TRAVELLIVE 04-2016
Istanbul, the first days of spring… I’m warming myself in the sun on a café’s balcony in the Old Town. The sunbeams are as stunning as the fine strands of newly reeled silk. Meanwhile the old oak trees give their morning greeting to the glossy stone road as their red-brown leaves gently fall. The Old Town is still half-asleep, like a lazy girl who’s turned off her alarm after ringing the first time. Sunlight visits each street, dancing happily on passers-by’s shoulders, making the atmosphere more intimate to me – the traveler’s first time here. I feel more amorous in Istanbul. I’m enchanted by everything, from sweet lokum to the light sour ice-cream with ground ice on top, or from the gorgeous domes of hundreds of mosques and palaces to their uniquely designed windows, and from the discreet eyes of Muslim girls to the multitude of boards and posters with the images of Besiktas – the city’s legendary football team. I have fallen in love with Bosphorus Bay since the first time seeing the seagulls hovering in the open sky, creating invisible strings that connect the two continents – Asia and Europe. The clear blue sky is reflected on the deep blue sea, giving me tranquility. I drop my last Lira into the water of the Bosphorus, not to make a wish, but in hopes that they will preserve my memories here. And somehow, the water currents might bring them somewhere else to be found by me again, or might accidentally be stumbled upon by a boy who is playing with sand on a sunny beach. Tomorrow, I will go to Grand Bazzar, buy some postcards, and write something to leave beneath the sun near a mosque before sending them to some friends of mine. I do hope that these postcards, together with the coins, will inspire and attract more visitors to this land. Uhm… will you come there?
Istanbul, the first days of spring…
I’m warming myself in the sun on a café’s balcony in the Old Town. The sunbeams are as stunning as the fine strands of newly reeled silk. Meanwhile the old oak trees give their morning greeting to the glossy stone road as their red-brown leaves gently fall. The Old Town is still half-asleep, like a lazy girl who’s turned off her alarm after ringing the first time. Sunlight visits each street, dancing happily on passers-by’s shoulders, making the atmosphere more intimate to me – the traveler’s first time here.
I feel more amorous in Istanbul. I’m enchanted by everything, from sweet lokum to the light sour ice-cream with ground ice on top, or from the gorgeous domes of hundreds of mosques and palaces to their uniquely designed windows, and from the discreet eyes of Muslim girls to the multitude of boards and posters with the images of Besiktas – the city’s legendary football team.
I have fallen in love with Bosphorus Bay since the first time seeing the seagulls hovering in the open sky, creating invisible strings that connect the two continents – Asia and Europe. The clear blue sky is reflected on the deep blue sea, giving me tranquility. I drop my last Lira into the water of the Bosphorus, not to make a wish, but in hopes that they will preserve my memories here. And somehow, the water currents might bring them somewhere else to be found by me again, or might accidentally be stumbled upon by a boy who is playing with sand on a sunny beach.
Tomorrow, I will go to Grand Bazzar, buy some postcards, and write something to leave beneath the sun near a mosque before sending them to some friends of mine. I do hope that these postcards, together with the coins, will inspire and attract more visitors to this land. Uhm… will you come there?
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
CHO NH~NG CHUY⁄N ßI HOÄN HÅO<br />
FOR THE MOST AMAZING JOURNEYS!<br />
BARS<br />
PUBS<br />
&RESTAURANTS<br />
TP.HCM<br />
PHONG CÉCH VIåT<br />
T\ MOUTAIN RETREAT<br />
T‰a lπc tπi t«ng th≠Óng cÒa ta nhµ nªm gi˜a trung t©m Sµi Gn, Moutain Retreat lµ nhµ<br />
hµng thu«n Vi÷t Æ≠Óc Æ´ng Æ∂o th˘c kh∏ch ≠a chuÈng. Nhµ hµng Æ≠Óc thi’t k’ vÌi phong<br />
c∏ch nÛi truy“n thËng vµ th©n thi÷n vÌi nÈi th†t hoµn toµn tı gÁ, n¯a mÈc mπc xen kœ vÌi<br />
∏nh s∏ng vµng †m cÛng, tπo c∂m gi∏c th≠ th∏i cho th˘c kh∏ch khi th≠Îng th¯c nh˜ng m„n ®n Vi÷t<br />
Nam, r≠Óu vang vµ c∏c loπi cocktail Æ∆c bi÷t. MÈt chuy’n ghä th®m nhµ hµng lµ kho∂ng thÍi gian<br />
Æ” bπn th≠ gi∑n, dπo ch¨i Sµi Gn vµ tr∂i nghi÷m Æa dπng c∏c m„n ®n d©n d∑ mµ th©n quen cho<br />
Æ’n nh˜ng m„n Æ∆c s∂n khæp ba mi“n.<br />
(MOUTAIN RETREAT - VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT ROOFTOP *36 L LÓi,<br />
ph≠Íng B’n Nghä, QuÀn 1, TP.HCM *Tel: 0907 194 557)<br />
TH@ Vë B~A<br />
TRA TÑI NHÄ<br />
HÄNG CÄ PH£<br />
T‰a lπc tπi trung t©m<br />
quÀn 1, chÿ c∏ch phË Æi bÈ<br />
Nguy‘n Hu÷ vµi phÛt, nhµ<br />
hµng cµ ph vµ »m th˘c<br />
Pach mang phong c∏ch trŒ<br />
trung, ÆÈc Æ∏o phÔ hÓp<br />
nhi“u gu »m th˘c kh∏c<br />
nhau. Pach gÂm ba t«ng<br />
l«u Æ≠Óc phÒ Æ«y vÌi c∏c<br />
g„c xanh t˘ nhin, mang<br />
TP.HCM<br />
Æ’n c∂m gi∏c trong lµnh vµ<br />
m∏t mŒ gi˜a nh˜ng ngµy<br />
Æ«y næng. C∏c m„n É - ¢u<br />
nh≠ng Æ≠Óc bi’n t†u khäo<br />
läo bªng c∏ch k’t hÓp vµ sˆ<br />
dÙng c∏c nguyn li÷u kh∏c<br />
nhau, tπo nn mÈt sæc mµu<br />
»m th˘c Æa dπng t≠¨i mÌi.<br />
B˜a tr≠a Æ≠Óc thay ÆÊi hµng<br />
ngµy vÌi c∏c m„n ®n kÃm<br />
vÌi c¨m, b∏nh m◊, hÒ ti’u<br />
hay m◊ ≥. Th¯c uËng tπi Æ©y<br />
khi’n th˘c kh∏ch th›ch thÛ<br />
bÎi k’t hÓp khäo läo c∏c<br />
loπi hoa qu∂ thu«n Vi÷t<br />
nh≠ thanh long Æ·, sen t≠¨i,<br />
mà Æen... Gi˜a tr≠a n„ng<br />
b¯c, cn g◊ tuy÷t h¨n m„n<br />
n≠Ìc lµm tı gi†m thanh long<br />
Æ· Æ≠Óc ln men t˘ nhin<br />
sau b˜a ®n, vıa giÛp tiu<br />
h„a tËt vıa c„ t∏c dÙng<br />
gi∂m c©n.<br />
(PACH CAF– &<br />
BREWERS *14 Hu˙nh<br />
ThÛc Kh∏ng, Q1, TP.HCM)<br />
HÄ NóI<br />
NGHå THUÜT PHA<br />
CH⁄ COCKTAIL ßóC<br />
ßÉO<br />
ƒn t≠Óng bÎi kh´ng gian ki’n trÛc l†y<br />
c∂m h¯ng tı nh˜ng Æ≠Íng nät thi’t<br />
k’ cÒa c©y c«u Long Bin huy“n thoπi,<br />
La Plume Æang nhanh ch„ng trÎ thµnh<br />
Æi”m hãn h†p d…n Æ” th˘c kh∏ch t◊m<br />
ki’m nh˜ng b˜a ®n ngon mµ gi∂n d,<br />
nh˜ng phÛt gi©y th≠ gi∑n bn ly cµ ph<br />
hay nh˜ng buÊi tËi ÆÀm Ƶ h≠¨ng v<br />
cocktail gi˜a lng khu Ph∏p cÊ. ß’n Æ©y,<br />
bπn sœ Æ≠Óc th≠Îng l∑m ngh÷ thuÀt pha<br />
cocktail cÒa chµng trai v´ Æch pha ch’<br />
cocktail Phπm Ti’n Ti’p. Ti’p lu´n sΩn<br />
sµng chia sŒ nh˜ng ki’n th¯c s©u rÈng<br />
cÒa anh v“ mÔi v, ÆÈ c©n bªng cÚng nh≠<br />
nh˜ng xu h≠Ìng mÌi cÒa Æ uËng. BÎi<br />
th’, mÁi ly cocktail tπi La Plume kh´ng<br />
chÿ ƨn thu«n lµ mÈt Æ uËng tinh t’,<br />
mµ cn kh¨i gÓi nh˜ng c©u chuy÷n c∂m<br />
ÆÈng chπm Æ’n tr∏i tim mÁi ng≠Íi.<br />
(LA PLUME BISTRO & LOUNGE<br />
*T«ng 3, Ta nhµ Press Club, 12 L˝<br />
ßπo Thµnh, Hµ NÈi *Hotline: 09<strong>04</strong><br />
067 686)<br />
HÄ NóI<br />
¬M TH#C ¢U - É<br />
PHA TRóN<br />
Giao thoa gi˜a c∏c<br />
h≠¨ng v ¢u - Vi÷t,<br />
th˘c ƨn cÒa Master<br />
Chef 123 Æ≠Óc ch’ bi’n<br />
bÎi siu Æ«u b’p nÊi<br />
ti’ng Æ’n tı NewYork<br />
- Michael B∂o Hu˙nh -<br />
mang Æ’n c∂m gi∏c mÌi<br />
mŒ mµ th©n quen ÆËi<br />
vÌi th˘c kh∏ch Vi÷t. Bπn<br />
sœ c„ dp th≠Îng th¯c<br />
h¨n 200 m„n ®n tinh<br />
t’, mang ÆÀm nät v®n<br />
ho∏ »m th˘c tı c∏c n≠Ìc trn th’ giÌi<br />
nh≠: SÛp n†m Truffle, SÛp gan ngÁng,<br />
B M¸ n≠Ìng, B lÛc læc, S≠Ín b chin<br />
ki”u Hµn, C∏ diu hÂng ki”u T©y Ban<br />
Nha, C∏ chÃm vÌi rau cÒ qu∂ Ragu,<br />
C∏ hÂi t∏i chanh, T´m rang muËi ki”u<br />
Tom Yum Kung, M˘c chin cay Samba<br />
vÌi xËt kiwi, H∂i s∂n chin gin vÌi xËt<br />
Tartar, C¨m chin gµ quay Th∏i, C¨m<br />
thË gµ roti...<br />
(NHÄ HÄNG MASTERCHEF 123<br />
*123 Mai Hæc ß’, Hai Bµ Tr≠ng, Hµ NÈi<br />
*Tel: <strong>04</strong> 6261 3333)<br />
14<br />
<strong>TRAVELLIVE</strong>
Change language