We are doing a bit of catching up here on last week's activities. (We are currently in Ho Chi Minh City.) In this case, we were in Hoi An, the must-see small town just south of Danang. In my 10 October postings, I described the town and some of its attractions.
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Given the tourist economy of the town, it has many beautiful restaurants appealing to tourists. While my wife is generally satisfied by street food stalls, I am a romantic and think that the atmosphere of the place is as important as the food (or the cost). In this case, we stopped for lunch at the Hoi An Xua restaurant a block from the waterfront. Unlike the other more western appealing restaurants in town, this restaurant was antique Chinese in design.
However the food wasn't -- it featured (as did most of the Vietnamese restaurants in town) the local specialties. The set menu featured "white rose" steamed shrimp wrapped in delicate rice paper, fried won ton, and cau lau, doughy flat noodles mixed with bean sprouts, bacon bits, and pork slices.
Along with the local beer, the cost came to about US$3.
