With 4 full days in Hanoi, we knew we needed something else to do other than walk about the city. So, we were recommended a very reliable travel agency / tour operator called Exotissimo Travel, which I believe is a French company with offices in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand.
I haven’t looked at their [...]
Came across a Tour Cafe that sells coffee (grounded or not) …
I’m not much of a coffee drinker, but when my friends embraced this Weasel brand coffee like gold, I bought 2 packs (250g packets) to try for myself. THEN, I found out that like the famous (or infamous) civet coffee, this weasel version is [...]
So after our rest at the Metropole, we decided to grab dinner and while meandering through the streets of Hanoi, we came across this local pho noodle joint, called (I think) Huyen Dung Pho Bo (pictured)
We got right down to business and got ourselves each a bowl of hot beef noodle soup or pho … [...]
Green Cottage / Yin Ping Vietnamese Restaurant is one of my favorite Vietnamese restaurant in the city; the other being Nha Trang (??????). Having never visited Vietnam before, I don’t think I’m in a position to comment on the authenticity of their dishes – especially after spending time in Toronto and Los Angeles, where [...]