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I would love to go to Vietnam. But before I would go there and strike off another destination from my travel to-do list, I can always go to a closer place – the so-called little Hanoi aka Sapa, in Prague.
TTTM Sapa, located in the south surround of Prague called Písnice, is a wholesale market where you can buy a lot of stuff (the majority of the items sold comes from Asia of course). Actually it’s like a town in a town with different amenities for the Vietnamese community: restaurants, beauty salons, a school, a temple etc.
I´m a big fan of Sapa especially because of the food. I like the Vietnamese groceries, where you can buy different ingredients for Asian cuisine that you can not buy anywhere else (or they are way to expensive) – various vegetables and fruits, herbs, sauces, frozen prawns, alive crabs, strange looking meat, tea, rice, tofu and much more…
Besides checking the shops you should definitely eat there. The criteria of a good place to eat is simple: eat where local people eat. Places which are oriented in one type of food are usually the strike home. My favourite place is a tiny place named Hai Há – the have the best bún chả- it is rich and savoury.
P.S. Check out the Anthony Bourdain´s No Reservations episode from Czech republic, he´s been to Sapa as well 
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Sapa | Shopping, Snacks, Restaurants (Vietnamese) | bún chả CZK 80.00
Libušská 319/126 | Praha 4
09:00 – 20:00 daily
Sapa is where its at. The Phở shop is where its at…
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Rory: Yes, indeed
Hi,
it sounds very interesting (plus appetizing : )! Any idea on how one might get there by public transportation? Thanks!
Hi Costas, you can take the metro C to the station Kacerov and then eg. bus 133 to the stop Sidliste Pisnice.
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