Good morning everybody, it's Cory here.
I am at Cafe NOLA, and this is in the Old Quarter on Mã Mây street.
And I'll have the address in the description box down below, but
this is one of the coolest cafes I've been to in Hanoi.
And Hanoi has hundreds, if not thousands, of cafes. The cafe culture here is really cool.
Very vibrant. There's so many unique, very just interesting cafes around the whole city.
So I just wanted to share this place with you because I came here with my friends
not too long ago, and I was kind of like woah... really shocked because first of all,
it's just covered in so much greenery. There's vines and plants everywhere, it's really cool.
And the other part is the old like rustic French architecture, and just this old home vibe
that has been turned into a cafe. They do some good coffee here, they also serve food.
You can get like Vietnamese food here, you can get breakfast, if you wanted.
But you know, usually when I come here, I get a drink.
This time I got this Sinh tố chuối, this is banana smoothie.
And I haven't had coffee or breakfast yet, but I think this is going to help energize me.
And it's fresh, fresh blended banana smoothie from downstairs. Really cool.
The interesting thing about this place is there's a lot of art work inside, so it's kind of cool, there's even
like a full armor, like medieval armor figure down on the 1st floor.
I don't know why that's there, but it's very interesting.
I've been here a few times and there's always like nobody.
As you could see when I was walking around, when I first came in, there was a nice lady who greeted me on
the 1st floor. That was it. And there was the staff members, there were no customers.
And it's like 11AM right now, on a Wednesday.
So, it's kind of interesting you know, you'd expect like at least one customer, but there was like nobody here.
It's kind of nice, actually. So you can enjoy this...
like, I'm just chillin'. This is cool.
Oh, and I did want to mention these umbrellas up top. Nothing new or original, but just it's a very
cool way to create shade and protect you from some sprinkling when it does rain here.
Although I'm sure once it actually starts downpouring, you probably would have to go indoors, downstairs.
Got to energize myself.
I do apologize if I look sleepy, it's because no coffee.
I haven't had coffee in a while, so I'm trying to cut down on my caffeine intake.
Especially after the Cong Cafe video that I made a few weeks ago.
I had two coffee drinks in one video, and I was like tweaking out. So...
in this one, I'm just chilling with some fruit smoothie.
So the cafe is kind of like hidden, down an alley, so at first, it was hard to find.
But once you know where it is, then it's easy.
But you know, I've been living here for 17 months and I didn't find out about this place until
just a few months ago and I've been down this street right outside, Mã Mây street
like many times, so many times. And I've just never seen this cafe.
And then I would see it in Instagram photos and people's posts, and I was always like
"Where is that? Where is that?" So, I'm glad that I get to share this with you guys.
Share a banana smoothie, and yeah.
So if you are in the Old Quarter and you're looking for a quiet place to chill, enjoy a cup of coffee,
enjoy the nice breeze, and maybe read a book or something like that,
this is a perfect cafe for that situation.
So yeah, the info is down in the description box, hope you guys enjoyed this short video, thanks for watching,
and I'll see you later.