Markets, street food and local tables: the flavours of Ha Long Bay, Vietnam.
Start at a local market in the morning, when the produce arrives, and ask the stallholders what is in season.
For dinner, look for small places full of locals rather than terraces on the main square.
Photo: Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_of_sea_from_Titov_Island,_Ha_Long_Bay,_Vietnam,_20240128_1337_3732.jpg)