Danang/Hue/HoiAn 2025 - Hoi An Ancient Town Solo Walk

 

Danang/Hue/HoiAn 2025 - Hoi An First Morning and Breakfast at Emerald Riverside Resort

 

Danang/Hue/HoiAn 2025 - Hoi An First Night Walking in the Rain

 

Danang/Hue/HoiAn 2025 - Hoi An Dinner on the First Night

My friend picked the first restaurant for our first dinner in Hoi An. I think she picked it 

because the place was jammed packed with locals instead of foreigners. (Note: foreigners to me usually refers to AngMoh a.k.a. caucasians.) I didn't object cause the price was ok, and they serves some of the cuisine I wanted to try.

The name and the menu of the restaurant. One nice thing about Vietnam is, almost every cafe or restaurant usually provides wifi for you to use. I learned that when I was working there and doesn't have a roaming plan. Of course sometimes I got stuck and couldn't call a Grab back.....

Look at the seafood! I don't even know how much those are!

I wanted to try the clam claypot rice, and one of the noodles too.

Ah here it is. Cao Lau. 

My friend did the ordering. So we got grilled brinjal. I love brinjal so I didn't object to this.

I got my noodles. It was interesting, but not as nice as Mi Quang.

Got some grilled sotong, which was a bit too dry. 

Got some grilled oysters too, which was again, too dry! So yeah, the seafood was a tad disappointing. Actually, I would have preferred to kept our seafood dishes to Danang instead since that's where it's famous for. Hoi An is after all, a kinda village.....

Tried the clam rice, which was just so so. They actually minced up the clam, so you don't see a whole clam inside anywhere.... Doesn't even taste remotely near to the sea, sorry! It was a filly meal, but not really memorable in taste.

The coffee was always great though. And we actually sat next to two trans lady who was also doing streaming while they eat with a bunch of old man, lol. That itself was rather interesting. It was a super local restaurant so everyone was kinda seated shoulder to shoulder with each other.