Find fancy Mid-Autumn festivities at Ngon Sài Gòn Restaurant in the heart of Hà Nội

Nguyễn Thanh Hà

Hồ Thu Hải's family of ten has decided to welcome the bright full moon this lunar month with a traditional Mid-Autumn festival and southern specialties at Ngon Sài Gòn Restaurant in Hà Nội, which has been carefully decorated with thousands of hand-made colourful lanterns and many other beautiful decorations that draw the attention of not only children but also adults.

Guests are invited to Ngon Sài Gòn to welcome brilliant full moon this Mid-Autumn season. Photos courtesy of Quán Ăn Ngon Restaurant Chain

Hải, from the southern province of Cần Thơ, said the Moon Goddess and the Man of the Moon are welcoming people to get together and enjoy classic Mid-Autumn Festival cakes and fruits in a shimmering space with traditional toys and paper pictures.

A couple in traditional long dresses checks in the restaurant, saying they are so impressed with Mid-Autumn decorations that they take a lot of unforgettable photos.

“My children are excited to run here and there around the restaurant, looking at and touching toy figurines or a toy boat running on a large water tank. Meanwhile my parents are happy to enjoy Sài Gòn's delicious dishes and reminisce about past Mid-Autumn festivals, which they can now experience here," said Hải.

The couple is happily to enjoy tasty dishes in a festive atmosphere and colourful decorations of Mid-Autumn festival.

“I felt that it is still the same full-moon festival atmosphere, but here it has unique features that I could not find in other parts of the city. Although the dishes are from the southern region, they are still flavourful, delicious and familiar for all foodies of the country's three regions: south, centre and north.

Foodies are so impressed by a basket of flavourful dishes.

“We are very pleased about our good choice to relax at Ngon Sài Gòn for the full moon season in the capital,” said Hải, noting that a beautiful young couple in colourful outfits were so impressed with the magnificent decorations at the restaurant that they asked her to take several photos of them.

A tray of southern tasty dishes is ready to serve foodies.

Guests all agreed that they would make the most of this new Autumn season together, with friends, family and also with Sài Gòn women, known as 'Cô Ba Sài Gòn' or former Sài Gòn beauties, to celebrate the festival in the most jubilant way in every corner of the Ngon house.

The Cô Ba Sài Gòn exclaimed that they discovered a very beautiful Sài Gòn full moon at the restaurant, Ngon Sài Gòn, in the heart of the capital city.

A group of Sài Gòn women (locally known as Cô Ba Sài Gòn) are excitedly to enjoy special Sài Gòn dishes and also Sài Gòn full moon in the restaurant located in the heart of the capital.

“I saw that the full-moon celebration is so colourful,” one of the Cô Ba Sài Gòn told Việt Nam News.

All are invited to make a reservation to enjoy the amazing southern dishes at the restaurant at 8pm on the 14th and 15th of the eighth lunar month, which fall on September 16-17 this year, at Ngon Sài Gòn's two locations: 8 Dã Tượng St in Hoàn Kiếm Dist, and 59 Huỳnh Thúc Kháng St in Đống Đa Dist, Hà Nội. Hotline: 0902.223.626. VNS