Hanoi Trip (25 till 29 October 2015) Part 1

Susan and I had our yearly "honeymoon" trip as usual and we went to Hanoi for this time! We have planned this trip about 3 months ahead and everything went very well from the time that we landed till we departed from Hanoi. Though we had very much difficulties in communicating with the locals but the tour guides were very helpful in this all the time!

Anything is possible in Vietnam!

We arrived at Hanoi at around 8.30 am at the airport and the hotel has arranged a taxi to pick us to the hotel. We booked ahead for the airport transfer as many people alerted us about scam at the airport as they would over-charge you! Upon reaching the hotel (Hanoi Guesthouse), the friendly receptionists called us for breakfast before we went for our Hanoi half day tour! For your information, we booked all our trips (Hanoi half day trip, Halong Bay tour and Tam Coc-Hua Lu tour) with them at a very reasonable price! Roughly it was about USD 500 for 2 person!

Hanoi Guesthouse.. While waiting for our breakfast to be ready! =) 

Local beef noodle! It's awesome! 

Rice roll with minced meat and  mushroom with 3 slices of meat! And most of the things that we had in Hanoi, it comes with a bowl of fish sauce... =)

And our Hanoi half day tour begins!

HCM Mausoleum (1st destination), place where HCM's body is laid to rest. It was not opened when we were there because it was under maintenance...

HCM Palace, it has a very big compound and located near the HCM Mausoleum.. 

HCM old house and office, a place where he used to work.. 

Standing root "Buddha"

One Pillar Pagoda (2nd destination).. 

 Temple of Literature (3rd destination).. The oldest university in Hanoi and it was very crowded that day as many university's students were taking their graduation pictures there! =)

Similar background in the 100,000 Dong note.. 

 The Great Confucius in Temple of Literature.. You will be amazed with the statues in every temple in Hanoi! Every statue and every temple has its own story..

Treat by our tour guide, sugar cane with lime by the busy road..  You can try this at home next time because it tastes very good! Something new...

Tran Quoc Pagoda (4th destination).. Oldest Buddhist temple in Hanoi, located by the West lake.. You can find Bodhi tree inside! According to the guide, it was a gift when Indian president visited Hanoi long time ago!

At Tran Quoc Pagoda.. Be aware of the visiting hours because they close for lunch!

At Tran Quoc Pagoda..

Hoa Lo Prison Museum (5th destination).. A prison built by the French which converted to a museum.. It has many histories from the past wars in Vietnam.. We spent about 1 hour here to explore the whole prison..

Some eerie feeling cells... 

A memorial place for the Vietnamese soldiers.. 

To be continued..

Foo Chow Food @ Megalong Complex, Dongongon

Just few posts ago, I remember that I have blogged a Foo Chow stall at Taman Mesra. And again, I discovered another old stall which has been selling for years at Megalong Complex, Dongongon. According to my girlfriend who is a Foo Chow, she says that this is really authentic and it has the "home-made" taste! There are not many items on the menu but all are equally "hot" item! If you want to locate this shop, it's at first floor in the complex which at the same corner as Giant. 

Foo Chow Dry Noodle with minced meat (RM 4)..  The cheapest and nicest Foo Chow noodle in town!

Red Wine Noodle (RM 10).. Taste better than the Taman Mesra's one, even the colour of it has already shown you how good is it!

Just one complaint which is that the service is a bit slow when there are many customers. Anyway, spend some time to wait is really worth it! Definitely this is not the one and only trip to this place!

Enjoy and have a nice day! =)

Beans & Beans Coffee @ Suria Sabah

Another Korean Dessert shop has come to KK and it's Beans & Beans. Located at LG level and same row with Sushi King (few shops away if not mistaken). They do serve a varieties of "bingsu" (shaved ice topped with special ingredients), desserts and drinks. The design of the shop is almost the same like Numpat =p but they have a few sofa in the middle which is more comfortable! Didn't have the chance to try much because there is only 2 of us! So we ordered one chocolate bingsu to share.. But their portion is kind of small.. =)

Chocolate bingsu (RM 17.80).. I love this so much because it has wonderful toppings such as ice cream, chocolate cake pieces, banana slices etc!

Sorry to say that I can't really commend much as I just tried once but I will definitely be back for others! So as for you, there is a new hang out place in town! Enjoy and have a nice day =)