Nha Trang cuisine and my experience in Lousiane Brewhouse

Nha Trang is an attractive city for cuisine-exploring lover. Nha Trang Cuisine is the perfect mixture of Vietnam and Western cuisine. Lousiane Brewhouse is an ideal restaurant for tourists to enjoy western foods in Nha Trang.

 

Western food in Lousiana Brewhouse

 

I have a great love for food. When traveling to any destination, the thing I’m interested in the most is cuisine there. One of places that leave me deep impression is Nha Trang. Nha Trang is well known for not only seafood specialties but also for luxury restaurant serving different culinary styles. And in my last trip to Nha Trang, I was lucky to experience the Western culture in Nha Trang cuisine.
Nha Trang might be considered a global city with a wide variety of restaurants serving all kinds of food, namely, Italian, French, Spanish, American, Canadian, Japanese, Switzerland, Chinese and Korean. Popular restaurants in Nha Trang were The Square, Texas BBQ, Feast, Lousiane Brewhouse, Toastina, Beach, Hanabusa, La Taverna, Baraco, Tarantino, Good morning Vietnam, Grill House, Le petit, Bistro, Stream N’Spice and so on.

Beer in Lousiana Brewhouse

My friend took me to Lousiana Brewhouse, a restaurant on the spotless white sand of Nha Trang beach. In possession of a large area enough for hundreds of tourist, luxury swimming pool and a nice view, that restaurant was a favored address of both tourists and local people. Another interesting thing there was that the restaurant also opened classes teaching water sports, beauty services, and massage. The restaurant’s menu was full of Asian and European dishes. To try both, we ordered “basic” dishes of each cuisine: Salad Nicoise of French (salad, eggs, tuna and anchovies), German sausages (sausages and mashed potatoes), Italian Pepperoni pizza (sausage and fromage Mozarella), fried Vietnam rice with pepper, and Australian diced beef. General speaking, each dish was delicious in its own way. My friend loved Salad Nicoise the most. In my opinion, it was a little greasy and I was not interested in tuna much. For me, the most delicious food was Vietnamese fried rice. Although the cost for a meal like that was rather expensive, my friend and I totally agreed that it was deserved to spend money. In warm golden light, we happily enjoyed our great dinner and contemplated the beauty of the beach in night.

Japanese food in Lousiana Brewhouse

In particular, my friend and I tried 4 different beers including Lousiane Pilsener, Dark Lager, Witbier and Red Ale. Lousiana Pilsener had golden yellow and floral scent; Dark Lager had mysterious black and chocolate flavor; Witbier’s flavor was similar to that of orange combined with cilantro; and Red Ale impressed me with passionate red-brown and fruity flavor.

 Lousiane Brewhouse could be regarded as a miniature example of globalization. Decoration there was the perfect combination of the Eastern and the Western culture. My friend recommended that the restaurant was an ideal place to relieve stress when needed. Sitting alone surfing the Net, enjoying a cup of filter coffee and contemplating wonderful blue sea may be the best way to relax in such busy working life.

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Red Flamboyant Festival 2014 launches in Hai Phong

Red Flamboyant Festival 2014, an annual organized event will take place in three days (9 – 11 May) in Hai Phong city. “Cat Ba in color of Red Flamboyant”, the highlight of festival will be held on the evening of 10th May at Opera House Square.

Red Flamboyant

 

Red Flamboyant Festival - a new tourism product in Hai Phong city attracts many domestic and foreign tourists. Each year with a new and unique theme brings tourists indescribable emotions. Through last 2 festivals with “Sparkling Red Haiphong” in 2012 and “Red River Civilization” in 2013, Haiphong Red Flamboyant Festival has left much beautiful impression in both residents and tourists. Hai Phong is constantly transforming itself to build an image of a friendly and hospitable city. This year Red Flamboyant Festival 2014 continues to be held with the theme “Cat Ba in color of Red Flamboyant” taking place from 9- 11 May in Hai Phong city. Many excellent activities have been preparing and implementing to create attractions and the spread; simultaneously, turn the festival into the real citizen's festival.

Beautiful actresses in Red Flamboyant Festival

Red Flamboyant Festival 2014 will be specially organized 3 in 1. Along with the main festival, the City will also celebrate reception ceremony on special national monument ranking Certificate - Cat Ba scenic spot, and 59 year of Hai Phong City Liberation Day ceremony in 13th May. On this occasion, Hai Phong city will also host a number of sideline activities to win UNESCO’s recognition in the process of the nomination for Cat Ba to become a World Natural Heritage site in 2014. According to Mr. Doan Duy Linh - Director of Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the festival program will insists of Carnival, the opening ceremony, the reception ceremony on special national monument Certificate of Cat Ba archipelago scenic spot and excellent art performance programs. Besides, the festival includes more than 10 cultural, art, economic events promising to create the most ever- vibrant, attractive and practical performances.

Performance in Red Flamboyant Festival

Particularly, the highlight of this year's festival program is “Cat Ba in color of Red Flamboyant” night. With many diverse and spectacular activities, the program will take place on the evening of 10th May at Opera House Square and be a live television program on Vietnam Television and Hai Phong Radio and Television. The script expected in “Cat Ba in color of red flamboyant” insists of 3 mainly attractive sections: Hai Phong brightly Red Flamboyant, the celebration and excellence art programs. In particular, art program is expected to include four chapters: Red Flamboyant, a fire-flower memory, Cat Ba – a love, and immense earth and estuary.
Many magnificent cultural and artistic activities are also held during the festival, such as Red River Delta culinary introducing festival, Dragon Dance competition final on citywide Red Flamboyant Cup, water puppetry performances and exchanges of folk songs... at Tam Bac Lake, “ao dai” (long-dresses) festival, Red Flamboyant fashion week, showroom on displaying tourist sites and tourism products of the city, Hai Phong - Bach Long Vy tour opening, and marvelous Concert program at the Opera House...

Image of Red Flamboyant Festival in 2012

In the previous year, Hai Phong tourism had welcomed and served over 5 million tourist arrivals, up by 11.2 % over the same period of 2012. Red Flamboyant Festival 2014 entitled “Cat Ba in color of red flamboyant” promises to bring many pleasant surprises for tourists in coming May.
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Exploring the largest airport in Vietnam

Tan Son Nhat is the operational head office of Vietnam airlines. This is the largest airport in Vietnam with a total area of 850ha. The airport has capacity more than Noi Bai airport and Da Nang aiport, welcomes 15- 17 million passengers per year. It is located in the North of Saigon, about 8km far from the city center, Tan Son Nhat airport is an important traffic hub of the South.

Check in counter in Airport

Tan Son Nhat international airport was built in 1930. Its first flight was from Paris to Saigon in 1933, this flight lasted 18 days. During Vietnam War, the airport is the important military base of the US army and Air Force of the South Vietnam. After the April 30^th event, this airport continues to expand and exploit domestic and international flights.
The airport Vietnam has two parallel runways, of which the 25R runway is 3048m long and 45m wide, the 25L runway has a length of 3800m and a width of 45m. The airport can accommodate many different aircrafts. The ground of this airport has 2 parts: the domestic terminal and the international terminal. After inaugurating the new terminal, the whole old international terminal was changed into the domestic terminal. The domestic terminal has 6 gates, 6 baggage carousels with the area over 20.000sqm. It can accommodate up to 6 million passengers each year.

Screen Showing departure

The international terminal has the maximum capacity of 15 -17 million passengers each year with the total estimated cost of $260 million from ODA fund of Japanese Government. The terminal has the area of 93.000sqm and is equipped with 8 aviation concierge telescopes to serve wide body aircraft as B767. B777, A340 and two-story aircraft B747-400, 6 baggage carousels, 8 pedestrian conveyors, the flight information system, 18 escalators, 20 lifts, 43 screening machines, 20 aircraft gates that can accommodate 20 flights at the same time in the rush hour.
The international terminal of the Vietnam airport has three floors. The first floor has the area is the lounge area designed with full modern facilities and services for passengers. Also, there are duty-free stalls, souvenir stalls, restaurants, boarding lobby The second story is used for aviation procedures.

 Largest airport in Vietnam

After completing customs procedure and the exit procedure, passengers can freely shop in the duty free stalls, use banking services, the child care room located along the corridor to the plane. And the last floor is office areas of many airlines, the resting area for passengers missing their flights with convenient services.
Currently, there are more than 45 airlines of countries flying to Tan Son Nhat international airport. Cube Pacific, Viva Macau and Air Asia are three latest airlines having the routes to this Vietnam international airport.
Source: http://www.vietnamairlines.travel/

Experiencing heaven life of Fiore Healthy Resort in Mui Ne

The scent of gentle wind carrying the scent of sea, and color of flower with golden sand and warm peaceful atmosphere at ​​Fiore Healthy Resort Phan Thiet creates this Mui Ne resort a colorful four- season garden. Helping visitors closer to nature is the initial criterion of the 4-star resort. Here, you will enjoy a peaceful and relaxing space. You seem to be lost in wonderful paradise with beautiful flowers and trees.

Fiore Healthy Resort Pool

Designed with the harmony styles between the elegance of Europe and the classic of Asia, Fiore Healthy Resort Phan Thiet brings comfort and warmth to tourists when coming to the sea paradise. From external to internal of the resort, it is full of colorful flowers scent mitigating the harsh sunlight of the city. Staying at this resort, you will find your soul in peace and relaxation.
When entering one of the rooms in Fiore Healthy, you will find it so attractive by Vietnamese rustic simplicity through furniture designed sophisticated with exquisite wood, bamboo. But it still looks luxurious and comfortable with amenities like television, minibar. Fiore Healthy might be the first resort in Mui Ne possessing this unique combination. This creates the difference among other resorts here. Besides, in Fiore Healthy, you can use free wireless internet with high speed. In each rooms, air conditioning, refrigerator are equipped well.

Fiore Healthy Resort in Mui Ne

Fiore Healthy Resort also offers other services like a business center, meeting rooms, and fun activities. Coming here tourists can try on some activities in karaoke room, playground for children, gym, billiards, etc. Special highlight of the resort is Spa for relaxing treatments that will help you eliminate stress and feel relaxed and revitalize after exhausted periods. With criteria of connection between men and nature, the restaurant is designed Fiore Restaurant overlooking the vast natural landscape. Just enjoy the delicious dishes featured just daydreaming in the romantic scenes, you will have interesting moments of relaxation.

Fiore Healthy Resort Phan Thiet

Sitting in the room , overlooking toward romantic beaches or parks with green garden full of colorful flowers, hearing waves whispering and smelling the scent of flowers, you will have the feeling of serenity. Otherwise, if you are a fan of outdoor activities, the mini golf course in the center of the resort or a lake is place where visitors can take part in some interesting activities like playing golf or going fishing. The lake in this resort is not only a beautiful view of Fiore Healthy, but also a place for fishing. If you want to explore more about Phan Thiet, you should join in some tours of Ke Ga lighthouse, Cham Poshanu Tower, Van Thuy Tu Palace, or go shopping in Phan Thiet City center, White Sand hills. This places are quite near Fiore Healthy Mui Ne Resort.
To sum up, Fiore Healthy Mui Ne Resort is one of the most famous resorts in Mui Ne. When traveling to Mui Ne, you should drop by this Muine resort to enjoy the most wonderful time in your Vietnam holidays.
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Angkor Siem Reap Cooking Tours is very popular among various choices of tourists for their activities once visiting Cambodia. This is a great suggestion to fulfill your trip as well as color your itinerary by distinctly new things.
A common cooking tour may last from 3 to 4 days or even longer, depending on your schedule and your own preference.

Angkor Siem Reap Cooking Tours

The first day is always for Siem Reap arrival. After reaching Siem Reap, you will meet a travel guide for giving instruction of transferring to hotel. The rest of the day is often free for leisure time. So you can freely take a walk around the hotel to discover lives of people living here, buy some souvenirs for your friends and relatives and even take part in come interesting recreational activities and enjoy other services here. For this day, you will stay overnight in Siem Reaps hotel.
The second day is surely used for visiting great attractions of Siem Reap, Cambodia. Indispensable destinations are Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat, which are all priceless treasure of Cambodias culture. Particularly, it is wonderful to view sunset at Angkor Wat after long visit and surprised discoveries.
Finally, Cooking Class at Angkor Village and Floating Village is a unique activity in your Cambodia Travel. Angkor Village offers a wide variety of menus for cooking classes. The four-hour class features three food items which can be selected out of two standard menus or a vegetarian menu. The course will initially start with a visit to the local Old Market of Siem Reap. Here, a professional chef will explain you about the rice and how to choose seasoning products. Then, under assistance of the Chef, the participants will learn and experience the preparation of three traditional Khmer dishes.
Now, just taste and enjoy your own culinary products for your lunch meal to see whether you have talent at cooking traditional Khmer food. Otherwise, cook these foods as special gifts of this Cambodia Tour to give your relatives!
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Ho Chi Minh City opens 2nd McDonalds restaurant

After the success of the first restaurant on Dien Bien Phu Street, District 1, McDonalds Ho Chi Minh City will open the second on May 16th. The new restaurant is located near Ben Thanh Market, on Tran Hung Dao Street.

McDonald in Vietnam

 

McDonald’s Ben Thanh uses conveyor system to transport food. The conveyor running from the kitchen on the 3rd floor to the counter on the 1st floor is expected to provide food within 15 seconds. Vietnam is the first country that McDonald’s opens this conveyor system for customers to take a firsthand look.
In addition to the new conveyor system, McDonald’s Ben Thanh also possesses an order counter named “To Go” which will help busy people to buy food and drinks in an easy way without going into the restaurant. The menu of McDonald’s Ben Thanh will fully have popular dishes of McDonald’s worldwide such as Big Mac and Cheeseburger. Of all ingredients to make a complete product, vegetables and milks are provided by domestic suppliers. The remaining ingredients are imported from the global supply chain of McDonald’s.

First McDonald

Mr. Nguyen Huy Thinh, CEO of McDonald’s Vietnam, said that McDonald’s was planning to open at least one more restaurant from now until the end of 2014. The specific location, however, could not be announced. Now McDonald’s still focuses on Ho Chi Minh City market and preparing human resource for expanding market when conditions are favorable. Developing McDonald’s chain is an important strategy that requires not only a vacant ground but also a foresight and long-term plan. Before opening a new restaurant, McDonald’s always conducts a survey from 6 to 12 months earlier to research the need of customers and assess the feasibility of the new location. The cost of infrastructure and space is a part of the total investment capital because the enterprise has to research the market, complete the infrastructure and train human resource.

Outside the first McDonald

Mr. Don Thompson, the President and CEO of McDonald’s Corporation said that he was deliriously happy to bring experiences on food processing, service quality and outstanding design to Vietnam. McDonald’s would focus on the customers’ needs and try its best to meet their expectation. In developed countries, McDonald’s restaurants have announced the nutrient composition of the diet. McDonald’s Vietnam is promoting essential procedures for declaring this information in Vietnam market. Vietnam is among 65 markets of McDonald’s franchises in the world. This franchise model has been used for over 30 years by McDonald’s to develop its trademark.
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Vietnam Airlines Fare with Unaccompanied Minor service

Unaccompanied Minor service

In order to improve services to meet the needs of passengers, Vietnam Airlines has introduced many special services such as UMNR. UMNR service is offered for children at the age from 2 years up to 12 years old who travel without their parents, guardians or authorized people.
UMNR service for children between 2 and under 4 years old:
Conditions of carriage:

• According to Vietnam Airlines Fares, passengers must book and pay for accompanied cabin crew service. The faire of the service is equal to the ticket faire of an adult in the same class. Each cabin crew is responsible for one child.
• Time for booking accompanied cabin crew service: Must be booked at least 3 days before the estimated time of departure of domestic flights and at least 5 days before the internationals flights
• This service is only available on Economy class

 

Vietnam Airlines Fares

UMNR service for children between 4 and under 6 years old:
Conditions of carriage:

• According to Vietnam Airlines, passengers must book and pay for accompanied cabin crew service. The cost of the service is equal to the ticket faire of an adult in the same class. Each cabin crew is responsible for one child.
• Time for booking accompanied crew service: Must be booked at least 3 days before the estimated time of departure of domestic flights and at least 5 days before the internationals flights
• This service is only available on Economy class

UMNR service for children between 6 and under 15 years old
Conditions of carriage:

• According to VN Airlines, passengers are not required to book the accompanied crew service. If passengers want to book the accompanied cabin crew service, they must book and pay for the service. The cost of the service is equal to the ticket faire of an adult in the same class.
• The UM service must be booked at least 24 hours before the estimated time of departure
• The UM service is available on Business, Deluxe Economy and Economy Class. The number of children seats of UM service must not exceed 10% of the total business seats in each flight.

Source: http://www.vietnamairlines.travel/