Yes, we did that. 4 meals, 2 drinks and 2 desserts in a day. No wonder my pants are getting tighter these days. Back to the topic, I am going to fit all of them into one single post. The first two was covered in earlier two posts - Banh Cuon Gia Truyen and Ong Duong Che.And, here are the rest.It was definitely not a strange place to Hanoi foodie. I read that Hanoian had Bun Cha for lunch, not too sure if it would open for dinner. So we were there at lunch time and the restaurant was almost full. We were guided all the way to the 3rd floor. Luckily they had 3rd floor!
a relatively clean restaurant in Hanoi
The famous dish was Bun Cha, the bowl of meat in the above picture. It was grilled minced pork in fish sauce. We also ordered Nem Cua Be(fried spring roll with crab meat and pork meat), the blue plate.
I took single shots for each of the dishes, including Saigon special beer.
My bowl
After Bun Cha, we went to Vi Lan coffee again. Same order, a glass of iced milk mocha coffee and a glass of iced milk weasel coffee.
Then, we decided to buy some Vietnam coffee. Above was the quotation from the owner. We bought Mocha and Weasel 1kg each. With that purchase, we were given two Vietnam coffee drips. ;)
Li Van Cafe
So the owner placed the fresh bean into the grinder and packed the ground coffee. We requested to have smaller pack of 200g. She even made us a glass of dripped coffee.
When we were at Hang Gai street, it started to pour with rain. I browsed my note and found that there was a famous cafe nearby.
It was Cafe Pho Co, aka hidden cafe. It was so true. The shop was hidden behind one of the touristy shop.
And we had to passed through a dark and narrow corridor.
The corridor led us to a tall courtyard. We were asked to place our order before climbing the staircase.
We started to make the climb to higher level. I read that half the fun was the climbing. 
There were Chinese influences in the cafe.
It was a bit scary when I looked down. :)
We reached the highest level, which was the highlight of Cafe Pho Co.
It offered panoramic view of Hoan Kiem lake. But too bad that it was raining, thus the view was unclear. This area was wet and cold. We managed to find an inner table which was not wet.
The cafe was famous for Ca Phe Trung, literally "egg coffee". It meant hot coffee with whipped egg. It reminded me of Zabaglione, an Italian dessert. Sad to say, we did not like the raw egg taste. Another drink was iced avocado.
We were the only customers at the top level. When we left, we saw other customers sitting comfortably at second level. Why did we insist to sit at the highest level when it was raining? I knocked my head.
We wanted some hot soup after the rain. Therefore we walked to Bat Dan street for the much-hyped Pho Bo(beef noodle soup). There were only 3 selections, Pho Chin Nam(beef noodle soup with rare sliced beef and flank, 30kVND), Pho Tai(beef noodle with rare sliced beef, 25kVND) and Pho Chin(beef noodle with well done sliced beef, 20kVND).
My bowl of Pho Chin Lam
For the last dinner in Hanoi, we went to the legendary Cha Ca La Vong, recommended by travel writer, Patricia Schultz in her book '1000 places to see before you die'. The restaurant was located at Cha Ca street, or the street was named after the famous Cha Ca dish. Be aware, there were many similar restaurants selling Cha Ca in this street, but none of it served better than Cha Ca La Vong.
the only dish in the restaurant - Cha Ca.
The grilled fish was served in a pan, over a small pottery burner. The waiter helped us to add the bowl of spring onion and herbs into the sizzling pan. We placed the turmeric grilled fish, vermicelli and peanut into our bowl, mixed it and finished it. Since we had been eating for the whole day, we only ordered for one person serving.It was here where we met HugoLim's family, coming from Penang too. We chatted happily and we decided to go to the night market together.
some shots in the night market
The night market was quite big and we decided to stop for my favorite Che again. I ordered Che and Hugo ordered Sua Chua(yogurt dessert). He did not like his Sua Chua. I am so sorry Hugo, I should have recommended Che to you.
We walked too much until our legs almost break. When we saw this massage shop, we knew that we had to stop for a break before walking back to our hotel.
We paid 80kVND for 60min foot massage. The massage instantly loosened our tense muscles and melted away our stress.
The price listNha Hang Dac Kim1 Hang ManhOld QuarterHanoiVi Lan Cafe 好味咖啡24， Hang GiayOld QuarterHanoi
Cafe Pho Co11 Hang GaiOld QuarterHanoiPho Gia Truyen49 Bat DanOld QuarterHanoiCha Ca La Vong14 Pho Cha CaOld QuarterHanoiWeekend marketStarts at Hang Dao St, ends at Dong Xuan marketFriday, Saturday & Sunday 6pm onwardsChe Xoan23, Hang DuongOld QuarterHanoi
I forgot to mention that we had returned the motorbike last night. So today we would only focus on old quarter, on foot.
Mid-autumn festival was at the corner, there were shops selling colorful lanterns.
We went to a place, called Cho Dong Xuan. It was the oldest and biggest wholesale market in Hanoi. It was a good place to look for cheap souvenirs and fabric, but not garments. The souvenirs sold were cheaper than other shops in old quarter if you bargain. But the clothes here was out of fashion.
In Hanoi, it was very common to see mobile sellers walking on the street, balancing two baskets on a bamboo pole with their shoulders, selling all possible things. We found one selling cooked crabs outside Cho Dong Xuan. There were already customers occupying the seats. If not, it must be a fun experience squatting down for the crabs.
Outside Dong Xuan market, there was this small lane, Pho Cau Dong selling food. I did not see any tourists in this lane, all the customers were local Vietnamese. So I presumed it was not a common place that tourists will come.
I spotted this signboard, Che and we decided to stop for a cooling drink.
The owner did not speak English at all. So I pointed at her two customers and signaled one each. She smiled and prepared the desserts for us. I was so excited when first che came with a cream caramel in it.
The second dessert was sua chua(yogurt dessert) and was served in a glass. I liked it. If you liked yogurt, then you would like it too. Both desserts were very nice, and what's more, it was only 20kVND for two desserts. For this price, I bet you could not even get one che in Quan An Ngon. Look out for this place when you visit Dong Xuan market!Ong Duong51 Pho Cau DongCho Dong XuanTel:0916596339
After so many days of hotel breakfast, we wanted to have something different. So, we walked to a very famous shop, Banh Cuon Gia Truyen which was very near to our hotel.
The restaurant signboard had English wordings. "Roll Over". That was the description for the food, banh cuon(rolled rice sheet). Banh cuon was a very common Vietnamese breakfast. 
In the shop, banh cuon was freshly prepared. It was steamed on the spot.
There were also some side dishes, in case you want a heavier breakfast.
I noticed in Hanoi restaurant, even the owner provided dedicated rubbish bin for each table, there would still be rubbish scattered on the floor. Once, I saw the worker cleaned the floor, but the floor was dirty again before I could finish my meal.
It was weird that they had English signboard but not English menu. I did not understand the menu at that time, but here is the my best guess after searching the net now.Banh Cuon Nong - rolled rice sheet with minced meat and mushroomBanh Cuon Thit Ga - rolled rice sheet with chicken meatGio Lua - Vietnamese hamCha Que - Cinnamon PateLap Xuong - Vietnamese SausageTrung Ga - EggThin Dau Ca Cuong - Water Bug(Luckily we did not order this.)
Of course, we ordered Banh Cuon Nong. It came with a bowl of dipping sauce. The rolled rice sheet was very thin and smooth, and it tasted very good with the fish sauce. Perhaps, I should try adding fish sauce to Malaysia chee cheong fun. It should be good. ;)
We also tried out their Cha Que and Gio Luo(?). The square one was Cha Que, but I am not sure if the round one was Gio Luo. But I think it should, because it could not match to any other in the menu. :pIn total, we only spent 26kVND for breakfast.Banh Cuon Gia Truyen14 Pho Hang GaOld QuarterHanoi
