Hanoi home cooking in a District 1 alley
Béo Ơi cooks Hanoi food in an alley shophouse on Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai — bún riêu cua, bún bò xào, steaming pots, most bowls around 60,000₫. MICHELIN Guide Selected three years running.
A real shophouse with an open kitchen and air-conditioned dining room — not a cart. Wooden tables spill into the alley under the red shutters and woven bamboo lamps.
Nguyễn Thanh Hiền, born in Hanoi, cooks herself — and will come to your table to teach you how to mix each dish the right way.
Tomato-red bún riêu cua, bún bò xào heaped with herbs — Hanoi done right at neighborhood prices, 4.5★ from 1,030 reviews.
A day at Béo Ơi
Bún riêu cua — the house's signature bowl
Nem thính with rice paper and a garden of herbs
Bún bò xào — stir-fried beef over vermicelli and herbs
A steaming pot at the table
Bún riêu cua up close — tomato, tofu, pork loaf
The alley storefront — MICHELIN Guide Selected 2024 plaque
The open kitchen doorway to the alley — tables ready
Dishes to remember
Freshwater crab, tomato, fried tofu, pork loaf — a tomato-red broth, Hanoi to the bone.
Fragrant stir-fried beef over vermicelli, with a heap of fresh herbs and shredded banana blossom.
Hanoi-style pork tossed in toasted rice powder, wrapped in rice paper with herbs and dipping sauce.