A 100-year-old Tay home in the northern highlands’ Ha Giang Province is currently a coffee shop and mostly intact.
Pho Co Coffee Shop remains in Dong Van Area near an old market. This early 20th-century building is next to a hillside.
According to the internet site of the Dong Van Karst Plateau World Geopark management, it is one of the few continuing to be structures in Dong Van’s old town.
Like various other old residences in Dong Van, this one lugs a mix of neighborhood and also Chinese architecture.
It has two floorings, the reduced constructed of timber as well as the top of bluestone as well as rammed planet. There is an internal yard designed in the architectural design of the Vuong family members manor in Ha Giang, additionally known as the Meo King manor, an ancient estate with the age of virtually 100 years. Your home design also stands for Chinese architectural characteristics.
The wall surfaces are constructed from unburnt blocks.
The frame consists of trusses, columns and also wood railings, all sculpted with elaborate images
Ha Giang’s coffeehouse in a 100-year-old house
The roof is made of yin-yang floor tiles, the standard roof covering material made use of in the northern border areas.
According to Ngo Xuan Hieu, the manager of the area, your home has actually been used as a café given that 2010. It can seat numerous individuals. Its tables are set up to deal with the yard or the street.
The wood tables and chairs are covered with brocade fabric. Yellow lights as well as silent music are utilized to provide a pleasant ambience for guests.
On the 2nd floor are tables from where visitors can see the old town as well as individuals wandering about on its main road.
On busy days Pho Co gets up to 700 individuals. Friday and also Saturday are frequently the busiest. It serves coffee, tea, and also fruit juices.
