Hoi An: Travel guidebook from A to Z (part 2)

Hoi An: Travel guidebook from A to Z (part 2)

Hoi An foody

Hoi An Ancient Town is small, but the culinary culture is extremely rich. Here are some delicious dishes and addresses to enjoy when visiting this special place:

1. Pho Hoi chicken rice

With all the meticulous scissors in the processing, the Hoi An created a chicken rice enough to make a mark to give it a name: Chicken Hoi Hoi. Chicken Rice Street with the onion, papaya, Tra Que aromatic vegetables, also a cup of soup mixed heart, liver, chicken add to eat more attractive.

Address: Ba Boi chicken rice (26 Phan Chau Trinh), Ba Huong chicken rice - Kiet (alley) Sica, Ba Minh chicken rice, Russian chicken rice ...

2. Cao Lau

Many people living in the old town say high floor appeared in Hoi An from the 17th century. Perhaps so, this dish is influenced quite a lot from the cuisine of the United States as well as Udon cold noodles of the Japanese. However, high floor Hoi An still boldly own and only Hoi An has the right

Address: It is easy to find the high floor of Hoi An, from the curbside to the restaurant on Tran Phu Street, most famous is Ba Be, Trung Bac.

3. Dumplings, cauldrons

Dumplings - cauldrons are two kinds of cake with similar ingredients, usually eaten on a plate. Another is the cakes of cauldron made from shrimp paste mixed with a little pepper, garlic, onions, lemongrass and esoteric spices. The dumplings are made from pork, mushrooms, thinly sliced ​​green onions and also fried with the esoteric spice. Perhaps this seasoning is also a reason why dumplings - cauldrons can only eat well when in Hoi An.

Address: Bong Hong Trang Restaurant on Nhi Trung Street. Here, you can see the process of making cookies elaborately.

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4. Cake - sauteed mussels

Piece of crispy crispy crumbs dissolved in the mouth to eat with mussel oysters mouth is a very attractive snack in Hoi An.

Address: Crossing the Cam Nam bridge (45-seat car can not pass) about 100m, the road suddenly bent to the left, past this corner will see a row of bars close together and on each sign To the specialty of this area: "Corn tea, beaten cake, fried mussels." The most famous cake of Ba Gia is here.

5. Corn sweet soup

Corn tea - a popular dish became very famous in Hoi An because it is made from Cam Nam corn is famous of the Association. Tea is sweet, fragrant and natural nature of the new corn crack. Unlike the southern tea, Hoi An tea is not cooked with coconut milk, so it has the original taste of corn, only when the new food rises a little bit of juice to increase the fat. Cam Nam is also the tea season, most from March to September every year.

Address: Tran Phu street, Le Loi street, only about 7,000 VND / bowl.

6. Hoi An rice cakes

To make rice cakes, people choose delicious rice, shrimp dough, meat. Visitors to the restaurant, the owner is about to add many cups of bread on the tray, the milk poured in, add grease, chili sauce, onion and put on the table. Eating cake must use the "bamboo knife", it is a bamboo stick shaped blade. This type of cuisine also evokes curiosity for guests and is a distinctly different way of desserts with other Hoi An dishes made with rice.Address: Quan Hoa, Cam Nam ...

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7. Mi Quang (Quang noodles)

On the outside, Quang noodle is similar to Cao Lau but once you taste it, you will see that these two dishes are completely different. Quang noodle is often eaten with shrimp, meat, quail eggs ... All are soaked in spices. There is no need to eat crusty rice and vegetables.

Address: Quan Minh, Cam Ha or Hoi An market, Tran Phu street; The burden of noodle selling on the street.

8. Wonton

There are many kinds of wonton: wonton soup, wonton noodles, fried wonton, each type is divided into pigs, chickens, shrimp again. According to experience, chickens and pigs are very easy to eat, crispy shrimp is more fragrant and sweet, and fried chicken is a little chicken.Address: Van Loc restaurant on Tran Phu street, more popular than 26 Thai Phien.

9. Rice paper (roll cake / wet cake)

It is similar to the Thanh Tri Hanoi rolls but instead of thin rice paper accompanied with wood ear, in Hoi An, rice paper also has lice. When eating, the cake is sprinkled with greasy onions, served with silk rolls (silk rolls).Address: Food Street along Hoai River.

10. Hoi An cake

Hoi An cake is the specialty of Hoi An town. The main ingredient for making pancakes in addition to rice, also shrimp, meat. In order to make the pancakes, people must sit at the fire stove constantly hot, so the rainy season in the year from October to December is the best season for making pancakes in Hoi An.

Address: Gie Ba Ba Quan (Phan Chu Trinh Alley); Bale Well (Ba Le Pub) - 45/51 Tran Hung Dao.

Shopping when traveling to Hoi An

• Hoi An lantern is made quite nice, light and can be reduced so it is suitable for tourists to buy as a souvenir. You can buy on Tran Phu Street of lanterns Tuoi Ngoc, Ngoc Thu or shop on Le Loi. Price is not expensive, only tens of thousands.

Hoi An tourists often buy lovely lanterns as gifts.

• Clothes in Hoi An cheap and beautiful, again fast. In just a few hours, the mechanic will sew the finished clothes for you. If you can not wait, just leave the measurements and address, the shop will send the product to you. Garment shops: Thu Thuy (60 Le Loi), Yaly (358 Nguyen Duy Hieu), A Dong silk (40 Le Loi), Bao Khanh (101 Tran Hung Dao).

• Hoi An shoes are also quite rich and beautiful. Many shops accept fast shoes similar to clothing stores.

• Types of cakes you can buy as gifts: printed cake, green bean cake, cucumber

• Hoi An chili sauce is special, spicy aromatic.

• Other things: Silk, carving, embroidery, souvenir, stone ...

More tips / information

• Hoi An is very interesting early in the morning, the street is quiet, the people of Hoi An prepare to start the day, no lights, sellers busy.

• You can walk in Hoi An at night in the quiet alleyways of the old town.

• Every night, there is a boat cruise around the river, ethnic music.

• Restaurants, shops always ready to serve you heartily. Therefore, you do not have to listen to the clerk or follow them to the shop.

Where to travel Hoi An?

Being a tourist city, especially attracting foreign tourists, Hoi An does not lack of comfortable hotels, in the center of the city the price of the room is quite high, but hardly room available. Guests should book at least 2 months in advance for a good price. In the peak season, if you book late, you can find rooms away from the center, such as Huynh Thuc Khang Street, near the bus station, Thai Phien Road.

Some nice homestay in Hoi An

1. An Bang Seaside Village

Located on an extremely favorable location, facing the sea, the entrance is the starting gate of the residential area, An Bang Seaside Village is a lovely homestay with fresh colors, fresh and full of energy.

The Homestay offers 8 rooms with garden view, sea view or sea view. The design of the rooms is very rustic and simple but full of all amenities such as a luxury resort in the sea. The clean white walls of the wall are covered with fresh blue paintings that make the room so delicate, lovely and lovely.

At the door of each room, homestay owners cleverly set up tables and chairs to relax tea, read books or simply watch the sea, inhaling the fresh air atmosphere. Although homestay area is not too large, but here you will feel the cohesion of design space and green nature. Therefore, the atmosphere of the house is always cool, fresh, very pleasant.

2. Red Flower Cottage Homestay

Red Flower Cottage impresses with visitors by the green garden where the owner is smartly set up tables and chairs to rest, drink lovely water. Under the bright sunshine of Central Vietnam, you will still feel cool, soothing under the greenery of the homestay's small garden. Rooms are well-equipped to help you relax, relax after a bath or enjoy a walk on the white sand.

Although only 5 beautiful bedrooms but with the advantage of just a 2 minute walk from the beach, this pretty homestay will certainly satisfy even the most demanding guests. The rooms at Red Flower are painted with thatched roofs, creating a more natural architectural style, but the rooms are very modern and refined.

Red Flower Cottage features a communal kitchen with full kitchenware. You can enjoy fresh seafood at the market and prepare it here for delicious meals, hygiene and savings for the whole family. Red Flower Cottage Homestay is well suited for traveling with family and children. As well as room service is available, there is also baby-sitting service and other support services such as grocery shopping, quick cooking and convenient.Contact phone: 0126 944 4567

3. Maison De Tau

Located in Nguyen Dinh Chieu street, Hoi An city, Maison de Tau carries a vintage space with light green corners that anyone who comes here must love at first sight.

Maison De Tau (French: tau's house) is literally a beautiful house that brings the soul of Hoi An with a quiet, peaceful space in the shady garden. In Maison, blue is everywhere.

The lovely gardens are not uncommon in Maison De Tau, in the midst of the green of the trees are the colorful flowers colorful spots to revitalize the garden. Any little corner here is beautiful and tranquil to the eye. The interior design of the Maison De Tau style is nostalgic, so visitors will feel the closeness, familiarity and warmth, can hide themselves quietly in the garden or rest in the corner beautiful room. lovely.

4. An Bang Garden Homestay

Approximately 3 minutes walk from An Bang Beach, An Bang Garden Homestay is a small house amidst a lovely garden, fresh and airy. Here, the visitors have only one option for the only room type, which is the garden view bedroom. Because the front of the house is very airy, the bedroom is always full of sunshine, cool breeze and fragrant aroma of plants.

The bedroom of this homestay is simple, comfortable and modern. Not too sophisticated in decorating, An Bang Garden Homestay still makes visitors feel satisfied by the arrangement of furniture, the sitting room relax very reasonable and delicate.

The common space is homeowners take full advantage of both the place to rest, drink water, as well as decorate the homestay. You can see the couches, the water table set in many places in the homestay. Therefore, visitors enjoy chatting, relax together and enjoy the fresh air and green scenery, lovely homestay.

Contact phone: 090 355 79 74

3. The Hoi An Hippie House

Just a few minutes' walk from An Bang beach, located at block 5 of An Bang - Quang Nam, The Hoi An Hippie House is a place for those who like quiet space, away from the noisy, city ​​of the city.

The Hoi An Hippie House impresses visitors at first sight thanks to the eye-catching "decorative" colors. Photo: Facebook The Hoi An Hippie House

Contact phone: 0125 348 3356