Bun dau mam tom (fried tofu, shrimp paste, and noodles) is one of signature foods in Hanoi. Any visitors must try this dish when coming to our capital, we could find it at the hold of the wall to sell this one every streets, or also vendors sit a corner of any roads.
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Let’s take a bus in Hanoi
Many people in Hanoi don’t like to use public transportation, cause it is inconvenient to move from this place to others., and also it’s waste of time to wait for a bus.
Continue reading “Let’s take a bus in Hanoi”Don’t waste one day in Hanoi
If you come to Hanoi, our capital, how do you spend the time to discover?
Actually, you could visit all places and taste all kind of unique foods in Hanoi, so I would like to introduce some specific ones then you could explore and understand about our city, our culture by shortest way.
Almost people know Hanoi as a traditional city with maintaining ancient places or local people’s lifestyle.
Let’s discover Hanoi with me one day.
Continue reading “Don’t waste one day in Hanoi”Traffic jam whenever it is rainy in Hanoi
Hanoi, when rainy comes, all streets are traffic jam at the rush hour. As your seeing my shot here, each person, each group rides motorcycles, rides cars to follow each other. I must take 2 hours from my office to my apartment though only 10 km, that’s a frequent issue whenever it is rainy.
Com, young sticky rice in Hanoi
When people talk about Hanoi in autumn, surely they will remember Com which is a special food in this city.
Continue reading “Com, young sticky rice in Hanoi”Vanphuc silk village
There are a lot of ancient handmade village in our country, in which we have Vanphuc silk village where is the famous silk village of Hanoi to contemplate the genuine traditional silk-making industry.
Lotus – Vietnam’s national flowers
From childhood , we have known by heart the folk song and the lotus flowers are alike to Vietnamese people’s symbol.
” Trong đầm gì đẹp bằng sen,
Lá xanh bông trắng lại chen nhị vàng,
Nhị vàng bông trắng lá xanh,
Gần bùn mà chẳng hôi tanh mùi bùn”
In English, we can temporarily translate as below
In the pond, the lotus flower is beautiful
Green leaves, white flowers, yellow stamens
Yellow stamens, white flowers, green leaves
Near mud but it does not stink like mud.
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Continue reading “Lotus – Vietnam’s national flowers”Hanoi, 12 flower seasons
Perhaps, almost people only know Hanoi where is different to other cities by 4 seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter. However, as for local people, the loving point of Hanoi is twelve flowers season according to 12 months in a year. For more than 20 years I have been living there, it seems as my hometown and also it is very closed to me with romantic beauty.
Let’s discover which flower in each month.
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