Ha Long Night Market is a destination not to be missed in the Quang Ninh travel itinerary. You will enjoy many unique dishes, admire unique handicrafts, buy seafood as gifts.
Enjoy Ha Long seafood when going to the night market (Photo: Collectibles)
Quang Ninh tourism should go in the evening. If you are preparing for your trip, the Ha Long night market will be the ideal suggestion. Visitors will be able to witness with their own eyes the bustling, bustling nightlife of this beautiful city!
1. Where is Ha Long night market?
Ha Long night market is also known as Bai Chay night market in Quang Ninh . This is a very familiar address for tourists when they have the opportunity to visit and explore Ha Long Bay . You will have interesting experiences, enjoy many attractive dishes and carry many unique souvenirs to bring back as gifts.
- Location: Hoang Quoc Viet street, Hung Thang ward, Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province.
- Opening hours: 17:00 – 23:00 every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Previously, this area was just a toad market with a few makeshift shops. In 2015, the market was opened and quickly became the most attractive tourist destination in the bay city. Coming to Ha Long night market, you will feel the hustle and bustle of sellers and buyers.
The night market attracts many tourists when visiting Ha Long (Photo: Collectibles)
The total planning area of the market is up to 5,000m2, including 335 stalls selling a variety of goods, from bags to toys, souvenirs, eateries… In which, the first floor is a display and trading area for souvenirs. . The 2nd floor specializes in cuisine, selling all kinds of seafood, cafes and snack stalls.
With the attraction of the leading tourist city in the North, Ha Long night market is well invested, contributing to promoting the image of Bai Chay Ha Long tourism to domestic and international tourists.
2. What to eat at Ha Long night market?
Ha Long night market is famous for its seafood stalls and snack stalls. This is considered a “food paradise”, meeting all the dining needs of visitors.
2.1. Enjoy seafood at Quang Ninh night market
Coming to Ha Long, the first thing visitors should discover is to enjoy fresh seafood. Seafood here is sold by plate, by weight, processed on the spot according to its very own taste. In which, dishes from shrimp, squid, bored, sea sam … are always the most popular with tourists.
Enjoy delicious seafood at Ha Long market (Photo: Collectibles)
- Bored: Bored is processed into many nutritious dishes such as bored porridge, bored wine, bored with cooked spinach, bored steamed …
- Sea buckthorn: Sea buckthorn is served at most seafood stores at Ha Long night market. Visitors can try sam salad, sam eggs, fried sam, fried sam with guise leaves, blood soup with sam…
- Squid: Fresh squid that has just been caught on board the ship will be processed into many dishes such as fried squid, steamed squid, grilled squid… fresh and delicious.
- Oysters: Enjoying steamed oysters or grilled oysters with onion fat will be an unforgettable experience when coming to Ha Long night market.
2.2. Squid roll cake
Squid rolls are considered “the quintessence of Ha Long cuisine” not to be missed. Layers of thin, chewy bread with eardrums, meat, and onions are greasy; pieces of fried squid are golden and rich; combined with sweet and sour dipping sauce served with raw vegetables is very delicious without being bored.
Squid rolls cake – Ha Long specialties cause memories (Photo: Collectibles)
2.3. Snacks
In addition to seafood, squid cake, coming to Ha Long night market , you can also enjoy many other unique snacks such as: floating cake, nodding cake , mussel porridge, Ha Long pearl yogurt , pillow cake…
Ha Long night market has many unique and attractive snacks (Photo: Collectibles)
In general, the cuisine at the night market is quite diverse, with reasonable prices, very suitable for group travel or family travel.
3. What should you buy at Ha Long night market?
Not only famous for its unique and delicious foods, in the journey of Ha Long tourism , going to the night market, visitors also buy many handicrafts and souvenirs as gifts.
Traveling to Ha Long, visitors can buy sophisticated handicrafts as gifts (Photo: Collectibles)
- Souvenirs, handicrafts: At Ha Long night market, there are many handicrafts made by artisans in the village. You will easily buy lacquer paintings, pearl rings, seashells, wind chimes, keychains… very unique and eye-catching.
- Ha Long specialties: In addition to ready-made seafood dishes, you can also buy specialties as gifts such as: dried squid, shrimp shrimp, shrimp shrimp, sa worm, squid cake, yellow snapper … Seafood has been prepared Ready-made, convenient packaging.
- Brocade products: Coming to Ha Long, visitors can also admire and buy brocade clothes and bags… These stalls attract the attention of a large number of tourists, especially foreigners.
4. Important notes when going to Ha Long night market
As a safe and friendly tourist destination, however, when coming to Ha Long night market, visitors still need to pay attention to the following:
Ha Long night market – a friendly and safe destination (Photo: Collectibles)
- Prevention of fraudsters: Because it is only open in the evening on weekends, the number of visitors to the market is very crowded. When visiting, traveling, you need to pay attention to prevent petty theft and pickpocketing.
- Ask the price before buying: Although the situation of chopping and slashing has been limited, when coming to Ha Long night market, visitors should pay attention to ask the price before buying. Please rely on your skills to negotiate, bargain, buy the product at the best price.
- Be gentle with fragile products: The market area sells a lot of handicrafts and fragile souvenirs. Therefore, when going sightseeing, shopping, please pay attention gently.
- Use appropriate footwear: Ha Long night market is very large, up to 5,000m2. For convenience in moving, bring slippers or flat shoes to avoid foot pain.
Source: Collected internet.