coffee shop just right there you see the tree growing out from the building how do we get
up there
this is pretty cool
so our plan today is to enjoy our coffee find some breakfast around the old quarter and
we will be taking our bike outside of the old corner to explore other parts of Hanoi
so our target is to go towards West Lake which is a beautiful area and also kind of where
the expat community lives now that i'm a pro at driving motorbike in Vietnam yeah it took
us a few days to get used to it but i can say Note is pretty good at it
can we have one of this coffee with sugar yes how do you pronounce this one
and i'll have this one cafe cafe oh okay thank you one of each my first Vietnamese coffee
are you ready though yeah it's going to hit you real hard gonna take a while tho and i've
actually been having Vietnamese coffee every day but i don't drink just the black coffee
i probably had four of these now coconut coffees which is so delicious it tastes like ice cream
do you think my coffee is done yeah it's not dripping now man it looks strong though
straight up to my brain it's strong but it's quite nice you're gonna zip through the traffic
today in no time so the place we're at is called Hanoi House and it's more like a cocktail
bar so it's probably even nicer to come here at night and there are a few restaurants here
i see a good banh mi shop there i think we should do banh mi for breakfast sounds good
to me
what are you having bread with egg and pork may be a good breakfast one or egg with sausage
this is sausage
this is the pork both of them look very good can i have um
what is that bread with egg and pork isn't it cool how she just set up the station yeah
in the alleyway but it's very clean look at her station yeah and she cooks everything
fresh wow nice i love toasted bread 45 000 for two 20K for yours and 25K for me because
i ended up adding more chicken look at this egg and spicy chicken with like lots of pickled
daikons and pickled carrots cucumber and lettuce i'm gonna go for it can't wait
very good
this is the perfect breakfast hmm
nice and hot too
this is one of the best ones we've had it's like perfect there's so much meat compared
to the vegetables and the bread is so soft and i love that it's kind of like flattened
a bit oh it's starting to rain oh no okay let's walk let's walk to the cathedral
yeah i think we should wait here we'll just enjoy our banh mi until the rain stops but
this is super super good banh my mama you guys gotta try this so this is the Hanoi cathedral
also known as the St Joseph's Cathedral and it is built to resemble the Notre dame in
Paris it is the oldest church here in Hanoi and every Sunday they hold mass here and you
can see it is full of people it is very beautiful inside but unfortunately we cannot show you
right now because the doors are still closed but make sure to come by and take a photo
it's still very beautiful on the outside
okay we're off to our first destination which is a pagoda Tran Quoc Pagoda okay let's go
11 minutes easy
we've actually noticed that the city is getting a lot busier they are gearing up for the 31st
South East Asian gGmes that are being held in Hanoi and the surrounding cities
so this is what they give you they give you like a parking ticket here
then they put the number here as well just so you don't pick up the wrong bike i guess
so and it shouldn't be more than five thousand dong we'll find out later we just arrived
at the Tran Quoc Pagoda and it's starting to rain we will still just walk inside maybe
find cover for a little bit wow it's quite beautiful though what does it say in Chinese
it just says some type of old temple please cover your shoulders and do not wear shorts
can i go in am i okay okay yeah okay thank you
maybe we need ponchos
oh wow that's really beautiful so the pagoda is within this Buddhist temple and it was
actually built in the sixth century so the main pagoda here is the main attraction but
there are also some shrines around and it is a very beautiful and peaceful place of
worship just be mindful not to be too loud because we do see a lot of locals coming to
pray
have you seen this fruit before i think it's called like a buddha hand because that's what
it looks like buddha hand fruit how to eat so inside it actually looks like this i want
to try it if we see it at the market okay yeah don't eat it from here
wow those look cool let's do it you see the ducks yeah
yeah let's try that i think they are swans oh yes yeah i mean the swans okay thank you
look at all the ducks no the swans
and where do we rent the ducks now i keep saying duck because you said duck yeah where
can we rent the swans i think from them okay okay
for how long why oh i guess just no time limit i guess yeah this will go around okay pay
now or later okay
okay
let's choose the newest one this one okay that one looks nice number 10
oh crap i need to pee i'll be right back okay
i got you some peach lemongrass tea oh very nice you better hold it first oh we got to
pedal backwards
okay forward
wow it doesn't go fast this is really testing our uh chemistry here our compatibility
left right left right
we are now in West Lake in a swan this is quite the romantic destination in Hanoi and
we see a lot of young couples some friends all kind of taking part in this romantic activity
on the lake i would come here for my first date yeah it's definitely a first date kind
of spot
is it still a perfect first date activity is it so romantic when it's pouring rain i
think we should make our way back you want to go grab a bowl of pho yeah let's do that
it's perfect weather for it
okay check the weather first before you come here well that was too bad about the weather
for a moment there but i think it's still worth the 4.50 we paid for this my pants are
see-through now
should we get two bowls of pho bo
yes and one tomato broth
this is pho beef look at all the meat so much meat and the noodles is like they always give
you a lot of noodles here yeah the portions are huge oh wow
this is so good i feel like i don't need to add anything other than the chili not even
lime you think i should just a little bit okay it's already
tasty mix it up you can tell how excited i am
it's on so good
this one is new yeah we've never tried this one before so this is the beef stew version
of pho i think i think you would like those but i'm gonna add some stuff i think it needs
um pepper a little bit of this and
oh that looks so good
oh more broth
cam on i was gonna say like she already filled it up yeah but now she's filled up even more
i really like how the soup here is always super super hot it just makes it more appetizing
like we love like really hot really hot food try the try the braised beef
it's super tender the thing is we had pho before so in Canada it's pretty good too oh
yeah but in Canada it's pretty awesome but this one is probably one of my favorite and
it's so interesting that they serve this with here in Thai is called patongko but is there
a name for it Chinese it's yao cha kwai so i don't know so you dip these in the broth
they are super chewy and they absorb the broth so it's really tasty and some places where
we've had them it was not as fresh like it was really hard already but these ones are
really fresh let me try your broth oh clear is nice though because it's not overpowered
by tomato
here try the braised beef
wow this is so awesome it's so good it's a perfect way to end a day like this we hope
you enjoyed this little tour of Hanoi with us today and as always thank you so much for
watching we will see you in the next one have a wonderflo day bye bye bloopers oh man are
you shaking a little bit
let's give you some water yeah oh my gosh you're so weak let me finish it anyway though
what does it say in chinese are these like chinese writings what does oranges mean in
chinese so romantic the best number one number one