Vietnam VLOG: Exploring Hanoi, Street Food, Hạ Long Bay, Hidden Cafes, Train Street

We are going to this coffee shop recommendation I got. So far we're just enjoying the sights and the smells. And the sounds. We're kind of in the thick of it. We're in the city in the old quarter. And yeah, just a lot of motorbikes. A lot of amazing looking food. Okay, a lovely subscriber told me. That this coffee shop is a hidden gem. And I love me some hidden gems. So naturally I had to start strong. For my first coffee in Vietnam. The butter you can try the cream first. And then just cook the coffee with the cream. Thank you, thank you, thank you so much, beautiful. Looks great. Oh my god, I'm gonna need to undo it with a spoon. It's insanely good. So I realized I didn't even explain what I got. I got an egg cream coffee. They take egg yolk and whip it up. With sweetened condensed milk and added to espresso. A little mocha chocolate powder on top. Probably one of the best things I've ever tasted. And here we are, not my cup, my chicken cup. Now I'm gonna dress it up. With all the garlic in the world. You want some? No, thank you. Alright, I swear it's cooler on the inside. But that's what we're saying. Actually, it's cool on the outside. It has its own charm. Alright, we are out walking around again. After going back to the Airbnb to rest for a little bit. After the foe and the walking around and the chaos. We're just meandering until we get to the Hanoi Hilton. Which is the POW prison. Or it was a POW prison during the Vietnam War. But for now, we got little ice cream cones. Which converted to what, 80 cents each? Yes. Everything here is very cheap it's awesome alright and about the amount of time it took us to eat those teeny tiny little ice cream cones we got. Another dessert or another dessert station popped up and anyway I've never ever had these I've seen them all over social media I don't know where they originate from tbh they're strawberries crystallized in like a hot sugar mold yeah wow I mean obviously really good the strawberries themselves are really good too a lot of sanding my back kind of hurt I'm gonna need a little refreshment I like to try weird things so I if you like key lime liqueur or limoncello liqueur which kind of has that creamy flavor you would love this and it's zero calorie too we just got a drink hung out with some friends for a couple hours and now probably just meander and find a food spot oh we'll see chicken udon cucumber in my belly edamame in my belly fantastic it's a wet wipe since we've done pho we're gonna do bun cha later today hang on let me cross the road here but for now we're gonna do banh mi street banh mi it's gonna be awesome what's up vlog we got our banh mi this one mysteriously has a bite taken out of it already not very cool of the people who made them it was me I took the bite soaking it in life on a stick life on a bond made all right we just walked down this cute little alleyway the crowded area is right over there but it's actually not white over there anyway we're going to another hidden coffee spot go straight and turn left okay we didn't actually end up getting a coffee here because somehow they didn't have the classic Vietnamese style coffee we were wanting but I'm just so into these hidden nothing cranny coffee shops and still wanted to show you walked into a little ceramic shop and everything here is hand-painted like everything then I thought this was funny I we're at the train street where a train sometimes comes directly through you know I'm not sure one's gonna come by get in that they're putting seating directly on the tracks yeah I say no one's not scheduled now let's go all right it's pretty cool this is b-52 lake that's a b-52 bomber that was shot down during the Vietnam war the chaos leading up to the train everyone getting their orders okay the train is coming in like two minus two minutes and she just asked us to angle our legs this way because it comes this close up I heard the rumble I don't see it I think two minutes yeah it's Korean we used to do that as a kid me and my brother oh my god it's still hot look at that we got the coin in Korea and we smashed it in Vietnam that's really cool okay it was hard to tell in the video but I'm not kidding it probably came to like what here probably about a foot away wow crazy so after the train and we walked back down because we were here earlier and I found him I went store to store and asked if you've seen this puppy most wanted puppy Lua okay we were having a very hospitable experience we came looking for Lua and we found her I thought she was a he and then I investigated further she's a she she wants to play and then the shop owner came and bought us some blackburned bean sprouts just to munch on I'm happy oh Lua Lua oh puppy yawn it was about in this moment after the train rushing by and playing with the puppy and crossing these chaotic streets that I realized Hanoi reminded me of why I love New York and I thought jaywalking in New York was bad it's got that same wild energy that keeps you on your toes but set against a completely different cultural background in some ways I felt right at home and in other ways I couldn't have felt farther from home all right after that very exhilarating experience which woke me up because I think my jet lag was hitting kind of bad like an hour ago now we're going to oh my god I hope we get in its bun cha but it's where Anthony Bourdain and Obama eat together and I have no sense of if we'll be able to get in or if it's going to be an insane line or you need to get a reservation three months in advance I don't know guess we'll find out here we are oh my god it looks not that crazy that was easy all right guys just walk right in no problem New York can never so we got the traditional bun cha this this is what Obama got but I'm not quite as hungry as he was so take a look my mom while I was in the bathroom just read that I guess he took the noodles bit it into the sauce I'm gonna add obviously a lot of this garlic to it let's see what it's all about start small I'm trying it just for the flavor flavorful here's one Anthony Bourdain and Obama over here and now me all right we are in the bus off the way to Halong Bay got some coffee got a little hotel breakfast this morning normally I'm against hotel breakfast like I like to go out in the city and not waste one of my meals on not getting kind of authentic city thing but it was really good included like unlimited perfectly ripe cut mango what's up vlog here we are in Halong Bay here's mother all right we're in the caves I haven't really thought to a film because it is so touristy like we're basically waiting in line but this is a little bit more open and it is really really cool what it is this is a huge cave system on one of the islands hey Taylor I'm relaxing mother enjoying a Vietnamese beer living life pretty good I have myself some club sona that is the turtle of Halong Bay this is the other one I'm about to go climb one of these tall mountains in Halong Bay to get a panoramic view at the top I going to be enough people in line where it just kind of moves slow and will be too hard anyways let's see she didn't join me for this one but it was awesome let's get back on the boat we're at the end of our cruise this is the sunset party we got some snacks these are really really good and then about a three-hour drive back to Hanoi once we dock it's been really really nice I highly recommend coming to Halong Bay if you're in Hanoi it's like a day-long thing we could make it longer but we did the day-long thing I don't know what else to say they kind of they kind of did it all with me well I don't really get a good outro for Vietnam video but here we are in the airport bright and early heading to Taipei any final thoughts mother it's been a wonderful trip so far I hope Taipei is just as good over and out it's kind of giving iceberg a titanic hopefully not it's a cucumber it's a cucumber