In the past, sidewalk eateries was a culture of many places in the land of shape-S. Eateries appear at everywhere, from sidewalk, pavements to lanes and alleys.
The culture of sidewalk eateries has existed so far. Source: Internet
Drink tea and chat together. Source: Internet
Nowadays, the culture of sidewalk eatery is expanded and becomes popular with many kinds of street food and drink. Whenever you feel hungry or thirsty, you can drop in any eatery or drink shop, from pate bread, steamed sticky rice served quickly to the eateries like noodles, pho, etc. Daily, sellers are no shortage of customers because there are always a lot of people being hungry and want to enjoy the delicious food. In fact, the best dishes in Vietnam are sold on the sidewalk. The dishes are served with fish sauce, lemongrass, chili, coriander and a variety of vegetables to create attractive flavor.
An eatery of snail in the sidewalk is full of customers. Source: Internet
The women are preparing the excellent dish of noodle with fried tofu at a lane near the Hanoi Opera House. The pan of yellow fried tofu is placed on the charcoal stove, while the customers sit on plastic chairs to enjoy the delicious dishes. Source: Internet.
It is popular not only in food but also in types of drink. It is not difficult to find a shop of iced tea in streets, especially in Hanoi in the evening. The heat of iced tea is not really small throughout the time. Now, the streets of Dao Duy Tu, Cho Gao, Nha Tho … are still filled with iced tea shops. Most of the young people with just a cup of tea and a plate of sunflower seed have enough energy to chat throughout the evening.
Everyone sips a cup of iced tea and chats together. Source: Internet
Beside iced tea, coffee shops in the sidewalks is also popular . With two to three plastic chairs along with a cup of coffee make people not be able to forget the biter and aromatic blending with a little sun and wind.
Sipping a cup of coffee in the sidewalk. Source: Internet
Someone has argued that this habit should be removed because of its influence of image of the city. However, many people want this habit be always remained because its speciallity and it seems that if there are not sidewalk eateries, there will be a shortage of cultural value in the life.
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