Before I even flew to Hanoi, I planned to visit Train Street and check out the coffee shops there. I saw numerous Instagram and TikTok posts about it, and like many, I was inspired to go there too. It’s called Train Street because it’s on the train tracks, each side lined with several shops and…
I saw a quirky coffee shop in Hanoi while walking along the Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square. It’s hard to miss because it’s in a tall building, and you can clearly see that it has colorful sticky notes all over it. It’s aptly named The Note Coffee, one of the most interesting coffee shops I’ve…
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Something got caught in the corner of my eye as I walked down the street on my last night in Hanoi. Upon closer inspection, I realized it was another coffee shop. I had visited two coffee shops earlier that day; I had enough caffeine in my blood to keep me up; but did it stop…
I met my friend Joanna on my first day in Hanoi, and after we had that delicious dinner at Cha Ca La Vong, she recommended this coffee shop in front of a cathedral. Joanna is currently based in Hanoi; she definitely has a local insight I’d like to fully tap into to enjoy my short…
Remember when I attempted to make Vietnamese egg coffee at home? Back then, I was obsessing about egg coffee, and I wanted to know if I could DIY it at home; it turns out I could. While I loved my concoction, I knew it wouldn’t hold a candle to the original. Cafe Giang in Hanoi is…
I mentioned in my Vina Cafe review that I was sort of obsessed with Vietnamese egg coffee. Then I had this bright idea to Google how to make it at home, and that’s how this post came about. My first attempt was successful, so I thought I should share the recipe. But before we proceed,…
When I went to Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, I snapped a photo of a street that looked a lot like any of the regular streets in Manila. When I posted it on Facebook, my friends thought it was funny and questioned if I was indeed, in another country. What they didn’t know is that…
My friend Cai and I met in Makati while typhoon Paeng was busy wreaking havoc in the country. I didn’t plan to go to Makati; I was heading to Sampaloc for my grandma’s wake, but Paeng ruined my plans, so I ended up spending the night over at the same hotel where Cai was staying….
I was born and raised in Sampaloc, Manila, and spent 30 years of my life in a small but crowded neighborhood. I lived there so long that sometimes when I dream about heading home, I’m always led to our old home. In reality, I don’t get to visit our old house anymore, but lately, I’ve been…
When I booked a flight to Hanoi and started making plans for this trip, I discovered the existence of egg coffee. Since then, I have sort of become obsessed with it. I wanted so badly to try egg coffee that I googled for local coffee shops that might be offering it. I had one delivered…
Despite being a self-proclaimed coffee addict, I didn’t know damn much about coffee. I couldn’t tell coffee beans apart, I’m always unsure whether my coffee was from Robusta or Arabica, and I didn’t know the most basic information of them all, who invented coffee? So one day, I decided to research everything, which is how…