WEDNESDAY 20 JULY 2011
I arrived back at my hotel about 5.30 a.m. and waited with some others in the lobby until my room was ready, about 9.30 a.m. My brother’s Hong Kong company has offices all over Asia, and he’d arranged for one of his Managers to spend the day with me.
Sam came with his driver about 11.30 and we went to the Sofitel for a wonderful lunch. The Sofitel was originally called the Metropole and built during the colonial French time and so was full of history. We then picked up Sam’s secretary, Toi, and went to an area where there were loads of silk shops and then to the Temple of Literature.
We were going to drive around West Lake, but it was rush hour, so opted for a drink by the lake at the Hanoi Club Hotel. Toi had to go home, so Sam and I went to a Korean restaurant. We ordered prawns, BBQ pork, and a seafood dish, but they also brought out lots of little dishes which were complementary. With Korean food, you use large lettuce leaves on which you put your choice of food – pork, onion, sauces, vegetables etc., wrap them all up and then eat!
It had been a lovely day, being chauffeur driven and shown Hanoi by a local.
We were going to drive around West Lake, but it was rush hour, so opted for a drink by the lake at the Hanoi Club Hotel. Toi had to go home, so Sam and I went to a Korean restaurant. We ordered prawns, BBQ pork, and a seafood dish, but they also brought out lots of little dishes which were complementary. With Korean food, you use large lettuce leaves on which you put your choice of food – pork, onion, sauces, vegetables etc., wrap them all up and then eat!
It had been a lovely day, being chauffeur driven and shown Hanoi by a local.
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