Sunday, July 29, 2012

French Restaurants in Hanoi

French  Restaurants in Hanoi

I work in tourism I saw many Singaporean tourists, Asian tourist or even French tourists when they come to Hanoi they want to try some Good French Restaurants in Hanoi.
As my experiences and review from others tourists and French who is living in Hanoi I would like to recommend some restaurants below:

1.    Le Beaulieu Restaurant in Metropole Hotel – Ngo Quyen street with French chief but Foods are good and as well as prices are expensive, I only come here to eat whenever someone invite me :)

2.    Shalimar Restaurant – 63 Ma May street, Hoan Kiem district tel 04 3926 2897, The foods are good and reasonal prices I think it should be good for tourists to save your budget, located in old quarter and it is easy for you to find the place.

I often come here with my family and also all the foods they offer from their suggestions because I have no idea with names of foods.
 
3.    La Badiane – 10 Nam Ngu street, Hoan Kiem district tel: 04 3942 45 09. Email: labadianehanoi@yahoo.fr
Place for French residents meetings at the weekend or invite their friends here, it should be good places for you to try with romantic space.

First time when I came here to try the foods I think in 2009, one French family I know and be their friends when they come to my office to ask me help them arrange their visa… so they invited me the dinner after they got their visa back to say thank you. It was quite interesting when they introduced me some meals just a bit foods in a big plate display with vegetabe, tomatoes and butter or some kinds of ingredients. Well, at that time I just gave them a comment that it is so different from Vietnamese Foods. They asked what is difference? “Yeah, that is amount of foods, Like this food only nice to your eyes but bad to your stomach” they were laughing at me and said you are so traditional Vietnamese Girl. :)

4.    La Vertical Restaurant – 19 Ngo Van So tel: 04. 3944 6317
The Verticale’s dishes are the result of a surprising French and Vietnamese fusion that goes across the conventional boundaries. Indeed, the subte association of ingredients of high quality with various spices explains why the meals at Verticale are so stunning – All words from the restaurant, I think you can come and try the foods and write your own ideas.

5.    La Salsa Restaurant – 25 Nha Tho street, Hoan Kiem district, (directly in front of St.Joseph’s Cathedral
Foods and services are goods can be rated 2 – 3 star services. I ate here 3 times with 2 times foods are good but one is not very good so make me feel a bit confusing about my taste :)



Hope above details can help you find good places to taste and make your trip become more memoriable.

We also arrange the cuisine trip along Vietnam if you are wondering about this kind of  travel and need some more useful information just contact me at email thusmile@gmail.com .


Updated by Ms. Thu from My Vietnam Travel

Friday, July 27, 2012

Vietnam Tourism Blog: Good Restaurants in Hanoi

Vietnam Tourism Blog: Good Restaurants in Hanoi: If you are looking for a good Vietnamese Restaurants in Ha Noi you should choose some of places: 1.     Quan An Ngon (Ngon Restaura...

Good Restaurants in Hanoi

If you are looking for a Good Restaurants in Ha Noi you should choose some of places:
1.    Quan An Ngon (Ngon Restaurant) – 18 Phan Boi Chau street and if you go at the weekend you should book table before you go then you don’t need to waste your time for waiting. Their number is (04)39428162/63

This restaurant are always clowded with Vietnamese and tourists either at lunch time or dinner. The Restaurant serves all special foods in Ha Noi and the north of Vietnam which are very delicious and special.

When you are in restaurant you can see  small houses display for old house in the Red River culture…


2.    Nhà Hàng Ngon (Ngon Restaurant Tran Hung Dao) – 26 Tran Hung Dao street, Hoan Kiem District, Ha Noi Tel: 04 39336133


Or you can choose other place is brother of Ngon Restaurant it is located in 26 Tran Hung Dao street… with different design and space than in Ngon Restaurant, the foods more stylist and specialize


3.    Song Thu Training Restaurant – 34 Chau long, Ba Dinh tel : (04) 3942 44 48,
This restaurant is located near West Lake area, the foods are good and well presented with Vietnamese and French Foods.

Also, the reason you are here to support young people who are training to work in the restaurant. This is a special place in Hanoi because it trains disadvantaged teenagers, and the staffs are very enthusiastic and kind.

4.    Com Viet Restaurant – 20 Bao Khanh street, Hoan Kiem tel 04 38 288 430
This is a small restaurant located next to Hoan Kiem Lake with delicious foods and friendly staffs… all my customers when I took them there they loved their foods very much, reasonal prices and good places…. Very traditional Vietnamese foods.


There are some good places to eat serve Vietnamese foods in Hanoi… I will update other restaurants with Hanoi French foods restaurant in next blog. I hope above information are helpful for you.  if you would like to know more about good vietnamese restaurants in Hanoi just contact me I will be your friend in Hanoi to help you

Updated by Ms. Thu from My Vietnam Travel

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Ha Noi General Information

Blog is place to put your life, experience and your job.

I will start place is Ha Noi Capital where is my living place and my head office located,

Firstly about meaning of named Ha Noi, Ha Noi in Vietnamese we will write Hà Nội it means “the hinterland between the rivers”, Hà means river, Nội means interior.
Red River embraces Ha Noi with approximately 40km long, but there are some other rivers flowing through the capital, including Đuống, Cầu, Cà Lô, Đáy, Nhuệ, Tích, Tô Lịch, Kim Ngưu.
Area: 3.324,92 sq.km
Population: in 2010 approximately 7 billions habitants.
 
History
Ha Noi is a sacred land of Viet Nam. In the 3rd Century BC, Co Loa actually belonging to Dong Anh Disctrict was chosen as the capital of the Au Lac nation of Thuc An Duong Vuong (the King Thuc).
Located in the middle of the Red River Delta, the town has gradually expanded to become a very populous and rich residential center. At different periods, Ha Noi had been selected as the capital city of Viet Nam under the Northern domination.
Ha Noi later became the core of the resistance movements against the Northern invasions.
In the autumn of Canh Tuat lunar years (1010), Ly Thai To, the founder of the Ly Dynasty (1010 – 1225), decided to transfer the capital from Hoa Lu to Dai La, and so he re-capitalized it Thang Long (Soaring Dragon). The year 1010 then became a historical date for Ha Noi and for the whole country in general. For about a thousand years, the capital was called Thang Long, then changing to Dong Do, Dong Kinh, and Finally to Ha Noi, in 1831. This sacred piece of land thereafter continued to be the theater of many fateful events.

Administrative divisions:
With Ten urban districts: Hoan Kiem, Ba Dinh, Dong Da, Ha Ba Trung, Tay Ho, Thanh Xuan, Cau Giay, Long Bien, Hoang Mai and Ha Dong.
One town: Son Tay
With 18 rural districts: Dong Anh, Soc Son, Thanh Tri, Tu Liem, Gia Lam, Ba Vi, Chuong My, Dan Phuong, Hoai Duc, My Duc, Phu Xuyen, Phu Tho, Quoc Oai, Thach That, Thanh Oai, Thuong Tin, Ung Hoa and Me Linh.

Climate:
Ha Noi is situated in a tropical monsoon zone with four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Spring starts from January to April, Summer from May to July, Autumn from August to October, Winter from September to December.

Tourism:
Throughout the thousand years of its eventful history, marked by destruction, wars and natural calamities, Ha Noi still preserves many ancient architectural works including the Old Quarter and over 600 pagodas and temples. Famous sites include the One Pillar Pagoda (built in 1049), the Temple of Literature (built in 1070), Ha Noi citadel, Ha Noi Opera House, President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum etc…
 
Ha Noi also characteristically contains 18 beautiful lakes such as Hoan Kiem lake, West Lake, and Truc Bach Lake, Seven Hecta lake (Located in Thong Nhat park), Thien Quang Lake  which are the lungs of the city, with their surrounding gardens and trees providing a vital source of energy.

There are many traditional handicrafts in Ha Noi including Bronze molding, silver carving, lacquer, embroidery and pottery. Ha Noi has many famous traditional professtional handicraft villages such as Bat Trang pottery village, Ngu Xa bronze casting village, Van Phuc silk village, Ha Thai lacquer village ect…