Fried Instant Noodles ...
... the middling service at Sapa Panorama was even worse tonight - we had both ordered burgers after witnessing how poorly the Vietnamese dishes were executed last night, only to be told that they had one burger left to sell. Instead, I ordered these fried noodles - the flavour was actually pretty decent, but it was obvious that it was just instant noodles. After this dish arrived, and a good 20 minutes after ordering, we were told that they had run out of burgers completely - it would have been nice to have been informed much earlier! After perusing the menu, nothing else stood out, so we ordered a second plate of fried noodles. The restaurant also managed to forget our desserts, and brought us out a lemon juice instead of the watermelon juice we had ordered - all in a good days work at Sapa Panorama!
The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more 
