Chè Mười Sáu — Restaurant in Hà Nội

Located about 1km south of Hoan Kiem lake at Hai Bà Trưng, an elderly man with a basic command of English drives spoon after spoon into pots of sweet soups (Chè). Struggled to order during the first two attempts and eventually pointed to someone's order of Thập cầm (30,000₫) - Mung bean and black bean sweet soup mixed with lotus seeds, grass jelly, coconut shreds, and a sticky rice ball. One can never go wrong with Chè in Hanoi. Not overly sweet. Unlike other stalls with over 30 items, this shop only has 16 items. Only small stools available. Simple desserts at affordable...

This place is famous for black bean sweet soup which is called "chè đậu đen" and green bean sweet soup named "chè đỗ xanh" in Vietnamese. The taste could be a little bit too sweet for sb who doesn't have sweet tooth but it can be adjusted by adding ice to it. Another famous gorgeous dish that everybody must try is "Cốm xào dừa", a best dessert to have in Hanoi autumn 🍂 This store doesn't have much space to sit and eat so people usually take-away. The "most expensive" dish here cost 30.000 VND,...

This is a street food local dessert. They serve many types of local dessert and what i really like about this place is that their desserts are not overly sweet. All the dessert drinks are just lightly sweetened so that you can still finish the whole cup without feeling sugar overload. You have to sit at low plastic stools on the pavement which is as local an experience as you can...