Opening Thai restaurant in Da nang

Why not an Indian restaurant? There a 2 Thai restaurant in DN that I know of. Don't remeber the other s name but I heard it is terrible. The one I visited often was My Thai on Tran Hung Dao str., I think they are doing well, the price is ok and food is ok too.

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@Heretolearn, Why did you suggest Indian restaurant ??

Well Casino1990 is Indian, I didn't see any Indian restaurant in DN and although I haven't tried many Indian dishes I think Vietnamese would like Indian food, you have to change it a bit to suit the local s taste of course. I just think that if you are an Indian, you own an Indian restaurant, Vietnamese would think it must be authentic and better. Even when you open like a Bun Bo Hue restaurant in Hanoi, people tend to think it is good if the cook/onwer speak with a Hue dialect. And also people like to try new things. That will get people to your restaurant. You do have to have food suitable to local s taste with good service to have them come back/introduce to others of course.

Hi Heretolearn,

Let me update you with the list of Indian Restaurant in DN.

- Mumtaz Indian Restaurant (Halaal)
- Family Indian Restaurant
- Maharaj Indian Restaurant
- Namaste Omar Indian Restaurant (Halaal)
- Veda Indian Restaurant
- Nan n Kabab Restaurant (Pakistani - Halaal)
- Simpur Halaal Restaurant (Brunei Darussalam)

There is only 1 Pakistani restaurant that I could get.
India and Pakistan have similar kind dishes but we differ in taste a lot and I would love to taste Pure Pakistani Style food in DN and in Vietnam.
I am sure Vietnamese people would really love Pure Pakistani Style food.

Hope this would be helpful for you.

Regards,

Thanks but I m not even living in DN anymore and never want to get back there. Would be helpful to someone who want to visit an Indian restaurant there or want to open a restaurant there I guess.

Oh... " and never want to get back there " .. any bad experience you had in DN ??
I would like to know why you NEVER want to be here ..

It is a nice city but the people are way too nosey. Vietnamese in general are kinda nosey I know but the people in DN seems to care a bit too much about others business. It is the only city I have been to where amost every taxi drivers, vendor owners (that I buy anything from for the first time) ask me question like how old r u? R u married? Why u don't work in Hanoi? How much do you make? Why r u so thin? Why u don't eat more? Being taught to be polite I can't tell them to shut up but even when they could tell that I didn't want to answer they still kept talking and pushing for a reply. Really annoying. Also I have a trend to dress pretty sexy, no problem anywhere but in DN where people don't say it to your face but you can tell they suspect you are a prostitude or sth. My boss also said the women at my office often gathered and talked everytime I passed by. Don't know what they were talking about but doubtly anything great.

how old r u? R u married? Why u don't work in Hanoi? How much do you make? Why r u so thin? Why u don't eat more?

Hahah.. I agree 100% on this and I have also felt this way.
Being a foreigner,  I have been asked many such questions and top in the list is "Are you married" .... Even guys ask this question... hahaha ..
Every female I met they always asked this question to me. I was thinking are Vietnamese females more interested in foreigners?? and if this is the case then what is the reason??

But on the other hand, they are also very supportive and helpful I would say. Whenever I asked for help they do it  with open heart.

Heretolearn wrote:

ask me question like how old r u? R u married? Why u don't work in Hanoi? How much do you make? Why r u so thin? Why u don't eat more? Being taught to be polite I can't tell them to shut up but even when they could tell that I didn't want to answer they still kept talking and pushing for a reply. Really annoying.

Are you sure that you are Vietnamese?      I thought these were standard questions that all Vietnamese asked Tây people.  Most foreigners assume these are questions uniquely directed at them but perhaps they are directed at anyone perceived to be from "out of town" as determined by accent.

I don't know if you have noticed but Americans in particular will never ask a new acquaintance "How much do you make?"  but will ask "What do you do?" which really means "Where do you work" which of course means "How much do you make?"  It's just a sneaky way to ask the same question.

I don't think it is strange to ask someone you are getting to know better what they do for a living. Although I do not do that. Just a few days ago my counsin took his girlfriend home to meet family. My grandpa asked what was her job which everyone understood was his way of asking how much she made. If he did not then no one would have asked sth like that. My grandpa is over 90, it is normal for his generation but since my dad s generation which means around 60s it is considered impolite, asking things like how much you make are considered rude, uneducated even. And that is for people you meet for some reasons, not random strangers on the street like Da Nang, which is just unbelievable.

THIGV wrote:

Are you sure that you are Vietnamese?      I thought these were standard questions that all Vietnamese asked Tây people.  Most foreigners assume these are questions uniquely directed at them but perhaps they are directed at anyone perceived to be from "out of town" as determined by accent.

Heretolearn wrote:

since my dad s generation which means around 60s it is considered impolite, asking things like how much you make are considered rude, uneducated even. And that is for people you meet for some reasons, not random strangers on the street like Da Nang, which is just unbelievable.

It has been happening to me everywhere in Vietnam, from North to South and many points in between.  I'm definitely not a foreigner although everyone can tell that I'm an Overseas Vietnamese, from the way I dress, walk, carry myself, and the more formal way I speak Vietnamese.

I've been asked by ALMOST all the women (rarely men) with whom I conversed no matter how brief the contact.  The women were from different generations, in their 40s as well as 80s.  They all wanted to know about our pension, our rent, our discretionary income, the length of our marriage, the size of our family, whether our children were beautiful because they're Eurasians, the ethnicity of their spouses, why I didn't teach English in my free time to make money -- and in more than a few occasions, why I allowed my skin to be so dark, why I didn't cover myself from head to toes to avoid the sun, etc.

Vietnam isn't the only country where personal boundaries are not respected.  For the 3.5 years living alone in Italy until my husband retired and joined me, I encountered a lot more probings than just innocuous questions, and more than a few times the probings crossed over to innuendoes, insults, and racist remarks. 

I've learned a long time ago that I cannot change how people act but I certainly can change how I react to people:  I simply shrugged off the questions anytime I didn't care to answer and kept things pleasant until the contact/transaction was over.  It's pretty easy doing, and my day wasn't affected by any negative feelings.

casino1990 wrote:

Can anyone guide me about the best place to open a thai restaurant in Da nang

If you rely on some one from the forum to tell you where to open Thai restaurant you are really not good businessman and you will fail and fast ...., So dont bother brother . Looks like you have no idea ..OMG ..i cant believe ..

Heretolearn wrote:

you can tell they suspect you are a prostitude or sth.

Serious question.  I've seen this before but do not know what sth means.

SteinNebraska wrote:

Heretolearn wrote:

you can tell they suspect you are a prostitude or sth.

Serious question.  I've seen this before but do not know what sth means.

I don't think it's too profound.  Urban Dictionary says it just means "something" and is probably just a texting convention.

I know what Heretolearn is saying.  The first time I visited Vietnam, about 20 years ago, I was riding on the back of a motorbike driven by my Viet Kieu friend's niece who was a very attractive girl about 25 years old.  I saw a matron near us at a stop sign give a disdainful look.  I pointed her out to my driver and her response was "I know what she thinks but the hell with her."

THIGV wrote:

SteinNebraska wrote:

Heretolearn wrote:

you can tell they suspect you are a prostitude or sth.

Serious question.  I've seen this before but do not know what sth means.

I don't think it's too profound.  Urban Dictionary says it just means "something" and is probably just a texting convention.

Ah, I though it was something more nefarious than that.