Hoi An Roastery: A Cafe to Experience the Local Alleys
We moved on to Hoi An Roastery, which is just a short walk from Morning Glory. Of course, we visited this place based on the strong recommendation of my friend, who had practically read every blog post out there.
As I write about Hoi An, I keep debating something. Since Morning Glory is two words in English, I feel like I should space it out in Korean, and the same goes for 'Hoi An'. I'm not sure what the correct Korean spacing is, but it bothers me every time I type it.
I suddenly got sidetracked, but anyway, I needed to rest at a coffee shop to bring back my exhausted soul that had fled far away.
The advantage of this shop is that you can people-watch tourists from the perspective of a local rather than a traveler. If you sit blankly at a table outside the coffee shop, you'll see all sorts of tourists wandering around looking this way and that. As I sit there watching them walk by, as if to say, "I'm different from you guys," I really feel like someone who lives in this neighborhood. While hanging out like a local, the neighborhood dogs start to gather. There aren't any big dogs; they're all little ones. They aren't afraid of people at all, so as you sit and rest, they'll rest right at your feet. They don't try to act cute or do tricks; they just sit with their butts facing me, as if saying, "Hey~ let's share this spot~."
The coffee is very sweet. It's so sweet that it wakes you right up, making it a great coffee for my exhausted self. They say Vietnam is the world's second-largest coffee producer, and maybe that's why the coffee generally tastes pretty good. Don't trust me too much, though. I'm the type to say almost any coffee is delicious.
