We return to our hotel Monday afternoon to pack a bit and are now into our lovely executive suite there, a nice finish to the trip.
Off down the crowded streets to Highway 6 the restaurant where we found the special award-wining Son Tinh fortified rice wine, rather like sake, but with fruit infusions, one port-like, and 27% alcohol! We will take a few small bottles home for sampling later (Rice wine, passion fruit, rose apple, apricot.) We took a bottle to Sapa and it was the one good thing in that cold room at times!
We take a cab through the more upmarket part of Hanoi to the lovely French style house and "Madame Hien" restaurant across the lake. It's outdoor dining with lovely paper lanterns in the trees and an outdoor BBQ cooking station. Service is exemplary but notwithstanding that, Ted sends back his fish which is overcooked! He did warn them...We order wine for a change, a rose, which is nice and not too pricey.
Duck 3 ways (rare roasted breast, crisp spring roll and satay with tamarind sauce was delicious. Ted's sea bass in lotus leaf was perfect the second time. Green tea cake (like bread pudding) wasted to order and served with green tea ice cream. After dinner we tried Mme. Tien's special rice liqueurs, one made from white rice, one from red (40% alcohol!)
After all the recent travel, we were in bed by 10 and slept til 6am, very comfortable in our quiet suite, a good start to the flying ordeal coming up.
Off down the crowded streets to Highway 6 the restaurant where we found the special award-wining Son Tinh fortified rice wine, rather like sake, but with fruit infusions, one port-like, and 27% alcohol! We will take a few small bottles home for sampling later (Rice wine, passion fruit, rose apple, apricot.) We took a bottle to Sapa and it was the one good thing in that cold room at times!
We take a cab through the more upmarket part of Hanoi to the lovely French style house and "Madame Hien" restaurant across the lake. It's outdoor dining with lovely paper lanterns in the trees and an outdoor BBQ cooking station. Service is exemplary but notwithstanding that, Ted sends back his fish which is overcooked! He did warn them...We order wine for a change, a rose, which is nice and not too pricey.
Duck 3 ways (rare roasted breast, crisp spring roll and satay with tamarind sauce was delicious. Ted's sea bass in lotus leaf was perfect the second time. Green tea cake (like bread pudding) wasted to order and served with green tea ice cream. After dinner we tried Mme. Tien's special rice liqueurs, one made from white rice, one from red (40% alcohol!)
After all the recent travel, we were in bed by 10 and slept til 6am, very comfortable in our quiet suite, a good start to the flying ordeal coming up.
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