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We arrived in the port of Chan May this afternoon. We're a long way from both Hue and Hoi An. We booked a night market food tour in Hoi An for tonight. We didn't realize that Hoi An is about 2 hours form the ship - thank goodness we wenting searching for a cab early!
We hired a great driver who was able to talk to our guide and ensure we got to the right meet up spot.
The drive into Hoi An was quite pretty and too us through Da Nang as well. We got to see the countryside, the beautiful beaches, rice paddies and oyster farms. On our way our driver stopped in "Marble Village" so we could see the marble statues that this area is famous for.
Our guide for the night market was fabulous - our food tour was what my friend Paul would call "a walk about". We went from restaurant to restaurant each for different food. Dinner was included in our tour so the guide had already preselected what we would try. Each restaurant was family owned and was part of the history of Hoi An, a UNESCO world heritage site. Some of the buildings where we ate were more than 200 years old.
Our first stop was a restaurant called the White Rose - famous for the dumpling they make of the same name. This family business makes more than 5000 dumplings a day supplying their own restaurant and others in the city. Here we also had a "wonton". Unlike the ones we have at home this was a flat fried wonton wrapper with onions, tomato, shrimp and so on, a bit like a pizza.
Hoi An has narrow streets lined with small restaurants and shops - the whole community is decorated in lanterns, just beautiful at night.
At our second restaurant - also family run, we had a soup with bean sprouts, herbs, noodles, and pork - made a special way by the family. We also had some satay and a pancake. The pancakes were made with pork, and shrimp, and to eat them you use rice paper, place the pancake on it, fill with herbs, cucumber and hot sauce and then wrap like a spring roll, with peanut sauce for dipping.
Our third restaurant was in a building over 200 years old. Famous for its "bread" which it turned out really meant it's sandwiches, served on freshly baked baguettes and stuffed with various meats and herbs and cucumber. We were so full at this point that we skipped our last savory stop.
At this point we stopped for a special herbal drink, with cleansing properties. Absolutely delicious and another well known feature only available in Hoi An. We ended our meal with a banana pancake from a street vendor. The street vendor was near the river. The whole area was lit up in celebration. You could hire a boat and float down the river, the boats had drivers and each had its own lantern. Very special evening in Hoi An. Worth the 2 hour trip each way!!
We hired a great driver who was able to talk to our guide and ensure we got to the right meet up spot.
The drive into Hoi An was quite pretty and too us through Da Nang as well. We got to see the countryside, the beautiful beaches, rice paddies and oyster farms. On our way our driver stopped in "Marble Village" so we could see the marble statues that this area is famous for.
Our guide for the night market was fabulous - our food tour was what my friend Paul would call "a walk about". We went from restaurant to restaurant each for different food. Dinner was included in our tour so the guide had already preselected what we would try. Each restaurant was family owned and was part of the history of Hoi An, a UNESCO world heritage site. Some of the buildings where we ate were more than 200 years old.
Our first stop was a restaurant called the White Rose - famous for the dumpling they make of the same name. This family business makes more than 5000 dumplings a day supplying their own restaurant and others in the city. Here we also had a "wonton". Unlike the ones we have at home this was a flat fried wonton wrapper with onions, tomato, shrimp and so on, a bit like a pizza.
Hoi An has narrow streets lined with small restaurants and shops - the whole community is decorated in lanterns, just beautiful at night.
At our second restaurant - also family run, we had a soup with bean sprouts, herbs, noodles, and pork - made a special way by the family. We also had some satay and a pancake. The pancakes were made with pork, and shrimp, and to eat them you use rice paper, place the pancake on it, fill with herbs, cucumber and hot sauce and then wrap like a spring roll, with peanut sauce for dipping.
Our third restaurant was in a building over 200 years old. Famous for its "bread" which it turned out really meant it's sandwiches, served on freshly baked baguettes and stuffed with various meats and herbs and cucumber. We were so full at this point that we skipped our last savory stop.
At this point we stopped for a special herbal drink, with cleansing properties. Absolutely delicious and another well known feature only available in Hoi An. We ended our meal with a banana pancake from a street vendor. The street vendor was near the river. The whole area was lit up in celebration. You could hire a boat and float down the river, the boats had drivers and each had its own lantern. Very special evening in Hoi An. Worth the 2 hour trip each way!!
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