We arrived at our local AirbnB on Tuesday 2 Dec. Exhausted after a 20 hour flight. Sought the nearest recommended restaurant on TripAdvisor and it was Food shop 45.
Went there Tuesday, refused ice, salad and ate vegetarian (I'm not a vegetarian); went there Wednesday (for a take-away), getting brave now, ordered a chicken dish (phenomenal), Thursday night was so good we took friends there and had a selection of dishes , our friends loved the food, Friday 5 April was our last night and I went all out with the Prawn biryani, poppadoms and that salad again! Seafood beautifully cleaned and cooked, and I ate my salad this time! Waiting staff so friendly, lovely ambience, great food at very reasonable prices. We will be sad to leave Hanoi and Foodshop 45