Motormouth From Ipoh – Asian Food & Travel Blog

At only USD8/pax, this is more than satisfactory, is it not?

I’ll breeze through this post as much as possible, as I’m sure most of you would’ve sighed …. “Not another Hanoi post ….. Oh, man …. Episode what now? XXXVII??”

In reality, I’ve only reached Day 4 … moving on to Day 5 with today’s post. Bear with me, the saga will end soon …. =P

After lunch at Highway 4 Restaurant, we proceeded to Dong Xuan Market, to the north of Hoan Kiem Lake. Taxi fare from the restaurant to the market? 30,000 Dong/RM6/USD1.70 for a cab for six. Expectations running high, we were somewhat stumped as the place was far from a shopping paradise, but there were a few steals far and between. The luggage bags, backpacks, souvenirs, ornaments and statues, as well as dried fruits (sweetened/pickled fruits of all varieties) and coffee are worth noticing.

A street selling beautiful and colourful lanterns and ornaments …. It was a month past CNY though …. Read the rest of this entry »