Pho bo

A small hole in the wall Pho  restaurant near the lake that was recommended by our Airbnb hosts.  We are staying in the Old Quarter in a traditional Vietnamese neighborhood with close together apartment buildings.  The sounds of our neighbors are near–a Rooster, scooters, people exercising, kids crying, sounds of cooking.  Airbnb is interesting, because every new place we get a little vision into another way of living.

We walked to Pho Thin near all the festivities around Hoan Kiem Lake (apparently every weekend they close down the streets to traffic and all in Hanoi gather to sing, dance, play and eat).  Our restaurant has one long table and a nearby grill which serves one specialty, Beef Noodle Soup.  And beer (.90 for a Hanoi brew).  It was a good introduction to Hanoi!