#tosomeats in Vietnam

“”Vietnamese Food” is a true adventure story for the palate and an absorbing culinary tour.” – Bobby Chinn (Vietnamese Food, 2010) I strongly agree with Bobby Chinn, a world-renowned chef, author, restaurateur, and TV personality who lived in Vietnam for 17 years just to discover, learn, and master the art of Vietnamese cuisine.  He’s half-Egyptian […]

Feeling at Home in Old Quarter

Surrounding Hoàn Kiếm Lake is Old Quarter, Vietnam’s old Hanoi.  This is the country’s business center where trade and commerce take place 24/7.  It is comprised of 36 narrow streets which were named according to the street’s merchandise and are filled with shop houses.  These are old slender buildings of ground floor shop and second […]

Thăng Long Water Puppet Show

The history of Vietnam as well as Vietnamese culture and tradition are encapsulated in an entertaining show in Thăng Long Water Puppet Theatre along 57B Dinh Tien Hoang, Hanoi, Vietnam.  It is a 45-minute show having the following programme: I. Opening Traditional Musical Instruments II.  Water Puppet Performance 1. Prelude by Clown Teu 2. Thăng Long Festival Drumming 3. Dragon’s […]