I have heard about this restaurant for a long time and always wanted to try it. The restaurant was set up as a training school for disadvantaged youths in Hanoi to learn a "life skill" i.e. cooking. Both While I heard that the quality of the food varies (depends on the young chef who's being trained that day), the prices are reasonable and it's all for a good cause. M has been there several times so I decided to ask S, Kat and K instead. Both Vietnamese and Western food were served there.
The ambience of the restaurant was very nice. We sat at the terrace and were served by a group of enthusiatic waitresses and waiters, eager to put into practice what they had learnt. We ordered a Vietnamese set lunch, at the recommendation of Kat and a drink. While the young students were very polite, their attention was a little overwhelming. And some of them had difficulty understanding what we were saying. But knowing that they were trainees, I felt that we owed it to them to be a little patient. After all, we could see that they were trying really hard to give us a good lunch experience.
The lunch set was quite nice, served with a variety of small Vietnamese dishes with soup and rice.
The ambience of the restaurant was very nice. We sat at the terrace and were served by a group of enthusiatic waitresses and waiters, eager to put into practice what they had learnt. We ordered a Vietnamese set lunch, at the recommendation of Kat and a drink. While the young students were very polite, their attention was a little overwhelming. And some of them had difficulty understanding what we were saying. But knowing that they were trainees, I felt that we owed it to them to be a little patient. After all, we could see that they were trying really hard to give us a good lunch experience.
The lunch set was quite nice, served with a variety of small Vietnamese dishes with soup and rice.
We also ordered a dessert each to try. K and S had a chocolate puff with ice cream.
Kat had a mango mousse which was a little hard. The texture of the mousse was like cheese!
I had a sticky rice ice cream. Initially I thought it was a new ice cream flavour but it turned out to be two small scoops of ice cream on a cup of sticky rice. :) The rice was a little hard but the ice cream was good, especially in a hot day.
The total bill came up to around VND 400,000 for 4 persons which translates to around SGD 38. Quite a good price, I would say. And I am definitely in favour of supporting these young students. Will visit the place again before I leave Hanoi.
Hoa Sua Training Restaurant
28 Ha Hoi
Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi
Website: http://www.hoasuaschool.com/
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