Friday, August 29, 2008
The nation celebrates its Independence Day
Vietnam's Independence Day falls on the 2nd of Sep. But I have never seen how the locals celebrate it as I always use the public holiday to travel back to Singapore. However, streets are lined up with the nation's flags weeks before and while looking out of my apartment's windows, I could see beams of lights coming from the prime areas, days before the actual day
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Mooncakes in Vietnam
Mid Autumn Festival is in a month's time.
The Chinese in Vietnam celebrates this festival like how Chinese does in Singapore - eating mooncakes and kids carrying lanterns. Boxes of mooncakes are seen in almost all bakeries and Chinese restaurants in hotels. But the mooncakes here are still very much traditional - mainly baked skin, huge with lotus paste, lotus seeds and salted egg yolk while mooncakes in Singapore are moving ahead with a lot more creativity!
The Chinese in Vietnam celebrates this festival like how Chinese does in Singapore - eating mooncakes and kids carrying lanterns. Boxes of mooncakes are seen in almost all bakeries and Chinese restaurants in hotels. But the mooncakes here are still very much traditional - mainly baked skin, huge with lotus paste, lotus seeds and salted egg yolk while mooncakes in Singapore are moving ahead with a lot more creativity!
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Rustic Barbecue Garden ruined in the rain
Barbecue Garden is situated diagonally opposite the Norfolk Hotel with alfresco dining in a rustic setting. But during the raining season, chances are, you will find yourself and your barbecued meat soaked in the rain. Despite the raining season, I've decided to give it a try after reading from its website about its efficient execution of backup plan, should it start to pour.
As expected, it started to rain heavily just 5 minutes after the food arrived! However, the back up plan execution was not efficient as I read. Waiters were running around aimlessly not knowing what to do. Activation of mobile shelters were slow and there was no ushering of affected patrons to the sheltered areas (there was also no space to setup additional tables).
I was lucky to find an available table under the shelter and took new orders of food (no extra charges of course!)
Before the rain. The iced fruity tea is a must try!
See the helpless waiter standing by a table? That's our food soaked in rain!
Rustic BBQ garden getting ruined in the rain. Some of the patrons hoped to brave through it!
Found an available table under the shelter
New orders arrived!
As expected, it started to rain heavily just 5 minutes after the food arrived! However, the back up plan execution was not efficient as I read. Waiters were running around aimlessly not knowing what to do. Activation of mobile shelters were slow and there was no ushering of affected patrons to the sheltered areas (there was also no space to setup additional tables).
I was lucky to find an available table under the shelter and took new orders of food (no extra charges of course!)
Before the rain. The iced fruity tea is a must try!
See the helpless waiter standing by a table? That's our food soaked in rain!
Rustic BBQ garden getting ruined in the rain. Some of the patrons hoped to brave through it!
Found an available table under the shelter
New orders arrived!
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