraction of those tiny Hoi An loaves is the sauce. It makes people fall in love with special delicious taste.

+ Address: No. 2B, Phan Chau Trinh Street, Hoi An

+ Opening hours: 6 am – 10 pm

+ Price: 10.000 – 30.000 VND

Madam Khanh Bread (The Banhmi Queen)

Madam Khanh bread has up to 10 types, especially the delicious meat sauce, all of which are prepared by Mrs. Loc and marinated according to her own recipe. Coming to the restaurant, you will meet Ba Loc who is always enthusiastic, welcoming, and meticulously making cakes to serve your customers. Surely the bread in the restaurant will not disappoint you.

+ Address: 115 Tran Cao Van Street, Hoi An

+ Opening Hours: 6 am – 10 pm

+ Price: 10.000 – 20.000 VND.

• You might be interested in the Best Hoi An Street Food Tour.

2. Hoi An Chicken Rice (Com Ga Hoi An)

Ba Buoi Chicken Rice

Mrs. Buoi chicken rice is the most famous Hoi An chicken rice shop that has existed for a long time. Despite the years, but thanks to its own secret, Hoi An Mrs. Buoi chicken rice always retains its characteristic delicious taste, the rice is yellow, fragrant with the smell of garlic even though there is no garlic clove in the rice. The fragrant and greasy chicken meat, the papaya, and carrot is mixed with sweet and sour to eat very deliciously.

+ Address: 22 Phan Chu Trinh, Hoi An

+ Opening Hours: 9.30 am – 10 pm

+ Price: 30.000 – 55.000 VND

Lam Chicken Rice

Mrs. Lam chicken rice is one of the delicious Hoi An chicken rice shops that you should try once. The chicken here is soft, moderately chewy. The rice is quite soft, not dry, mixed with salad. Above all, the soup served with it is not as fatty as other chicken rice restaurants, so it is not boring. This shop is also very crowded, so it usually runs out early, if you want to enjoy it, you must try to come early.

+ Address: Alley 51 Phan Chau Trinh Street, Hoi An City

+ Reference price: 30,000 – 50,000 VND

+ Opening hours: 09:00 – 22:30.

3. Hoi An – Quang Noodle (My Quang)

Quang noodle in Hoi An is a typical dish of Quang Nam. When coming to Hoi An, if you do not enjoy a bowl of noodles here, it is considered that you have not come to this place. Don’t miss the special taste of the delicious Quang noodle Hoi An when you take a trip here.

Ong Hai Quang Noodle

Hoi An noodle bowl is attractive by soft fibers, sweet broth, soft meat to taste. Raw vegetables are diverse and clean. The dish is true to the standard of Hoi An noodles. Mr. Hai’s Quang noodle restaurant has contributed to the specific features of Quang’s cuisine.

+ Address: 6A Truong Minh Luong Street, Hoi An.

+ Opening hours: 06:00 – 22:00

+ Price: 15.000d – 40.000 VND.

Hat Quang Noodle

A bowl of noodles with special yellow noodles. The noodles are handmade. A little spiciness, a little sweetness blends that make all diners always remember Mrs. Hat’s Quang Noodles. A bowl of delicious Quang noodles, plus a cup of cool iced tea. Just thought that all the fatigue after the tour was gone!

+ Address: 4 Phan Chau Trinh Street, Hoi An city, Quang Nam

+ Opening hours: 17:00 – 22:00

+ Price: 15.000d – 25.000 VND.

4. Cao Lau ( Rice Noodles with Barbecued Pork Green and Croutons)

Hoi An Cao Lau is made from crunchy noodles, not as soft as normal noodles. You can mix the noodles comfortably without fear of crashing when eating, people will add herbs, char siu, a little broth, grease, crispy pork skin, and a few other special ingredients. Due to the taste and taste of each person, some people will find this dish delicious, but others find it not so good, so if you want to know, to taste once.

Where to eat Cao Lau in Hoi An?

Thanh Cao Lau

+ Location: 26 Thai Phien, Minh An Ward, Hoi An, Quang Nam

+ Opening Hours: 7 am – 7 pm

+ Price: 15000 – 33000 VND

Cao Lau – Greenspace:

+ Location: 687 Hai Ba Trung, Hoi An, Quang Nam

+ Opening hours: 9.30 am – 9 pm

+ Price: 20,000 – 40,000 VND

5. Hoi An Wontons (Hoanh Thanh)

Wontons (Hoanh Thanh) is one of the best street food in Hoi An, this dish originating from China, is also a traditional and familiar dish associated with the life of Hoi An people for a long time. Wonton has many ways of processing with many different forms such as fried wonton, water wonton, noodle wonton, etc. Hoi An wonton has a typical flavor and style of Hoi city, of dear Quang land. can satisfy the most demanding diners.

Where to eat delicious wontons in Hoi An:

Fried Wonton Hoi An

+ Address: 533 Hai Ba Trung, Ward Cam Pho, City. Hoi An

+ Opening hours: 7:00 – 20:30

+ Reference price: 50,000 – 100,000 VND.

Thanh Thanh Restaurant

+ Address: 152 Tran Phu Street, Hoi An City

+ Opening hours: 7:00 am – 10:00 pm

+ Price: 30,000 – 66,000 VND

6. Banh Dap Hen Xao (Clams Served With Smashing Rice Paper)

Clams Served With Smashing Rice Paper is a unique combination that people here have devised to serve the needs of tourists. The cake has such a strange name because before bringing it to customers, the owner has to break the baked rice paper and cover with a thin layer of noodles together to make them stick.

When you eat this specialty dish of Hoi An, you will break up pieces of rice paper so that you just eat it, then scoop it with fried mussels to feel the crispness of the pounded rice paper and the sweet of the fried mussel.

If you want to eat this delicious dish, go to the following address:

The Old Lady’s Shop

+ Address: Hamlet 1, Cam Nam Commune, Hoi An City

+ Opening hours: 7:00 – 17:00

+ Price: 20,000 – 25,000 VND.

Cam Nam Shop

+ Address: 679 Hai Ba Trung, Hoi An City, Quang Nam

+ Opening hours: 8 am – 9 pm

+ Price: 15,000 – 50,000 VND.

7. Banh Beo (Bloating Fern-shaped cake)

Banh Beo can be said to be a specialty dish of the central region, so whether you travel to Da Nang, Hue or Hoi An, you can enjoy this duck cake dish. Banh Beo is usually stored in a small cup, when customers want to eat, the owner will scoop more fillings including shrimp, pork, and some other spices on the bowl of broth. Usually, each table will have more fish sauce and chili to taste depending on their preferences.

Especially, in Hoi An, people do not use chopsticks or a fork to eat cakes but use a small bamboo stick to form a blade, called a “bamboo knife” to eat cakes. This unique way of eating also attracts a lot of curiosity from customers and makes a difference for Banh Beo Hoi An.

My Banh Beo

+Address: The shop is located at the end of Tran Phu street, the section adjacent to Phan Chau Trinh street, about 70m from Cau pagoda. In the morning, he sold it in Le Loi alley (Hoi An).

+ Opening hours: from 2 pm

+ Price: 10-15,000 VND / plate.

Ba Bay Banh Beo – near the old wall

This is a load of street vendors in Hoi An, but she only walks along Tran Phu Street, you can easily find it along the old town. Because customers are crowded, they usually run out very early, so if you intend to enjoy Ms. Bay Banh Beo, please come around 14:00 to 17:00.

8. Banh Bao – Banh Vac (White Rose Dumplings)

This is one of the delicious specialties known to tourists coming to Hoi An. This cake has been favorably named by Western tourists as “white rose dumpling” because of its small and beautiful shape like a white flower of steamed rice flour. The rice cake is made from non-glutinous rice flour and steamed, the inside usually has pureed shrimp meat with fresh mushrooms, bean sprouts, onions and served with scallions.

White Rose Dumplings restaurant

+ Address: 533 Hai Ba Trung Street, Cam Pho Ward, City. Hoi An, Quang Nam.

+ Opening hours: 7 am – 10.30 pm

+ Price: 50.000 – 100.000 VND

Wet Cake rolled with Grilled Meat (Banh Uot Cuon Thit Nuong)

The wet cake is almost like a pho roll in the North but thinner, when you eat it, you will roll it with grilled meat, herbs, cucumber and then dipped in a spicy and sour fish sauce. Charcoal-grilled meat is very fragrant, vendors often grind the meat and then wrap it with bamboo chopsticks to grill. The well-seasoned meat is served with a rich dipping sauce, so every tourist who eats like this delicious snack in Hoi An.

+ Address: To enjoy Hoi An specialties – wet cakes rolled with grilled meat, you go to the sidewalk shops along Hoai River, Hai Ba Trung, and Tran Hung Dao Street, or to Tran Phu Street.

+ Opening Hours: 7 am – 10 pm

+ Price: 5.000 – 50.000 VND

9. Banh Xeo ( rice pancake folded in half)

Visitors to Hoi An travel but have not tasted pancakes, it is a shortcoming because this is a typical culinary feature of the people of Hoi An. Around the last 3 months of the year, the weather is chilly, on rainy days, sitting in a small restaurant, enjoying a delicious hot pancake is very nice.

Some places to eat delicious pancakes:

Banh Xeo Gieng Ba Le

+ Address: 45/51 Tran Hung Dao Street, Hoi An City

+ Opening hours: 8:00 – 22:00

+ Price: 10,000 VND / item

Banh Xeo Hoai River

+ Address: 59/32 August 18 Street, Hoi An City, Quang Nam

+ Opening hours: 10:00 to 21:00

+ Price fluctuates: 10,000 VND- 30,000 VND

10. Mot Water

“Nuoc Mot” – the name sounds enough to arouse curiosity for anyone coming to Hoi An. Mot Water is a kind of herbal water, the smell of lemon, lemongrass, fragrant, and cool. In the midst of hot summer weather, that’s all you need.

With an eye-catching decorative cup of water priced at only 10,000 VND, Mot water is one of the best street food in Hoi an ancient town that loved by many young people and considered a must-have “check-in” place when coming to Hoi An Vietnam.

+ Location: 150 Tran Phu Street, Hoi An City

+ Opening Hours: 8.00 am – 9.00 pm.

+ Price: 5.000 VND – 10.000 VND.