…but that doesn’t mean it isn’t trying.

I came back from 2 months in India (there are more India posts coming, I swear), and two more shops nearby have been refurbished as wine shops. The sign above greets me when I leave (or enter) my alley. One of my neighbours works here, she sometimes waves me in for a tasting and a lick of air conditioning. This shop is next door to my local grocery, which also sells loads of booze (200,000vnd is $11.40AU today, by the way).

A very short walk away is a wine bar and shop with a much better selection. This place is right next door to le pub, pmums living room, and across the road from another wine shop and a deli stocked with a great range of cheese and cured meats and yep, wine.

Free liquor tasting, you say? A further 5 minutes walk away, I pass this restaurant multiple times a day. Today I happened to have my camera and managed to be cajoled into participating.

Two quick shots of Son Tinh’s cloying rose apple liquor and I wandered the last few minutes home, much happier than when I left work.

Oh and I haven’t even mentioned half the shops, or any happy hours, or fact that a longneck costs less than a dollar. I’ll certainly listen to this siren song, but it won’t lure me, oh no.

This entry was posted on Monday, August 9th, 2010 at 3:55 am and is filed under Hanoi, Tay Ho, Vietnam.