He revealed that visitors should spend their Friday evenings discovering the city centre by walking around the pedestrianized street next to Hoan Kiem lake and then enjoy home-style northern food at the Michelin-starred restaurant Tam Vi.
“The menu offers comforting dishes with a homely feel, such as fried tofu in tomato sauce, braised fish and chả lá lốt - minced pork wrapped in wild betel leaves. The caramelized pork belly with eggs (VND172,000, or about US$7) is particularly soul warming,” he noted.
The journalists recommend that they head to Chả CáThăng Long for dinner with fillets of catfish fried over a burner on table. Afterwards, visitors can dream a little dream of jazz at the modest jazz club Long Waits which opened in Hoan Kiem district just last year, before sipping a cocktail by candlelight.
On Sunday, according to Humphrey, visitors should visit the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology and enjoy phởcuốn (beef wrapped in rice rolls) near West Lake. After that, they can contemplate modern art and finish their tour by searching for souvenirs at the famous night market in the heart of the Old Quarter.
