Asian Restaurants in Hanoi is quite famous in this region. Right in the thick of the Old Quarter is Hanoi's most famous purveyor of cha ca -- grilled boneless fish cubes marinated in dill and served with rice noodles and peanuts. Here, you have the golden opportunity to cook cha ca at your table on a brazier. This is favorite eat out of the tourists who pack the upstairs restaurant. Fewer people sit downstairs.
EDO
Add: Daewoo Hotel, 360 Kim Ma St.,Dist. Ba Dinh.
Tel: 831 5000 (Ext: 3044)
Fax: 831 5558
Type:Japanese
Price range: High
Comment: Refined and subtle Japanese cuisine in an appropriately hushed atmosphere.
MING PALACE
Add: Sofitel Plaza Hanoi, 1 Thanh Nien St., Ba Dinh Dist.
Tel: 823 8888
Type: Chinese
Price range: High
Comment: Particularly good dim sum choice.
ASHIMA
Add: 44 Phan Dinh Phung St., Ba Dinh Dist.
Tel: 734 4600
Type: Chinese, Asian
Price range: Medium
Comment: Light but tasty: a steamboat of your pick of choice local mushrooms; reservations recommended, especially for lunch.
DAKSHIN RESTAURANT
Add: 94 Hang Trong St.
Tel: 928 6872
Type: vegetarian Northern Indian
Price range: Medium
Comment: Dakshin Restaurant serves authentic vegetarian northern Indian dishes. The Dakshin chefs come from northern India.
BANGKOK HANOI RESTAURANT
Add: 52A Ly Thuong Kiet St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: 934 5598
Type: Thai, Vietnamese
Price range: Medium
Comment: Tangy and spicy, true to Thai taste, but not the whole way so as to accommodate other palates.
TANDOOR RESTAURANT
Add: 24 Hang Be St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: 824 5359
Type: Northen Indian
Price range: Medium
Comment: Tandoor serves genu¬ine dishes of northern Indian and the Khyber-Pass-Region.
HAI CANG RESTAURANT
Add: 5 Floor, Vincom Plaza, 191 BaTrieu St.
Tel: 220 0353
Type: Chinese
Price range: Medium
Comment: Authentic Quangzhou dishes by native Cantonese chefs. Private dinning sections. Good services.
FOOD COURT
Add: Ha Noi Hotel, D8 Giang Vo St.,Ba Dinh Dist.
Tel: 845 2170
Fax: 845 9209
Type: Chinese
Price range: Medium
Comment: Possibly the best Chinese food in town, try their fish head sauteed with ginger and shallots.
KHAZANA RESTAURANT
Add: 1C Ton Dan Str, Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: 934 5657
Type: Indian
Price range: Medium
Comment: Decent mainstream Indian fare; prime location.
SAKURA
Add: 17 TrangThi St.
Tel: 825 7565
Type:Japanese
Price range: Medium
Comment: Fresh and traditional Japanese.
RED LANTERN RESTAURANT
Add: Fortuna Hotel, 6B Lang Ha St.
Tel: 831 3333-Fax: 831 3180
Type: Chinese
Price range: Medium
