Vie Ha Long, a chic Vietnamese cafe

Today, I would like to take everyone to visit a chic and cute cafe in Vietnamese style. Another place that I would like to present is Vie Ha Long. This shop is located at 101 True Digital Park on the 2nd floor of this shopping center. Are you ready? Let’s go.

This place has only been open since 2019, but in fact, Vie Ha Long has been open for 28 years, going back from the generation of mother to the second generation heir who is a real Vietnamese family today.

Many people will wonder ,this restaurent looks like a typical Vietnamese restaurant on the market. What is it like to be a cafe? Let’s take a look at the vision of this shop, why the Vietnamese cafe was born?. Still can’t picture it?. The shop owner here has seen the business opportunity in the market because I see that there are a lot of office workers here.

Most of the Thais and foreigners came to this shopping center to spend their free time relaxing with light meals such as snacks and beverages. Thus, at the end of 2020, a café was born. As another option for us are people can come to enjoy the food and drinks here.There is also a variety of menus to choose from as well.

At this cafe, there are snacks such as Vietnamese pizzas, croissants, or baguettes are actually French breads, long, crispy outer crusts. The meat is soft and sticky. In the period of World War 2, Vietnam used to be a colony of France and brought this kind of bread in Vietnamese people ,therefore came up with an idea to combine with the food of the country until it was born into Banh mi bread, Vietnamese style.

Banh mi is a Vietnamese word for “bread”, but in Vietnamese cuisine it is also refers to French bread that they put various ingredients in the middle like a sandwich and served as a meal. In addition, Vietnamese people also eat it as a main meal.

This menu uses ribeye meat. It is the part of the meat attached to the rib known for its juicy and delicious taste then stir-fried with hoisin sauce, a thick, black sauce that is sweet, salty, and aromatic, typically with soybeans,coriander seeds ,chili and garlic are mixed with vinegar and spice powder and sugar as ingredients.

Cha Ca La Vong, this menu restaurant uses sea bass to be stir-fried with turmeric and dill to add aroma and mix to enhance the flavor and texture that penetrates into the sea bass as well,mellow delicious taste fragrant white sesame slightly spicy. Enjoy with a side dish of vegetables whether it is dill, vegetables, basil,mint leaves and lettuce are served hot with rice noodles and, indispensable, are two styles of dipping sauces that are available in Vietnamese-style shrimp paste and fresh garlic pickled chillies that use authentic ingredients from Vietnam.

Lotus Vietnamese Tea for this shop, they use lotus tea because it is easy to find and popular for tea drinkers, it has a unique smell that is not very strong. I could feel the scent of the soft lotus flower with a slightly astringent taste and the mild bitterness of the tea giving it a different flavor.

Sometimes the shop will also have another type of tea that is available called “root tea”. It is a tea that is popular with the roots, branches, herbs that are chopped, ground and dried together. Smells like stevia mixed with mint. But because this tea menu may only be available at certain times. Anyone who has tried to eat here, try asking the shop to see.

Banana cake serve with ice-cream & coconut sauce our recommended dessert. At the shop, they select the bananas that are ripe and good. Let’s slide overlap into thin strips and mix with a little flour. Then bake it into a dense banana cake. For those who do not like to eat very sweet We recommend this menu because once you try it. I felt that the texture of the cake contrasted with the sweet flavor of coconut ice cream topped with coconut milk sauce. Gives a light, refreshing taste.

Coconut coffee cold drip.Let me tell you that the coffee taste is very smooth. We are usually coffee drinkers. But I’ve never tried Vietnamese-style coconut coffee. The taste is really good. The coffee here uses coconut milk blended with ice. It comes out in flakes and then slowly drips the coffee down. Sweeten it with traditional sweetened condensed milk.

Usually, Vietnamese coffee is roasted more than 2 varieties, and for this coffee that is not unusual because they select 4 types of coffee beans: Arabica, Robusta, Chari (Excelsa), Catimor can bring out the unique flavor of each coffee. Come to mix and when roasted together, it makes it smell better than usual. Really delicious. Confirm.

Black sesame soup (black sesame paste with coconut milk) at the shop will put roasted black sesame seeds. Meticulous and attentive to roasting .It is another traditional Vietnamese dessert that the shop is proud to present. This menu will use pure black sesame ,the taste is sweet, fragrant, light black sesame, cutting off the good saltiness of the coconut milk that is poured on top.

Anyone who wants to stop by for coffee and dessert including wanting to eat Vietnamese food .They also have a full service because most of the menu here is popular with almost every menu. Whether it’s familiar menus such as Naem Nueng, Pak Mo, Shrimp Wrapped Sugarcane, Pho, Banh Mi and many more.

Here they have delivery service. Friends can order food at Grab, Robinhood, Lineman or Line ID : @viehalong.

For anyone who has heard of the reputation of Vietnamese coffee or have never tried, I recommend you to come and check-in here because the Vietnamese coffee method or “Vietnamese drip coffee” is unique,simple and charming. As for next time, I will take everyone to review which restaurant? Don’t forget to leave a follow.