Rainy nite....Dinner at Lac Thien

We woke up from afternoon nap and saw dark clouds and lightning across the river...but we still decided to look for Lac Thien Restaurant which was recommended in Trixy's purple book on Vietnam.

the menu @ Lac Thien

We had the following for dinner:

Hue Speciality food:
1. Hue speciality pancake (Banh Khoai)
2. Shrimp & meat with sticky rice in small bowl (Banh Beo)
5. Hue speciality rice paper with fried shrimp & vegetables (Nem Lui Tom) - it's popiah :)

Beef
14. Beef noodles soup (Bun Bo)

Drinks
12. Hot lemon with sugar



Probably this place was mentioned in the book coz of...
Graffiti by other patrons


Graffiti by Trixy (L) Graffiti by Jo (R)


As it was raining heavily, there wasn't a taxi in sight to flag down. Trixy had to call for a taxi from her mobile phone and we decided to go to their supermarket. To our surprise, the taxi driver spoke in Mandarin after finding out that we were from Malaysia. I managed to converse with him in whatever Mandarin that I could muster :P

We spent about half hour in the supermarket looking for made-in-Hue products for Trixy to bring back to her staff. Also bought an orange for our dessert and the supermarket personnel graciously called a taxi for us using the company's phone (never seen that in Singapore or Malaysia, EVER!).

Well, enough said...we arrived safely at the Huong Giang Hotel and called it a night early coz of the rain, both of us were feeling sick from the constant change in temperature (cold air cond and going under the hot sun) and anticipation of the strenuous activities that await us for tomorrow's guided day tour around Hue.

Note: Combination of photos courtesy of Trixy Chua and Khaw Jo Anne