The Hanoitimes - Célimène Daudet to hold recital at Hanoi Opera House, 7th European literature days… highlight events this week 8 – 13 May 2017 in Hanoi. Célimène Daudet to hold recital at Hanoi Opera House Célimène Daudet to hold recital at Hanoi Opera House. It has been unveiled that French pianist Célimène Daudet will hold a solo music recital May 11 at the Hanoi Opera House located at 1 Trang Tien Street in the Hoan Kiem District of Hanoi. The classical virtuoso pianist has won many international prestigious competitions as well as the International Pro Music Prize in 2010. As both a soloist and chamber musician, she has performed at prestigious venues throughout Europe and North America, and made a debut at New York’s Carnegie Hall in 2013. Her first solo album, ‘A tribute to Bach,’ released in 2011, earned her international acclaim.In Hanoi, she will perform excerpts from the album and a … [Read more...]
Hanoi named among world’s top cuisine heavens
(CPV) - The UK newspaper Telegraph has listed Hanoi among the world's 17 greatest cities for food. Ranked at 2nd, the magazine described Hanoi’s compact old center as the place to sample the balance of salty, sweet, sour and spicy flavours in Vietnamese cuisine. Telegraph advised travelers to try street dishes like pho tiu noodles with sweet and sour soup, pork and fish sauce; banh mi, a baguette filled with pate, cucumber, herbs, crispy onion and chilli; and com tam, broken rice with grilled pork, pork skin, egg and fish sauce. Cuisine lovers were recommended to taste traditional egg coffee or ca phe trung, a blend of coffee and egg whites, folded with sugar, drunk hot or cold. Tokyo (Japan) topped the list as it was introduced with sushi, tonkatsu pork cutlets, unagi eel, okonomiyaki pancakes and tofu. The remaining cities that made the list are London (the UK), Jaipur (India), New York (the US), Mendoza (Argentina), Bologna (Italy), Lyon (France), New Orleans (the US), … [Read more...]
Restaurant business: from street restaurants to food courts
VietNamNet Bridge – A restaurant with 70 seats and the space area of 150 square meter can obtain the turnover of VND1 billion a month. The huge profit explains why more and more restaurants, domestic and foreign invested, have mushroomed. Everyone now has to practice thrift in the context of the economic difficulties. However, while they have to cut down the budget on all other luxurious products and services, they have not cut down spending on the lunches and dinners at luxurious restaurants. That explains why restaurants have been unhurt in the economic recession. At noon of February 19, 2013, or the 10th day of the new lunar year of snake, when office workers went back to work for the second day, the area reserved for food and restaurants at Vincom Center was seen full of customers. Nem Vuong, Sumo BBQ, Wrap & Roll restaurants here were nearly full occupied. At Kumho shopping mall, while the fashion kiosks were deserted with a few of visitors, the Thai and Japanese … [Read more...]
Month-long Canadian culinary fest in Hanoi
Month-long Canadian culinary fest in Hanoi By Tuong Vi in HCMC A Canadian food festival will kick off at Hanoi’s Hai Cang restaurant on Saturday under arrangement of the Canadian Embassy in Vietnam. The festival is to celebrate National Day of Canada on Sunday. It will be hosted at many restaurants in the capital including Don’s Tay Ho, Hai Cang, Asahi Sushi and Nam Phuong. During the month-long event, participating restaurants will offer unique Canadian cuisine, ranging from tiptop beef to a vast array of fresh seafood and others. On Wednesday top chef Donald Berger presented Canadian food at Don’s Tay Ho restaurant in 16/27 Xuan Dieu Street in Tay Ho District. Canadian ambassador to Vietnam Deborah Chatsis said: “We hope Vietnamese organizations and consumers will consider Canada as one of leading food suppliers in the country.” A similar festival will take in HCMC at the end of the year. … [Read more...]
Viewing Hanoi’s old quarter through foreign eyes
The Hanoi Times - Love it or loathe it, the vibrancy of Hanoi’s old quarter always provokes a reaction, its throbbing effervescence giving the capital’s residents a sense of its own unique character and a charm that has captivated the hearts and minds of the city’s foreign residents, who have spoken of their love of this lively, interesting and beautiful place. To begin with, they feel scared whenever they get lost in the old, similarly-named streets, the pavements crammed with food stalls and the roads filled with traffic chaos. Chantrelle Nielson, an American who has lived in Hanoi’s old quarter for the past year, said that, to begin with, she was afraid of walking on the pavements. “The streets are so jumbled up and the names are hard to remember. We would take short walks to find something to eat, then we would get lost and spend an hour trying to find our way back to the hotel. It felt like trying to swim in a very fast river”, she said. … [Read more...]
Fried Hanoi catfish worth traveling across the world for, says Bloomberg
There’s a no-frills diner in Hanoi that's been serving just one special dish for nearly 150 years: catfish. It is possibly the finest and tastiest catfish in Vietnam and has amazed scores of local diners and tourists, as well as now it seems, Bloomberg writers. The U.S. news site recently published a list of 12 restaurants “worth traveling across the world to experience”, and “Cha Ca La Vong” in Hanoi was among them. Pan-fried squares of sizzling catfish made vibrant with the flavors of dill, onion, turmeric and galangal await diners from both near and far. When the restaurant opened in 1871 as a rebel hideout during French colonial times, the owners decided to name it after Jiang Ziya (La Vong in Vietnamese), a Chinese noble who fished with a bare hook and helped King Wen of Zhou overthrow the Shang Dynasty. The restaurant sits at 14 Cha Ca, the street subsequently named after the popular dish, in Hoan Kiem District. Bloomberg said notable chefs such … [Read more...]
Boatman’ sushi makes waves in Hanoi
The Hanoitimes - Kobune Sushi might be located in a megamall, but the marine-themed restaurant offers a more authentic sushi experience than many other Japanese establishments in the capital city. Vns/Hanoitimes … [Read more...]
Hanoi Museum hosts weekly bazaar
Russian Culture Days kick off in Hanoi The 2013 Russian Culture Days kicked off on November 12 in the presence of President Truong Tan Sang and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Addressing the opening ceremony in the Opera House in Hanoi, President Sang affirmed that Vietnam and Russia share a long history of relations and loyal friendship. To Vietnamese people, Russia is an intimate and great friend, he said, stressing that Vietnam is always grateful to Russia for its priceless support and help to the country during its past struggle for independence as well as current national construction and development. Underlining the importance of cultural cooperation between the two countries, President Sang said the Russian culture is familiar to many generations of Vietnamese people with melodies, songs and art works. He said the event, which coincides with the 96 th anniversary of the Russian October Revolution and the Vietnam visit of President Putin, will make practical … [Read more...]
Concert: Von Wegen Lisbeth in Hanoi
Opening: 08:00 pm, Fri 04 Nov 2016 Youth Theater Hanoi, 11 Ngo Thi Nham Street, Hanoi Goethe-Institut Hanoi The five concerts come with interactive workshops and talks in which German learners from the Goethe-Institut, PASCH partner schools and universities will get a chance to meet the musicians. The band of five started experimenting with music since they were students. Like so many others, their music career started with a YouTube video. Though daftly making fun of the social networks’ mechanisms, the cheerful song “Sushi” became a bit hit. After releasing their EP "Und plötzlich der Lachs" in 2014, they had their first tour through Germany. And now, the quintet takes over German clubs and festivals with their debut album "Grande." Put on your dancing shoes. Free tickets are available at Goethe-Institut Hanoi, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Hanoi, starting at 9 a.m. on October 28. … [Read more...]
Hanoi ranks top among greatest cities for food
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi placed first in the list of the world’s 16 greatest cities for food selected by the UK’s Telegraph. “If it's good enough for Barack Obama... The US president was spotted enjoying 6 USD noodles with Anthony Bourdain in the Vietnamese capital on May 23. Clearly he's well aware of the city's culinary prowess,” Telegraph posted the photo and caption by well-known British chef Bourdain about his dinner with President Obama at a “bun cha” shop on Le Van Huu Street, Hanoi. The Telegraph also advises eating like a local and taking to the streets for freshly prepared dishes such as pho tiu noodles with a sweet and sour soup, pork and fish sauce; banh mi, a baguette filled with pate, cucumber, herbs, crispy onion and chilli; and com tam, broken rice with grilled pork, pork skin, egg and fish sauce. Finish with traditional egg coffee - or ca phe trung - a blend of coffee and egg whites, folded with sugar, drunk hot or cold. … [Read more...]