We can say that Autumn is the best time of the year. You feel the breeze caressing your face, sunlight lingering on the streets and smell the ethereal air. This is the most wondrous time in Hanoi and you cannot find this nostalgic and harmonious feeling anywhere else. And this is a perfect time for you to discover the exquisite and tranquil on a city tour around Ha Noi. Here are top 3 things to do in Hanoi during autumn:

1. Enjoy drinks made from eggs  - the most famous thing in HaNoi that you must try
What is better than enjoying a hot coffee or hot food during breezing autumn? Hanoi is where you can try anything made from eggs you can imagine. Here is where coffee can be mixed with eggs to multiply the fatty taste of this drink. Here is where beaten egg folks are the most delicious breakfast for every child from generation to generation.
 

Egg coffee
Egg coffee seems to be unappealing and fishy to newly-visited foreigners when traveling to Vietnam. However, all travelers confess that it does not smell eggs at all, the eggs are light-tasting and buttery. This drink can be served either hot or cold. For the hot version, a small spoon is included so that connoisseurs can blend sugar, eggs, and coffee together. Giảng Cafe, Dinh Cafe, and Old Town Cafe are famous coffee shops which serve the best egg coffee. Sitting in a historic coffee shop and observing slow, peaceful pace of life are ritualistic to Hanoians who expect to detach from the hustle and bustle of this capital city.

2. Wandering around some famous  streets
 

Street vendor in Hanoi
Autumn is the most photogenic season of the year with its gorgeous clear color. If you are looking for a traditional place with ordinary people working right on the street, Old Quarter is the first place for you to check out. There are many sidewalk vendors who sell freshly-picked tiny white daisies. Their bicycles add unique and intriguing patterns to Hanoi autumn.
 

Phan Dinh Phung Street – the most romantic street in Hanoi
Unlike the Old Quarter with traditional features, the French Quarter is more modern with five-star hotels, government agencies, and office buildings. Idly strolling around the streets, you will be enthralled by the sweet fragrance of milk flowers in every corner. Especially, the trees are streaked with yellow leaves, which transforms our city into a retro and exquisite place. Phan Dinh Phung street, the most romantic street in Hanoi, is the ideal place to take photographs of this scene.

3. Cốm (young green sticky rice)
Sampling local cuisines is a cannot-miss. Cốm is one of Hanoi’s culinary specialties which conveys elegance and purity of land and water. The process of making cốm remains to be the families’ secrets in Vong Village. All we know is that only young glutinous rice is chosen and roasted with meticulousness. Thach Lam, one of the most well-known Vietnamese author, wrote appealing and lyrical prose dedicated to this special cuisine:
 

 

Cốm – a must-try food when visiting Hanoi
Cốm is a unique gift of our country, a gift of spacious green paddy fields, carrying the simplicity, modesty, and tranquility of Vietnamese countryside.
Cốm is not for busy people; it has to be enjoyed slowly, patiently and contemplatively. Then you can feel inside the taste of cốm, there is the freshness of young rice, of wild grass and flowers; inside the green of cốm, there is the crispness of young leaves; and inside its sweetness, there is a delicacy of herbs.
Cốm can be served with either ripe bananas or persimmons and only eaten by hand. You can also purchase bánh cốm (sweet cake made from cốm) and dried cốm as a gift for your friends and family

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