HANOI - coffee shop

Back in Hanoi after a long absence, it's been almost six months.

Enjoying my morning coffee in my favourite coffee shop where the Christmas decoration still hangs above the door.

Watching Hanoi glide past.

Many changes to be noticed.
The building construction site across the road, that used to be a massive hole where prestressed concrete piles were driven into the ground, is now a multi-story structure and will eventually be an office complex.

The coffee is still Trung Nguyen, incredibly good, and the price still an incredible 20 Dong--that's about 10 cents US$. Compare that to the 2 US$ I pay in Jakarta for a double espresso in Starbucks.

This is just the joy of the Vietnamese coffee culture.
The delicious food started this morning with banh cuon and pork ribs noodles. For lunch, I went to the best bun cha place I know... just around the corner and if Anthony Bourdain had known about it he would have taken Obama there.

Wishing you all the very best...