Hanoi Old Quarter Weekend Night Market

A grill table spread with skewers and stuffed rolls at the Old Quarter weekend night market in Hanoi, photographed on an August night in 2018. From Friday to Sunday evening the streets from Hang Dao up to Dong Xuan Market close to traffic and fill with stalls, so the whole walk is pedestrian. Clothes and trinkets take most of the space, which is why the grill tables are worth hunting down. Snack your way along, then sit on a low plastic stool in a side street for bun cha or a bowl of pho, the dishes Hanoi does best.