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Never eat at this place in Vietnam, my friends.I was staying at a hotel in Hanoi’s Old Quarter and went with my girl to have lunch at a restaurant near the hotel. We had fried chicken and pho. The total was 390,000 VND.In the evening, my girl didn’t want to go out, so I went to the same restaurant alone to get takeout. Knowing she liked fried chicken, I ordered that. While waiting, I saw something disturbing.When other customers left, there was a lot of leftover meat on their plates. The waiter staff collected it, and what looked like an assistant grandmother sorted through the meat pieces with chopsticks, putting them into a separate bucket. They then set that bucket aside. They noticed I was watching and became visibly nervous. I was already suspecting they were reusing leftovers .when my fried chicken order arrived, costing 250,000 VND.This was suspicious because my lunch which included two bowls of pho and other food, was only 390,000 VND, yet now just one portion of fried chicken cost 250,000 VND. I didn’t say anything and went back to the hotel.Back at the hotel, my suspicion led me to check the fried chicken. Sure enough, I found pieces that clearly looked like they had been previously eaten from and then re-fried.From that day on, my trip was ruined. Every mealtime was filled with doubt and fear, and I couldn’t enjoy eating anything.Be careful, my friends.Ps:sorry for my English.
DiscussionNever eat at this place in Vietnam, my friends.
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If they use leftovers to feed animals… why don’t just dump all in the bucket? Why did she take her time sorting them into 2 different buckets??? Just a question.
Sorry what 250,000 for fried chicken? You got ripped off. A bowl of pho should only cost 60k-100k
Assuming you are still in Vietnam I have some advice. When choosing a place to eat make sure there are locals eating there too. When choosing a spot the little choice they have on the menu – the better. This way you know they’re specialised in that one dish or couple of dishes and they take pride in what they offer. If there is no English menu, that’s your spot and google translate is your friend. I cannot stress tho the importance of locals being there. Also if the price feels too steep, it most likely is. In the old quarter in Hanoi, have pho or banh cuon in the morning when it’s freshest, nem for lunch or com tam, and bun cha for dinner. I paid on average 55.000 vnd for a bowl of pho and around the same for Bun Cha. The best Bun cha I had in Hanoi was at a little restaurant run by a sweet auntie where my whole meal and a beer was 70.000 vnd. It’s called Bún chả, nem cua bề Bình Minh and it’s at 23 Bat Su. The other option is to eat at proper licensed restaurants rather than street food stalls. After you leave Hanoi, look up the traditional dish for each region you are going to and try and have that, you can’t really go wrong with it.
Nothing wrong with your English. Aside from your suspicion of them “recycling” food, what you got seems way overpriced!!
Wow this is appalling. Please make sure you post this on google reviews as well (include date if you’re comfortable), many tourists rely on those and not Facebook.
So your straight guessing trying to get a restaurant shut down.. easily could have been sifting through for pets as well .. Your imagination is probably getting the best of you
Leftover food goes always to animals. We almost dont use dogfood or catfood much. Leftover rice vegetables and meat was always fed to the pets. Just because its a tourist trap doesnt mean anything. They looked nervous. Because you a foreign Visitor doesnt understand their morals and habits. And share disturbing posts or viewpoints on the internet. The Chicken you made a picture from doesnt look the tiniest bit chewed or else.
Trust me your SUSPICIONS are not great..
My family was in Phú Quốc for a wedding and we went to a seafood restaurant with the entire wedding party, so there was a large amount of leftovers. I noticed the staff sorting out foods that was still edible and setting it aside. Later, I saw them giving it to homeless and little kid fruit vendors.
I witnessed similar in HCMC, Nha Trang, and Da Lat.