Luxury Vegetarian Restaurant in Hanoi, Vietnam - Ưu Đàm Chay

Hi everyone! Today is International Women's Day, so I decided to treat myself to delicious vegetarian food at a luxury restaurant called Yiu Dam Chai. It's located at 55 Nguyen Du, and is one of my favorite vegetarian restaurants in Hanoi. The reason why I chose this restaurant was that I love the concept behind the Yudumbara, which means sacred flower, descending to earth from heaven. I really enjoy the cozy and quiet vibe with nutritious and healthy cuisine here. What I love the most about this restaurant is how detailed and sophisticated the foods are. And if you come to Hanoi, you definitely need to check out this place. Okay, so for appetizer, I have the fried lotus with cheese powder on it. It looks really, really good guys. Look at that. Oh my gosh. I've never had this before, and I couldn't believe that lotus can be like this little chips. It smells really good. So it tastes just like chips, and then I can smell the cheese powder in there. And it's just had a very unique scent. I think it's from the lotus too. The price of this dish is 105,000 Vietnam Dong, which is $5. I would rate it 9 out of 10 because it's really, really good. Highly recommend. Now let's move on to the second dish. This one is called soup pad thumb. So it's with the pine seeds, and it looks like clam chowder that I ate in California, in San Francisco, California. Wow. It's very creamy, and it's very milky. I feel like it has very similar taste for clam chowder in San Francisco, guys. They don't use sourdough like in California, but I just wish they have more mushroom. Oh my gosh. It's so good. What I love the most about this place is that they have very colorful vegetarian food, and they serve international food as well. So if you're from Mexico or you're from Japan or Korea, you can see they have sushi here for you. And they also have the quesadilla or like tacos that they call it here, served with like very colorful and tasty sauce. So I just ordered the quesadilla, and let's see what they have inside because it looks really good. Oh my gosh. Can you see it? There you go. Okay. So I'm just gonna dip it in here first. So in here, I believe that they have mushroom, they have avocado, and I believe the orange one is sweet potatoes, but it tastes really really good. Once in a while, you're gonna taste jalapenos in there, and it just gives us a very nice taste. The price of this dish is VND 195,000. And this is me enjoying my orange carrot drink with quesadilla. You know how good it is by just looking at my face, right? I would say the drink here is a little bit saltier than other restaurants, but then it still tastes very good with other food. Did you know Hanoi is known for young rice, and when you come here, you definitely need to try this Japanese tofu fried with young rice, and it's VND 145,000, worth every penny of your money. Okay, I am very excited to try this one because they call it the Japanese tofu, and then they fry it with the young rice, in Vietnamese, and I can't wait to try this because it just sounds really yummy. And then they serve with the young rice, oh no, oh yeah, the young rice sauce, and this one is the Vietnamese crackers. I really like this corner in this restaurant because it is just so beautiful with the bamboo trees and decoration, makes the room really cozy, and the music is great, and I hope YouTube is not gonna copyright me for this. Oh my gosh, look at this, this is fried rice in pineapple. It is so cool, guys. In here, they have rice, tomatoes, beans, and maca seeds. I'm not sure if I pronounced it right, but maca is a very, very good seed that provides a lot of protein and vitamins for your body. I really like it because the rice is just right. It's not as hard as other fried rice I have tried, and I like the flavor as well because it has the sour touch from the pineapple, sour and sweet from the pineapple, and with all the ingredients in here, especially the maca nuts, it's just like bring it up to the next level. This dish is VND 125,000, and I would rate it 8 out of 10. When we talk about vegetarian food, especially in Vietnam, we can't forget to mention the phở cuốn, which is all the rolls, and in the phở rolls, they have mushroom, cucumber, carrots, and tofu. Okay, so I'm just gonna dip in the peanut sauce. It is so fresh, guys. Very healthy. Oh, it's good too. It's with seaweed, carrots, and cucumbers, yes, in it. The fruit salad is quite interesting because it has the mint dressing, and they use seasonal fruits to make the salad. The whole tray costs VND 245,000, and I would highly recommend it if you don't want any oily food and you just want fresh rolls. Last but not least, sushi. They have cashew nuts on top with cheese and with more cheese inside, I believe. I just wish they made the sushi smaller bites because it's quite hard to chew and it's mouthful because the sushi is sticky. For that reason, I'm gonna rate this one 6 out of 10. The sushi is a little bit sticky, stickier than normal sushi, but I really like the cashew on top of it. It just gives it the crunchiness, and it should just bring a very unique texture for the sushi. I am so full right now, but it's really good to treat myself sometime. Now, I'm gonna ask the waiter to give me the to-go box because no food will go to waste. Okay, so finally, I'm done with my lunch. It was really, really good, and I highly recommend you guys to come here. I couldn't finish the pineapple rice, so I have it left over to bring it back home. So yeah, thank you so much, you guys, for watching, and I'll see you guys in next video.