Hanoi is best visited in winter, when temperature cools down to the low 20s. This visit highlight is certainly my lunch with business partners at the local food stalls serving noodles (bun) with pork or meat. After asking me whether I'd mind sitting on the floor (it was a very funny translation of sitting on a very low stool), and making sure I was comfortable with not eating at a proper restaurant, my business partner took me through a maze of little alleys leading to a small tree-shaded square where they serve only two dishes: bun with pork, bun with meat.
I learnt that pho (flat noodles in soup) are best for breakfast, while bun (thin noodles without soup) are best for lunch.
In typical Vietnamese style, my friends order both dishes as they want me to indulge.
The food was delicious, the company pleasant (we also met some former colleagues who keep going back to this place even after having moved company) and the setting very peaceful. Certainly an experience I'll try again and I'd recommend to anyone visiting Vietnam.
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