Where to find a good burger in Da Nang: smash, Wagyu, pub and steakhouse
From a 75,000-dong single smash to a 655,000-dong foie gras burger, Da Nang's burgers now cover every budget. Here's who makes what, where, and what the menus actually say.
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Craft beer in Da Nang: the breweries, taprooms and bars worth knowing
Da Nang got its first craft brewery around 2017. Today you can drink beer brewed in a Liên Chiểu factory at three BREWHAHA taprooms, sit on the sand at East West, or take local drafts with a New York…
Where to find good pizza in Da Nang, from wood-fired Neapolitan to New York slices and Detroit pans
Da Nang now has Japanese-run burrata pizza, Italian-style wood-fired pies, a New York slice joint that started at the Sơn Trà Night Market, and a Detroit-style specialist. Here's who makes what,…
Bikini Bottom Express: the hostel breakfast that became Da Nang's smash-burger habit
It started in 2018 with breakfasts for hungry guests at a Da Nang hostel. Now it's three Da Nang diners and one in Hoi An, serving smash burgers, poutine and all-day breakfast under a…
East West Brewing: how a San Diego-raised Saigonese built one of Vietnam's craft beer pioneers, and put it on My Khe Beach
Lộc Trương left a big-beer job to start East West in 2016. Seven years later the company opened its second taproom on the sand at 1A Võ Nguyên Giáp. Here's how it got there and what it pours.
Not quite soup, not quite salad: the case for mi Quang as Da Nang's real signature dish
Phở gets the world's attention. Quang Nam's turmeric noodle, served with barely enough broth to wet it, got something rarer: official recognition as a national intangible heritage.
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A teacher quit to roast coffee. Four decades later, Long Coffee is part of how Da Nang starts its day
Do Long, who opened one of the city's first coffee shops on Le Loi Street in the early 1980s, died in July at 70. His blend, and the low-stool habit around it, outlive him.
Boiled pork, rice paper and a sauce that scares tourists: why Da Nang's roll-your-own dinner works
Banh trang cuon thit heo is about as plain as Vietnamese food gets: thin-sliced pork, herbs, rice paper and mam nem. That's the point. Here's what's in it and why the sauce matters most.
Pick it from the tank, pay by the kilo: how Da Nang's seafood dinners actually work
Live tanks, prices by weight and recurring overcharging complaints. A practical guide to the city's seafood culture, and the Michelin-listed places that anchor it.
Five Da Nang dishes that deserve more of your attention than another bowl of phở
Fish cake noodle soup, rice cakes in tiny saucers, crisp bánh xèo, chicken rice and rice-paper snacks. The city's own Michelin list is a good map to all of them.
Eat it off the boat: Tam Tien's dawn fish market has become one of Da Nang's best food stops
More than 60 km south of downtown, a village beach market sells the night's catch by sunrise and cooks it for visitors after. Locals run it, and the season is about to close.