Since being in Vietnam we haven’t come across a lot of food courts but as we traversed the river of Da Nang at sunset we saw one and decided just to have a quick look before we went to a much more acceptable street side dinner.
In Malaysia, food courts ruled. The best ones are religiously spoken about on food blogs and getting a great meal at a food court in Malaysia is perfectly acceptable.
Since being in Vietnam we haven’t come across a lot of food courts but as we traversed the river of Da Nang at sunset we saw one and decided just to have a quick look before we went to a much more acceptable street side dinner.
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I am always in two minds about having breakfast in your hotel.
On one hand it’s amazing to be able to get up in the morning and simply walk to a dining room and have a fully adequate omelette served to you and free flowing coffee. On the other, having breakfast in your hotel means you simply miss out on a time on the streets that is alive like no other time of the day is. Breakfast in Vietnam is a big deal - it's the most important meal of the day here and a time when everyone eats together before they start their days. In Da Nang this morning we decided to get up early to see the sunrise – Jeff wanted to take some photos and I wanted to run across the dragon bridge. This meant that by 6am we were not only extremely accomplished and proud of ourselves, we were also extremely hungry. The hotel we are staying at in Da Nang, The Ruby, doesn't offer breakfast so we decided to walk the streets to see what we could find. By 6am in Da Nang the streets are full – I had to keep looking at my watch to remind myself that it was indeed only 6am. Street stalls are set up from seemingly nothing to be a full service restaurant ready for patrons to devour what ever their speciality is. First stop was a coffee shop to get our caffeine hit. The local Vietnamese coffee here is one of the best I’ve tasted – its extremely strong but has a smooth hazelnut flavour unlike any thing I have ever tasted before. As we sat down to enjoy, we struck up a conversation with 2 gentlemen sitting next to us. We had been told by travellers and locals along the way that stopping in Da Nang on the way to Hoi An was a waste of time and that there was nothing to do there.
However I had read that there was some amazing food to be had that was local to Da Nang that I was dying to try. So the lure of the food brought us to Da Nang for one night of eating. One of the dishes I had heard about that we were hungry for is called Mi Quang. The dish is basically half noodle soup, half noodle salad - it comes with a bowl of thick, hand cut noodles partially covered in a rich broth. The place we apparently needed to go to try this dish was Ba Vi and a quick google maps search showed us it was in the street right next to where we are staying. (Ba Vi - 166 Le Dinh Duong Street) On arrival we were greeted warmly and sat down outside. We were shown the menu - basically all you need to chose is the meat you want with your Mi Quang. I went chicken and Jeff went pork. |
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