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| vintage style cafe |
Mentioning
Hanoi, people may immediately think of a cultural space with various etiquettes
and customs from the old time. Although tea is a big thing, coffee and the way
people enjoy it are also among the most recognizable characteristics of this
ancient capital city. Beginning a day with a cup of hot coffee is an
indispensible hobby of many working Hanoians, though each one has his or her
own way in his or her own favourite place. And unlike major capital cities
elsewhere in the world, coffee in Hanoi is hardly found in chain with standard
menu, but very versatile and unique. Coffee houses spread anywhere from
sidewalk to office building, from being colorful to attract teenagers to
offering more human-animal interaction in the busy Hanoi.
1.
Sidewalk
cafés in Hanoi
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| Sidewalk cafés |
Sidewalk
cafe on Nguyen Du Street is a popular gathering place
Appearing
in Hanoi since the first years of 19s, during colonial time, street café is
undoubtedly the most popular choice of Hanoians to enjoy a cup of coffee. Here,
there is no light, no candle, no flower nor beautiful bartenders; people can
only see simple installation with little chairs and even no tables, a lot of
noise and even dust.
However,
drinking coffee on pavements has gone to the heart of coffee holics in this
city, where people can watch the busy life of Hanoi and express any feeling or
laugh out loud carefree of interruption, since everyone coming to such coffee
shop with the same purpose. Frequent customers of street cafe is also the most
diverse, with both office staffs, students and sometimes housewives.
Ones
may doubt about the quality of coffee on pavement shop but don’t worry because
these shops have appeared long enough to prove their stable position. From
subjective view of a coffee holic, I can say confidently that street coffee is
the cheapest but the best quality of this drink in Hanoi. Most famous street
café shops are Giang on 39 Nguyen Huu Huan, café Nguyen Du, Tonkin, café Dao
Duy Tu or café Thai Phien.
2.
Office
Cafés in Hanoi
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| Ciao Cafe |
Ciao
Cafe on 2 Hang Bai street is a good option for hanging out with colleagues
This
category is named “Office Café” because besides coming to drink coffee, customers
of these shops seeking for a professional decorated ambiance; beautiful view;
excellent service to work, read newspaper or books; discuss serious or business
matters; or simply to have quiet moments for a cup of coffee fleeing from the
hustle and bustle of social life.
Most
of the upmarket coffee shops in Hanoi follow this style, usually on top or
inside a high-star hotel with stunning overview from the above of Hanoi of
lying silently inside the lush green of a garden giving relaxing glimpse to its
customers.
In
addition, for such high quality coffee shops, there are live music performances
daily or weekly is another plus point for ones’ consideration.
3.
Teenagers’
Cafés in Hanoi
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| Unicorn's Home Cafe - lý Thường kiệt street |
Cookie
Jar - 79D Ly Nam De - is hot spot for Hanoi teens who love romance
This
type of coffee shop has been expanded dramatically in recent year which is
especially invented for teenagers and the youth. Coffee is no doubt the main
course of these shops but their menu usually composed of vitamins, yogurt,
cocktails and fast-foods. The interior of teen café is well decorated by wall
painting with animated themes creating a hilarious but cozy ambiance for
teenagers to either gossiping or studying effectively. To comment, this coffee
style is more entertaining than enjoying coffee.
4.
Themed
cafés in Hanoi
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| Themed cafés - Vintage style |
Pursuing
market demands and standing out from the others, coffee shops in Hanoi are now
designed in specific themes. Those themes are very diverse which may vary from
an address for people with the same interest like pets’ coffee for animal
lovers or antique coffee for ones who are interested in collecting antiques.
To
select out the most unique theme cafés shop in Hanoi, Bird Cafés on Nguyen Du
Street is no where can be found in the world. Here, thousands of rare species
of birds creating melodious orchestras are displayed in front of the very eyes
of customers. Besides sipping a cup of coffee to power up oneself, contemplate
beautiful birds and listen to their songs is another way to dismiss stresses.
Another
very special coffee shop in Hanoi is Art Coffee on 76 Quan Thanh Street, whose
theme is antiques. The shop seems to be a small stadium preserving antiques of
all regions in Vietnam of different dates. Art coffee is really a meeting-place
of all archaeology lovers in not only Vietnam but also foreigners with the same
interest
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Vietnamonline
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