For 5 consecutive days, I went to the lemon tea restaurant with my friends. Every time I go to the restaurant with different friends. Those are college friends, close friends, colleagues and other relationships.
It can be said that lemon tea is currently the trend of Vietnamese youth. There are more than 10 lemon tea restaurants where I live. I went to drink at all the lemon tea restaurants. I think in the future, I will write more reviews about other lemon tea restaurant.
The space of lemon tea restaurants is very large, bigger than the milk tea restaurants. Because lemon tea is very cheap, it is very crowded. People often go to lemon tea restaurant in groups of about 7
to 10 people.
I like the quiet so I only go with one person.
We had an interesting talk about career and life love. This space is suitable for group meetings and it's great to start a story.
We ordered 1 plate of french fries, 1 plate of sunflower seeds, 2 cups of lemon tea.
####Menu :
combo 1. spring rolls, sausages, potatoes, fish balls (2 people eat) 50,000 VND
Combo 2 : spring rolls, sausages, potatoes, fish balls (4 people eat) 80.000 VND
Drinks
Strong bow, Cocktail, coconut ice cream, avocado ice cream , cafe, yogurt, milk tea
Lemon tea, kumquat tea, aloe tea, orange tea, peach tea, lemongrass tea, guava tea. , ..Honey ginger tea, cinnamon tea (about 50 different drinks)
Fast food
white sunflower seeds, black sunflower seeds, French fries, fried taro, fried sweet potato, chicken feet, cheese, garlic pork skin, KFC chicken,spring rolls, sausages, potatoes, fish balls..
Unlike other restaurants. You must try to eat fast or drink quickly to leave. An interesting feature of Vietnamese lemon tea is that you can sit and drink water from morning to night.
The term “ Trà chanh chém gió” ( Shoot the breeze and lemon tea) . This is a famous term that all Vietnamese know. Previously lemon tea was only on the sidewalk, although on the sidewalk but there were many people gathered and ate there.
After that, there was a period when the government issued a policy: "Eliminate sidewalks, meaning no business on the pavement is allowed."
I still remember the interesting feeling was when: we were drinking lemon tea and the police came to chase us and the others away. Everyone take chairs, glasses of water and run away.
After about 30 minutes everyone comes back to their places to drink lemon tea .. ..
The lemon tea business on the sidewalk failed. Lemon tea is back, but lemon tea is on a new level. It is a model of a cafe restaurant or a big restaurant.
Lemon tea is cheap (10,000 -15,000 VND / 1 cup). Cheaper than a cup of coffee or 1 cup of milk tea. Especially anyone can drink lemon tea (old to young.)
In one day, a lemon tea restaurant sold 500 cups of lemon tea. Trading lemon tea brings super profits. A lemon tea restaurant has about 7 employees working at night. That means they have 10 employees working both morning and night shifts.
In 1 month, if you subtract the cost of renting premises, hiring employees, the utilities and expenses incurred, .. the owner of a lemon tea restaurant can still earn $ 5,000 / month. In Vietnam, it is a lot of money (equal to one year a worker goes to work)
That is why there are about 8 lemon tea restaurants located side by side.
But every restaurant is still very crowded.
Regardless of winter or summer, people still drink lemon tea. In the summer, I drink lemon tea to escape the hot weather.
In the winter, I drink lemon tea to relax and feel happy when meeting friends.
I do not know how long this tea trend can last.
Will lemon tea be forgotten like Taiwan milk tea and spicy noodle Korea?
I think it's always crowded because the price of lemon tea and other snacks are very cheap, large space and a Vehicle Security Guara.
I hope you will visit Vietnam and meet me to enjoy drinks and food here ^^
Specific address: Gate of Phu Lo Secondary School
Review and photo by @a-alice
Thanks for reading🥰💋
Restaurant Information
Tiệm trà chanh 66
Phù Lỗ, Sóc Sơn, Hanoi, Vietnam
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