Sunday, 6 July 2014

Hoi An Specialities Food – Cao lau, Wonton renowned in Hoi An

Hoi An Specialities Food – Cao lau, Wonton renowned in Hoi An

Hoi An Specialities Food – Cao lau, Wonton renowned in Hoi An

Cao Lau and Wonton not only cause curiosity with unique name, but also intrigued by strange taste, that visitors cannot ignore when visiting Hoi An.
Despite not delicacies, if once coming to Hoi An, do not miss the opportunity to enjoy renowned Cao Lau and Wonton. In Hoi An, you can enjoy Cao lau, Wonton at a number of restaurants along the Old quarter or near the market with the price of 35,000 dong (Arround 1.7$ USD ).
In the space of flickering lantern, no more interesting than gathering with friends around tables, simple bamboo chairs and tasting delicious Cao lau.Crunchy feeling from noodles with sweet spreading of shrimp, meat, cool taste of vegetables; blended with a little sour, spicy from sauce, chili, pork skin, crispy fried Cao lau, all will bring uplifting experience for sense of taste.

Cao lau, wonton with full taste, color and flavor

Hoi An Specialities Food –  Wonton

Wonton is processed with many different variations as fried wonton, wonton soup, wonton noodles, but the most favorite dish of majority of customers choosing as appetizers along with rolls is fried wonton.
To make wonton, chef will choose scented and plastic flour mixed with eggs, and then puree mixture before rolling flour thinly.Next, cut the flour into small pieces to make the crust, put filling into the middle and grab the edge to fit it.Filling is made from fresh shrimp, crush, taste spices and rescan very smoothly, then steam them and add the sauce when processing wonton soup, wonton noodles or fried wonton.
If wonton soup has sweet taste; wonton noodles bring new feeling because of a little bit of pasta blended with chili sauce, a few greaves lying neatly in a bowl, fried wonton is attracted with crunchy and greasy crust with charming sauce. Crispy crust blended with shrimp, pork and vegetables will make you hard to refuse.

Perfect appetizer with fried wonton.

Hoi An Specialities Food – Cao lau

Together with Wonton, Cao lau is a worthy dish bringing perfect balance for guests who visit Hoi An
Cao Lau differs from typical Vietnamese noodle dishes because it has no soup. In Vietnamese, locals call it a “mixing dish” because it includes vegetables, fried lard and sauce on top of the noodles. The ingredients are placed in the dish, but it’s the customer who mixes them together. Cao Lau is therefore a special variety of noodle dish. It is also different from Quang noodle, another Vietnamese noodle dish, because of the amount of sauce, the additional ingredients, and the type of noodles used.
To make Cao Lau noodles, the rice has to be stone ground and mixed with ash and water. The ash is made with firewood from the Cham Islands. The noodles are cut and then cooked three times with firewood. The water to cook the noodles is also very special because it only comes from specific wells in Hoi An. This is why Cao Lau is a dish that can only be prepared in Hoi An. Cao Lau combines various flavors (sour, pungent, bitter, astringent and sweet) in the vegetables, soy sauce and fried lard. Cao Lau is served at room temperature

Delicious and charming Cao lau with meat and seafood. - Cao lau Hoi An price is 35,000 vnd dong (1.8$) – You can easily find it at the roadside
If Quang noodles are served with dry pancake, Cao lau is flavored with crispy rice noodles chopped into long or square shape then fried swell.It’s fried noodle that makes the dish delicious and strange.The soul of this dish is the broth made from pork marinated with five spices flavor, secret spices creating special taste, sweet but just enough to meet the standard.
Cao Lau noodles are placed neatly at the bottom of the bowl with bean sprouts, Tra Que vegetables, and basil. A few slices of thin pork, shrimp, chicken, fried pork skin are all on top before putting the sauce up, adding a little fried Cao lau, green pepper, slices of lemon, that seems to make Cao lau meet color, taste and flavor. The dish is also varied with many flavors so that diners can choose such as pork Cao lau, chicken Cao lau, meat and seafood Cao lau. You can request extra fish sauce, soy sauce according to your own taste.


Friday, 4 July 2014

An Bang – little known beautiful beach in Hoi An

An Bang – little known beautiful beach in Hoi An
Only when presented in the list of top 50 most beautiful beaches in the world of CNNGo page, An Bang is newly known though it’s just over one km far from Cua Dai Beach.
Early morning in the Central, the sun has begun to dawn on the horizon at only 5 a.m. It hasn’t beensunny yet but everything’s clear, the cool wind blows from the Thu Bon River.It is also interesting time to ride by bicycle along the small path with coconut trees from Hoi An towards the sea.
Only a few kilometers from Hoi An, bicycle wheels roll through lush green fields, across a small bridge spanning the river towards the sea.Instead of going straight to Cua Dai beach, you turn left along the coastal footpath and run for about one km further to reach An Bang.

An Bang beach runs around about 4 km with fine sandy slopes. Photo: Sandy
Strips of sea funnel spreading on the sloping sand bloom purple flowers in the sun. On the deserted beach, a few people are rushing into the sea. They are not tourists but people around here who are used to going to the beach every morning. Not picky with parasols, umbrellas, tables and chairs, only having pure sea waves, 4 km sandy beach and brilliant sunshine overhead.
An Bang in Cam An ward, Hoi An is the beach of people living around the area. They usually come here for swimming, playing sports or going for a walk in the morning, before starting a new working day. Therefore, in the morning, we could meet boys and girls desperately catching wind- sea crab, teenagers fighting for a ball on the long sandy beach or elderly couples sitting to talk with each other, watching basket boats bobbing in the distance. Just for a moment, when the sun rises completely, they will disperse to do routine working and bring back peaceful beach with gentle waves.


Great place to rest and relax. Photo: Sandy.
An Bang has just developed simple services such as home-stay for tourists.Despite tourists starting to know and visit in recent years, An Bang still retains peaceful and unspoiled line.Seaway stretches with fine sand dunes.The waves here are not too big but gentle on the beach. It’s not as noisy as Cua Dai beach; visitors lie on the couch reading a book comfortably, sunbathe and enjoy delicious food on the beach.The sea is deserted and quiet; far away from Cu Lao Cham Island.When the sun rises highly, you can stay under coconut leaf roofs to avoid the sun and are not bored with lying all day.
In An Bang, most of visitors drive here in the morning, play all day without boredom on the beach and return to Hoi An at night.Guests loving the sea will stay in simple guesthouses on the beach to watch all sparkling stars and waves surfing relentlessly from the sea.

Simple home-stay in harmony with space here. Photo: Sandy.

After 3 years from the date of being voted in top 50 most beautiful beaches in the world, An Bang still remains its rustic and simple beauty. Services are not massively developed due to the title. People do not still move here for sales or pick up visitors because this beach belongs to Hoi An’s fishermen and those who love calmness of the sea.


Thursday, 3 July 2014

Where to try Chicken rice in Hoi An – Dishes Not to Missed

Where to try Chicken rice in Hoi An – Dishes Not to Missed
Referring to Hoi An cuisine, the top dish in the “unwritten” chart, along with Cao lau, which no candidate cannot deserve is Hoi An chicken rice. The same with Cao Lau and Wontom , Chicken rice is the traditional dish of the Hoi An’s people. The dainty dish fitting all seasons is pride of Hoi An’s people. So, there’s a phrase “not eaten chicken rice in Hoi An , not visited Hoi An yet.
What first makes appeal of chicken rice is chicken icon smile Where to try Chicken rice in Hoi An   Dishes Not to Missed . If you are very familiar with industrial chicken in the city or in the fast food restaurant, that is very overcooked, cloying and has no special smell, surely Hoi An chicken rice will give you real definition of the taste of chicken.

Hoi An chicken rice

Hoi An Chicken Rice – Traditionnal Hoi An food

Chicken meat which is carefully selected is made from backyard hen ensuring very recognizable tasty tender meat. And yet, how processed chicken is under the “taste” of the Central region; it means not leaving full thighs, wings like other regions. Boiled chicken is shredded, mixed with onions, knotweed leaves, lemon juice and other spices to fit your mouth. Ingenuity of the chef is as well as highlighted factor in every restaurant, which should be shown by chicken taste after mixing. Interestingly, chicken has sour and spicy taste while maintaining aroma of chicken and not overcooking.
Chicken rice is also quite picky in choosing fragrant and soft one to cook. Chicken broth is used to cook chicken rice, so grains will light up natural yellow color, be smooth and sweet. You cannot forget when enjoying it.
Hoi An Chicken rice is presented as eye-catching disc with just enough rice to eat, mixed up- chicken, decorated knotweed leave, sliced ​​onion, salt and pepper. Chicken rice is served with homemade chili sauce. A bowl of cabbage soup cooked with fresh ginger, papaya salad, thin julienne carrots are great supporting components which enhance flavor of chicken rice.


Chicken rice served with cabbage soup and papaya salad.
Life rhythm of the old town makes us want to enjoy leisurely and deliberate lunch. Pick up pieces of chicken and feel soft rice dissolved in the mouth is indeed unforgettable impression.
Today, if you visit Hoi An, pass along the dreamy Hoai riverside, take glance the menu of luxurious or even popular restaurants, chicken rice always gain the “upper hand” status.
Chicken rice is very popular and gives elegant flavor to be consistent with dinner parties.
Going to Hoi An, find yourself a seat in a popular chicken rice restaurant to feel spirit cuisine which Quang people send here.

Where to try Chicken rice in Hoi An?

That you might remember most about a trip to central Vietnam is the ubiquitous flavor of savory chicken rice. Hoi An’s chicken rice, with its unique spicy character, tempting smell and its simple yet very appetizing presentation, is just so Vietnamese!
On the night of the old town, across the block, under the roof of the ancient roof moss, under shimmering lantern, you cannot ignore the chicken boiled silk show up on a disk, first fragrance attractive flight from the chicken rice restaurants. Want to make delicious rice and chicken also choose to have that experience. Here are some famous Vietnam Chicken Restaurant Address
Ms Buoi 22 Phan Chau Trinh
Ms Ty 27 Phan Châu Trinh
Ms Thuan 17/4 Nhị trưng
And so many chicken rice small shops on the street.

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Hoi An chicken rice is very simple: in it’s most bare form, the recipe includes only rice, chicken, sauce and pickled carrots. But it is not easy to cook an exemplary chicken rice plate. You’ve got to visit the master chefs in Hoi An’s street-side …



Things to do in Da Nang – Eat Vietnamese rolling rice paper with pork meat

Things to do in Da Nang – Eat Vietnamese rolling rice paper with pork meat

Vietnam Rolling rice paper cakes with pork meat is special food in Da Nang, one of traditional food in vietnam

Despite the same way as spring rolls in the North or in the South of Viet Nam, this dish has very long name with main ingredients which are well known not only in Vietnam. This rustic dish without fussy cooking method is just a simple cold dish, however, to get unforgettable taste; it’s very quite demanding in selection of raw materials. Rice paper is dried in dew, made by fragrant rice and not broken, crushed on rolling. Pork is very tasty, cooked and soaked in broth, so that the meat has flexibility, pure fat, white meat and soft skin. If hard-boiled, it will be dry and have shrunken skin. Raw vegetables is occupied most of this dish, because there are over a dozen types of fresh vegetables with fresh flavor and very easy to gather at whatever season of the year.

Pork rolling cakes- too hard to miss when visiting to Da Nang.

 How to enjoying specialties food Vietnam rolling rice papge ?

On enjoying specialties food from Da Nang, you should not rush but arrange and roll enough round and firm piece; merge flavors of all ingredients.Spread the rice paper out, put it into rice noodle, a piece of pork, sliced ​​cucumber, green banana, bean sprouts and fresh vegetables: lettuce, perilla, basil, lettuce … and slowly roll; put them into a bowl of spicy sauce. This is the standard sauce which cannot be replaced by other ones.If pork or vegetables are not different from neighboring provinces, it’s the sauce that makes its own mark of the dish.Each restaurant in Da Nang has own secret sauce to make special flavor.Additionally, the process how to make the sauce really ensures food hygiene and safety to give confidence to those who are shy with other types of fish sauce. Freshness of vegetables, taste of the meat with spicy and sour sauce makes many people linger in Da Nang after enjoying renowned specialty- pork rolling cake. If you have chance to Da Nang city, do not miss this charming dish in specialty restaurants of Da Nang (Tran restaurant system, Mau restaurant …) or sidewalk restaurants, Con Market, Han Market, etc.

Easy way to eat rolling rice paper is take by hand
Here are some restaurent where you can eat Vietnam rolling rice paper with cheap price:

01: Bánh Tráng Thịt Heo Trần – Lê Duẩn

Address: 4 Lê Duẩn, Quận Hải Châu, Đà Nẵng Call to book: (0511) 3 752 779 – 0905 010 022

02. Trúc Lâm Viên Cafe & Restaurant

Address: 08-10 Trần Quý Cáp, Quận Hải Châu, Đà Nẵng Call to book: (0511) 3 582 428 – (0511) 3 843 777

03. Quán Thu – Bánh Hỏi Cháo Lòng

Address: 161 Lê Thanh Nghị, Quận Hải Châu, Đà Nẵng

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Tuesday, 1 July 2014

Hilarious Jokes

Teacher: “Tell me something about oysters, Johnny.”

Johnny: “They are very lazy. They are always found in beds.”

Hilarious Jokes

Diner: “Waiter, the portions seem to have got a lot smaller lately.”

Waiter: “Just an optical illusion, sir. Now that the restaurant has been enlarged, they look smaller, that’s all.”

Hilarious Jokes

Waiter: “Yes, sir, we are very up to date. Everything here is cooked by electricity.”

Diner: “I wonder if you would mind giving this steak another shock?”

Hilarious Jokes

Two girls:

“I’m going to buy a book.”
“A book!”
“Yes, my husband bought me the most adorable reading-lamb yesterday.”

Hilarious Jokes

“What do you find the most difficult thing on the piano?”
“To pay the installments.”

Hilarious Jokes

Friend 1: “Did you know that I had taken up story-writing as a career?”
Friend 2: “No, sold anything yet?”
Friend 1: “Yes, my watch, my saxophone, and my overcoat.”

Hilarious Jokes

Two kids talking:

“I painted something for last year’s academy.”
“Was it hung?”
“Yes, near the entrance where everybody could see it.”
“Congratulations! What was it?”
“A board saying, ‘Keep To The Left’.”

Hilarious Jokes

“I dreamed last night that I had invented a new type of breakfast food and was sampling it when–”
“Yes, yes; go on.”
“I woke up and found a corner of the mattress gone!”

Hilarious Jokes

“Don’t you agree that ‘time’ is the greatest healer?”
“He maybe, but he’s certainly no beauty specialist.”

Hilarious Jokes

“When are you going on your vacation?”
“I don’t know. I’ve got to wait until the neighbors get through using my suitcase.”

Hilarious Jokes

“Papa, what is the person called who brings you in contact with the spirit world?”
“A bartender, my boy.”

Hilarious Jokes

A guide, showing an old lady through the Zoo, took her to a cage occupied by a kangaroo.

“Here, madam,” he said, “we have a native of Australia.”

“Good gracious,” she replied, “and to think my sister married one of them.”

Hilarious Jokes

“How many cigars do you smoke a day?”
“About ten.”
“What do they cost you?”
“Twenty cents a piece.”
“My, that’s two dollars a day. How long have you been smoking?”
“Thirty years.”
“Two dollars a day for thirty years is a lot of money.”
“Yes, it is.”
“Do you see that office building on the corner?”
“Yes.”
“If you had never smoked in your life you might own that fine building.”
“Do you smoke?”
“No, never did.”
“Do you own that building?”
“No.”

Hilarious Jokes

“What’s the matter with your wife? She looks all broken up.”
“She got a terrible shock.”
“How was it?”
“She was assisting at a rummage sale at the church and she took off her new $2 hat and somebody sold it for 30 cents.”

Hilarious Jokes

“Papa, what are ancestors?”
“Well, my son, I’m one of yours. Your grandpa is another.”
“Oh! Then why is it people brag about them?”

Hilarious Jokes

“Mother, can I have those apples on the sideboard?”
“Yes, dear!”
“Oh, I am so glad you said yes.”
“Why, are you so hungry?”
“No– but I’ve eaten them already.”