Sipping traditional coffee at Nang Cafe, Hanoi

A common sight in Hanoi is seeing the Vietnamese people enjoying their coffee or other drinks along the streets.  During the day, they just go with a drink.  In the evenings, they will have it with peanuts or tid pits.

Based on recommendation of my hotel staff, I went to this Vietnamese traditional coffee shop located at Hang Bac Street of the Old Quarters.  If you like your coffee with condense milk, or just black coffee, this is the place.

You order from the lady at the counter or from the wait staff.  A coffee costs 15,000 (around US$0.75).  There is an upper floor where you could watch Hanoi life goes by through the balcony...

You can choose to sit on the small plastic stools outside the cafe, or have better seats inside the cafe, where you have wooden stools and small tables.  It is a good way to experience the Vietnamese way of life.  Hopefully, I could find more such cafes when I next visit.

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