South Korean newspaper introduces 4 pho restaurants in Hanoi

Writer Park Jeong Bae of Chosun daily newspaper introduces 4 restaurants after a food tour to the "city of pho" Hanoi.

After researching, Park Jeong Bae concluded that "Hanoi is the city of pho", and Hoan Kiem district is the "mecca" of pho. 

The first restaurant he visited in this area was Cu Chieu beef pho in Hang Bo, Hoan Kiem, which is 100 years old and has gone through 4 generations. The restaurant is named after Mr. Co Chieu, son of a man named Co in Van Cu village - a pho making village in Nam Dinh. Mr. Chieu brought his family's pho pho to Hanoi in the 1930s and passed the craft on to his descendants to this day.

According to a Korean writer, the restaurant space stands out with a fresh beef counter located right at the entrance. The restaurant uses hot beef, which customers can slice wherever they eat. The restaurant's broth does not use spices such as anise, cinnamon, or cardamom, but only uses broth cooked from beef bones and beef. The accompanying condiments do not have fresh lemon like many other pho restaurants.

The second pho restaurant in the Hoan Kiem area that Park Jeong Bae introduced is Pho 10 Ly Quoc Su, Hang Trong Ward, open from 6:00 a.m. to 9:50 p.m.

"Pho 10 Ly Quoc Su is a famous name in Hanoi," Park said. The restaurant has grown from a small pho establishment into a chain of stores present on many streets throughout the capital and provinces throughout the country. He commented that this pho restaurant's broth is sweet and the space is spacious.

Pho Thin, Lo Duc is the next place Park Jeong Bae mentioned. He shared that this pho brand is popular with many Korean customers. Kimchi tourists love the restaurant because of its rich, fatty flavor. A bowl of pho here costs around 70,000 VND, "more expensive than the average pho restaurants in central Hanoi". The bowl of pho at this restaurant has an easily recognizable feature: lots of green onions.

Pho Bat Dan also appeared on the food tour of a Korean male tourist. The first time Park Jeong Bae came to the restaurant, he saw customers lining up waiting to eat pho early in the morning. To him, the Bat Dan pho noodles are thin, the beef is tender, and the spices served without lemon are "like Cu Chieu's restaurant". The writer suggests that diners should try undercooked pho and order more fried rice to enjoy the rich flavor of the dish.

The Korean writer also pointed out the difference between Northern and Southern style pho. The most obvious difference is the accompanying spices, Southern pho often comes with a variety of herbs, bean sprouts, chili sauce, and hoisin sauce. Northern Pho often uses green onions as the main spice, accompanied by vinegar, garlic, chili, and some places add fresh lemon.

Some Taiwanese food restaurants in Bien Hoa - Dong Nai

Bien Hoa, about 30 km from Ho Chi Minh City, is an administrative center and industrial park. There are many Taiwanese experts, employees and company owners living and working here. Therefore, more and more Taiwanese restaurants and dishes are formed and attractive

 CAT HA QUAN 999- 吉賀台灣餐館

Come to CAT HA QUAN - enjoy the rich flavor of Taiwanese rice. The restaurant uses fresh ingredients and cooks rice using Taiwanese standards to ensure great taste for diners.

The restaurant is committed to providing customers with delicious and clean food, served quickly. Besides, we also meet customers' special dietary requirements.

The restaurant is located right at the front, the shop space is also spacious, address: 1056, PHAM VAN THUAN, TAN MAI Ward, BIEN HOA, DONG NAI. (near Hoan My hospital gas station)

I have tried dishes like: Taiwanese Braised Beef Noodles, Taiwanese Fried Ribs Rice or Sichuan Tofu Rice. Or the hybrid snacks: Taiwanese Fried/Steamed Dumplings, Fried Dumplings,... I especially like Taiwanese Braised Beef Noodles with delicious broth and tender beef.

BEEF NOODLE BOWL - TAIWAN FLAVOR

First of all, we have to say first that the broth that the shop stews with bones has a sweet taste. When eating, the whole family will smell a faint herbal scent. A bowl of Special Taiwanese Beef Noodles (VND 55,000/portion) and Taiwan Rib Noodles (VND 50,000/portion)‼️

 Here, the ribs are stewed until soft and tender. In particular, the shop has homemade "satay" that you put in a little while eating to enhance the flavor, and the noodles at the restaurant are softened but still have a "sudgy" texture.

 Another interesting information is that the Beef Noodle Bowl restaurant will be open late at night. Operating hours will be from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. the next morning. You guys have one more place to eat late at night in BH

 222 30/4 Street, Thanh Binh Ward

LAO NUONG'S RESTAURANT- 老娘餐廳

Top 1 Fried Stinky Tofu _ Stinky tofu Spicy numbing sauce

Top 2 Thu Linh Noodles large intestine _ shrimp _ oyster

Top 3 diverse dumplings with many flavors. Boiled or fried in water. Shrimp dumplings _ shiitake mushrooms_ scallops_ chives_ American corn _ cabbage etc....

Top 4 soup dumplings. Also known as xiao long bao

Top 5 Taiwanese tea eggs. Eating eggs has a unique flavor from tea.

Top 6 mildly spicy Taiwanese beef noodles

Top 7 Taiwan braised pork rice

Top 8 beef dumpling soup or non-spicy noodles

The shop is closed every Wednesday.

Open 5:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. daily.

Sunday 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m

The restaurant is located right next to Dong Nai hospital

Noodle King

Noodle King is a brand that serves noodle dishes with Asian flavors. Coming here, you will enjoy the exceptionally delicious Taiwanese Beef Noodles and immerse yourself in the airy restaurant space decorated with a sophisticated style.

Taiwanese beef noodles are the most famous dish of Taiwanese cuisine, prepared from the best ingredients under the skillful hands of the Noodle King system's chefs. The rich broth, with a faint herbal flavor, is stewed continuously for 10 hours. The beef is stewed tenderly, imbued with the flavor of the broth. Each noodle is also carefully cared for to a moderate softness and chewiness. The entire bowl of noodles is a delicate combination that brings you a wonderful experience to the last drop.

Choose Evisa or visa on arrival to visit Vietnam

Evisa is a type of electric visa that apply and issue online by Vietnam Immigration Department. An e-visa for Vietnam is valid for 30 days only with a single entry only. Normally the applicants can submit by themselves, directly to the Vietnamese Immigration Department, but it is highly recommended to request from an agency as they will process on behalf of you and deal with any incidents that occurred (if any).

The fee paid for the Vietnam Immigration Department will not be refunded no matter whether your visa is issued or not. Therefore, you should sure the time and the port you will come to Vietnam.

Vietnam e-visa is also chosen for its convenience but it is available for those who enter Vietnam and stay in the country for 30 days. Please be noted there are citizens of 81 countries who are allowed to get a Vietnam e-visa only.

Apart from those limits, applicants can get Evisa and enter Vietnam via both airports, sea ports, or land ports which is much money-saving and suitable by those who love traveling through some Asian countries.

If you are from a country subject to Vietnamese visas, a Vietnam Visa On Arrival is one of the easy ways to get it. Sadly, you cannot get a Visa On Arrival in Vietnam in all ports of entry, only Vietnam International airports.

Furthermore, you cannot enter Vietnam and receive a visa at Vietnam airport if you don''t have approval letter already from the Vietnamese Immigration Department.

So that you do not have to be confused about your choice, our system has pre-set the appropriate visa type when you choose your nationality.

New Approval letter form to get visa Vietnam from 2023

Vietnam approval letter which is a document that allows foreigners to enter Vietnam is a letter issued by Vietnam Immigration Department that allows you to enter and exit Vietnam for a given time period (1 month single entry example). With the approval letter, you can pick up your visa upon arrival at one of international airports in Vietnam (Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Cam Ranh,  Cat Bi,  Phu Bai, Phu Quoc and Da Nang). Please note that without the approval letter, you will be denied on Board.

Usually, when it comes to immigration procedures to Vietnam, you will ask about an approval letter visa. But in fact, in order to get a visa at Vietnam airport, you must first make a document called: an approval letter before depart.

When you apply to get approval letter from the website, please prepare your scan passport, hotel booking confirmation and round-trip airfare, within 8 working days you will receive a letter by email. This letter will show your name, date of birth and passport number, especially the approval letter showing the time you will be granted a Vietnam visa. Previously, the Vietnam Immigration Department would sign and stamp red seal each page of the letter, but from 2023, the official letter will no longer sign and stamp the red seal but only stamp the Vietnam Immigration Department's signature, the signer's name, the time of signing in the bottom right corner of end page of letter.

When you arrive at one of Vietnam's International airports, you will see Landing visa or Visa on arrival. Please give your approval letter, $25 stamp fee and your passport to get stamp visa.

This April 30, Bien Hoa has fun enough!!!!

This year's April 30-May 1 holiday is 4-5 days off, so everyone is still worried because it's too crowded to go anywhere, do you have any plans to go? Bien Hoa - 30 km from Saigon will take place the Food Festival from April 27 to May 7. Let's experience the Food Festival, have fun and be interesting in the land of 325 years of Bien Hoa history!

From Saigon, there are always trains every morning to Bien Hoa with a spacious and airy space inside, it only takes you 45 minutes to get to Bien Hoa station, the fare is preferential, it only takes you exactly 2 dollars to buy the first class ticket, the scenery is beautiful with full facilities. After nearly an hour, Bien Hoa was greeted with a morning sunrise with a cup of milk coffee for less than 15 thousand VND, from the station you only take 3 minutes to walk to Bien Hung Park, where not only have large trees shading but also a large lake in the heart of the city, we can experience a new and cool space here, even though it is mid-summer, the air next to the lake in the park is also good, enough attraction to make us feel escape from hustle and  bustle of the city, busy and crowded streets in the middle of the sun in the middle of a class 1 city. At the food festival, we can experience unique dishes from Bien Hoa specialties such as Tan Trieu pomelo with dishes such as pomelo salad, pomelo milk tea, pomelo jam, pomelo tea, fried sticky rice, Sanyo tea, etc. Thu Ha roasted duck seeds, Hong Hoa grilled spring rolls, Tan Mai fish salad… For those who love to read, they will also enjoy the Book Festival here. In addition, these days, Bien Hung Park also takes place the Lion and Dragon Festival. Immerse yourself in the exciting and entertaining performances, but that's not enough to end the day here! If this is your first time coming here, you can't miss the Buu Long tourist area, experience a new free camping, or visit historical sites, cycle in the experience areas. In addition, we can also come to an attractive entertainment paradise, admire the amazing tsunamis at Son Tien tourist resort and spiritual destinations such as Ong Pagoda, Dai Giac Pagoda, Tran Bien Temple of Literature built hundreds of years. To end a full day here, we should not miss Nam Ri shrimp hotpot, the restaurant is highly rated according to Food and Travel rankings with its unique flavor combined with pre-shelled shrimp. Or the big 'shrewd' shrimp dish at a reasonable price with the taste of the long-standing homeland of Bien Hoa, it is also impossible to ignore the dish of Minh Anh Cha lui, which has a long origin from decades of the flavor of the bacon. Grilled in combination with mixed green vegetables and homemade special dipping sauce, if you want to be more "luxurious", visit Binh Yen's rice house, a restaurant with a popular style and bold hometown taste, reasonable price. Harmonized with ethnic dishes, the quaint and idyllic decorated restaurant is a suitable destination for those who like to spend the weekend. Ddoois for coffee lovers, it is not difficult to choose a nice and chill cafe because the roads in Bien Hoa have many cafes with beautiful view.

For the first time, visitors can see Da Lat from above by praying

On the morning of December 28, 2022, the first hot air balloon festival was held in Da Lat, this is a program to respond to the 2022 Da Lat Flower Festival.

Visitors can use the hot air balloon service to enjoy the panoramic view of Da Lat city at an altitude of 200m or hang up at the yard of Da Lat Pedagogical College with an altitude of 50m. This is the first service applied to tourists when visiting and relaxing in the mountain town of Da Lat.

The opening time for the free-flying hot air balloon service (5 million VND / time) and the hanging flight (200,000 VND / time) takes place in the morning from 6:30 am - 9 am and in the afternoon from 16:30 pm - 19 pm. The starting point is at the yard of Da Lat Pedagogical College.

The hot air balloon program in Da Lat will take place until the morning of January 1, 2023 to serve people and tourists. In particular, on the evening of December 31, 2022, there will be a mini hot air balloon demonstration, a Night Low light festival to welcome New Year's Eve and welcome the new year 2023 at Lam Vien Square, Da Lat.