West of downtown Hanoi is the city of SonTay which use to be in another district but with the expansion of the Hanoi city limits is now in west Hanoi. Near Son Tay is the tourist site Duong Lam ancient village (map) which I would say is a great reason to take the time to leave down town Hanoi.
The connection to this food blog is that this place does showcase they way village life was in the past including the raising of crops and production of food. The town has been mostly kept as it was before modernization and it allows a visitor get a feel for historic Vietnam.
Of course I always look for food related pictures but I do want to showcase a few of my shots of this old village.
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| Entrance to village |
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| Planting schedule for village |
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| Fields |
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| A shop |
Production of 'Wine' in the village
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| The fermentation |
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| distilling the wine |
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| Ready for sale |
Turns out it was actually rice moonshine; I bought a bottle of red and one of white and ended up only having a sip of both as the stuff was strong.
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| Stopped for tea too, could have had a quick smoke from the metal pipe too if I was so inclined |
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| Tried a different tea made of a leaf that is picked from a tree once a year. The leaf on the glass was an example given by the lady that owned the place. Tasty tea. |
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