Puku Cafe, 60 Hang Trong Street, Hanoi
"Puku was the inspiration of Pham Thi Hoa, a Vietnamese designer who moved to Ha Noi from Ha Long City in the hopes of starting a modest business. Upon her arrival, Hoa saw a gap in the market with Western travellers on a budget. Hoa began a small shop called Memory, selling low priced jewellery that reflected Western trends. The cafe has become a hot spot for expats who bring their moped helmets to the tables, a symbolic item to differentiate themselves from the typical tourist. At any time in the day you will find expats lounging about the cafe engrossed in a novel, typing away at a lap top making good use of the cafe’s wireless internet access or taking a break from work in the company of colleagues," reports Polly Banks in The Vietnam News. The opinion of the esteemed Sticky Rice was up four months previous.
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