While walking to the restaurant we saw the massive construction project that is the Hanoi subway/trains. There will also be a line that runs by Libby's school, but that track is no where near completed and won't be for another 5 - 10 years. At least this line looks like they are making real progress.
The restaurant we were going to was actually in a giant and extravagent mall. It was a little surreal. They even had a string quartet:
Who says Skyline isn't in Vietnam?!? Oh wait...
The restaurant we went to was called Quán Ăn Ngon -- there are a few in Hanoi and at least one in Ho Chi Minh City. The restaurant has a lot of traditional dishes, nice atmosphere, and good service. It was like having some of the best of all of Vietnam's street food under one roof:
The whole reason we came to this restaurant was because Libby had wanted to try something called bánh xèo, like a savory fried pancake stuffed with yummy herbs and greens and shrimp or anything else you want to put in, then dipped in a fish sauce. The one that came out when we ordered it did not look like the ones we had a few nights later in central Vietnam, but they were excellent.
And I tried one more kind of coffee. This was yoghurt coffee, which was chopped ice, a healthy dallop of Vietnamese coffee, and sweetened yoghurt. Mixed all together, it was excellent.
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