A cafe on the slope, surrounded by five sour cherry trees (also called wild Himalayan cherry), where visitors on food walking tour can sit on the wooden swing, with kale vegetables “growing” on the table to eat, and people coming here can self-cultivate vegetables … are interesting features you can not miss when coming here.
Da Lat is famous for being one of the most peaceful cities. Perhaps because of that, the cafes and restaurants in this place often have a very different style: homely, lovely and light. An Cafe is such a place. Just having opened not long ago, but An Cafe promises to be a destination worth to visit in Dalat for those who love nature and want to experience Da Lat in a familiar way.
An Cafe has five separate areas, each area is of 200m2. This cafe is located on 3/2, District 1, Da Lat city. Although it is not officially opened, An Cafe still attracts hundreds of visitors on Vietnam food tour to the cafe every day thanks to the new model and rustic style, bold the feature of Da Lat.
The most distinctive feature of An Cafe is that you can see all kinds of vegetables, anywhere in the restaurant, from the small garden to the shelf, the table, to the paths from one area to another. All of them are clean vegetables that Mr Vo Hoang Quang – the owner of this cafe – bought from Dalat farmers to grow in his own shop.
“In part, because I want to help my peasants have vegetables consumption source, other part, I would like a simple thing that people coming to the shop, especially the tourists can enjoy fresh vegetables in Dalat. At present, I have planted at each table various kinds of vegetables, clean vegetables so that guests can naturally pick it up and eat with food of the cafe.” Mr Quang – the owner said.
Vegetables are found everywhere in the cafe, even on the guest’s table. Kales, basil, mint leaves are beautifully placed on wooden tables, not only make the space more beautiful but also a small experience that is fun when you eat a dish in the cafe and can hand clean vegetables which are planted right in front of you.
In addition to being picking vegetables and eating it in place, visitors on vietnam food tours also grow their own vegetables in small pots and record their names on the pots. The staff of the restaurant will update the growth of the tree on the facebook of the restaurant, and you can still follow their growth day by day.
An Cafe with a total area of 200m2 is below 5 original sour cherry trees has hundreds of years old, promising to be the ideal destination for guests when the cherry season flourished in February. The shop is divided into 5 zones with the different styles. The most visited area is at the back of the cafe where there are wooden swings instead of chairs.
Quang said he chose this location to build An Cafe because it is home to the oldest sour cherry trees in Dalat. In the spring when the weather is so beautiful and cool, guests can enjoy five sour cherry blossoming trees here without going far.
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