Order Rare goat, grilled goat with five spices and steamed goat with ginger.
Ninh Binh, about 100 km from Hanoi, is known for goat raised on its limestone hills, served as soup, grilled, steamed with ginger, as hotpot and as rare goat.
Order Canh mang muc, which Vietnam Tourism calls exclusive to Bat Trang, plus banh te and banh san nuong.
Bat Trang is a pottery village over 700 years old on the Red River, about 14 km from central Hanoi, known for canh mang muc, banh te and banh san nuong.
Order Mia chicken, roast pork and keo doi, the sweet peanut sausages.
Duong Lam is an ancient village about 50 km west of Hanoi in Son Tay, known for its old houses and for Mia chicken, roast pork and keo doi peanut sausages.
Order A fresh seafood meal in one of the bay's floating villages.
Halong Bay is a limestone bay of about 1,969 islets in Quang Ninh, where floating village residents offer boat tours and fresh seafood meals to visitors.
Order Com chay, fried slices of steamed rice with beef, pig's heart or kidney and vegetables, best with goat meat.
Hoa Lu, 100 km from Hanoi, was the capital of the Dai Co Viet kingdom under the Dinh and Le dynasties; com chay, crisp fried rice, is a Ninh Binh specialty.
