Published on Apr, 2023
I switched this tour to the food tour at the last minute (communication via text msg which was so easy and prompt), which travelled by scooter and it was totally worth it! ESP if you’re solo. The food tour still saw 40% of the site seeing tour and both included train street (worth seeing!) There was one other with me on the tour so really got a personal experience where it felt like a private tour. Our guides Bean & Audrey were incredible and so knowledgeable! They really made the tour the best thing I have done since being in Hanoi. As well as telling me a bit about the history and sites around the city, they expertly navigated the traffic and I always felt very safe on the scooter. They both had excellent English and were super friendly! I would love to have them again for any tour I might do! Travelling by scooter in the Hanoi traffic was one of the most fun parts of the tour! We were so full by the end of the tour but I liked the restaurants so much I went back the next day to one of them to show my friends the Banh Coun. So silky and made right before we ate it in front of our eyes. It doesn’t get any fresher. The final restaurant on the tour was a seafood restaurant where we got to choose what we wanted to eat so we tried tamarind quail egg, pipi’s, oysters,pork, and snails! Sooo many snail dishes on the menu! Audrey showed us how to eat them right out of the shell! I had such an incredible day, all thanks to the people I was with and totally recommend this tour. Hopefully you will get Audrey and/or Bean as your guides! Oh, and don’t eat anything before you do the tour-you’ll need the stomach space! Thankyou to asiamotorbikeadventures! Booked via trip advisor but they do charge an extra fee. Better to book directly through the tour supplier, but it was very easy to book through trip advisor and at least I knew it was reputable and safe.