Best Restaurants in Hoi An

By Trang Le

A street in Hoi An

As a travel lover, I would like to go and see the world. Despite visiting many other countries and regions in Vietnam, Hoi An is still on my wish list which I definitely plan to approach as soon as possible.

Apart from Halong Bay, Hoi An city is one of the hottest-must-visit place in the S-line country because of its peaceful vintage ambience that you are hardly able to find elsewhere around the world or even in Vietnam. So how to get to Hoi An is my concern as well as many independent travelers’, here we go.

Hoi An city is about 30 km away from Da Nang. From here, there are two directions to reach Hoi An.

The first one is to go along Highway 1 about 27 km to Vinh Dien road then turn left for 10 km. Reach Hoi An by Huynh Thuc Khang Street, we can visit Bang Anh Cham Tower in Vinh Dien.

The second route is closer & less traffic that is going from Da Nang center via Han River bridge, to Da Nang - Hoi An provincial road, we can visit Ngu Hanh Son mountain, from here Hoi An is about 30km.

Besides, if you come from Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City, you can choose the high quality car to Hoi An or take a flight to Da Nang. From Da Nang, you can rent a motorbike to Hoi An or rent a private taxi to get there (You may not need to use the clock meter if you deal the price when you get on).

By any means of transport above, we can arrive in Hoi An – the great serene city of the Middle Vietnam safe and sound.

Tao pho - Sweeten Tofu Pudding

Tao Pho (Sweeten Tofu Pudding) is also known as Soybean Pudding or Doufuhua, a lighten-lovely treat from the Hoi An!

First made by the Northern Chinese during Western Han Dynasty, they were originally served with soy-sauce, eggs and Chinese breadsticks for breakfast. By travelling to different countries, Tofu Pudding is then cooked in different forms; such as serving it with sugar syrup in Indonesia or with milk and fruit salad in Thai style.

Coming to Hoi An Vietnam, Tofu pudding, in another word - Tao pho, is so ordinary and simple; mixed in a bowl of sugar syrup with cold iced water; to bring out the best taste of natural white beans. Depending on different seasons, street sellers cook the sugar sauce with jasmine flower of grapefruit blossoms for different flavours and to highlight the natural sweet in every tofu slide.

It costs not much, around 10,000-20,000VND per bowl for street-buy and 20,000-30,000VND for restaurant-serve. This is certainly the most significant street-dish that everyone should try when you spend time in Hoi An!