The Hanoi table — what to order and where the locals point.
Phở at dawn
Beef phở is a breakfast — low stools, brisket steam, done by 9am at the classics.
Bún chả
Grilled pork in fish-sauce broth with herb mountains — Obama's plastic-stool order.
Egg coffee
Cà phê trứng — whipped yolk over dark roast, invented here in 1946.
Bia hơi corners
Fresh keg beer at pennies, brewed daily, gone nightly — the loudest little stools in Asia.
Chả cá
Turmeric fish flambéed tableside with dill — one street built a dish a century ago.
