By now many non-Vietnamese have made the acquaintance of pho, the beef or chicken noodle soup that's a popular street food in Hanoi, Vietnam. Others are a bit, well, special for today's Western palates (Mrs. Hong's sweet-and-sour pig ears, anyone?), but there's also a smorgasbord of nearly universally appealing goodies like dried beef salad, duck hot pot, savory spiced fried fish, even a particularly delicious local ice cream (plenty of vegetarian offerings, too). Here's a scruptious selection of the top... 

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