What and Where to Eat in Hoi An, Vietnam

I’ll give you three reasons to visit Hoi An – banh mi, com ga, and cao lau. They’re three of the best things you can eat in this central Vietnamese town, which is saying a lot because there’s plenty of good food to be had here.

When we first visited Hoi An in 2017, we were smitten with both the town itself and its food. We didn’t know what to expect so our first night in the ancient town made us feel like we had woken up in a dream. The multi-colored paper lanterns zig-zagging between rows of crumbling shophouses looked like something out of a fairy tale.

But as striking as the town is at first sight, you get used to it pretty quickly. The novelty fades and by the second or third night, we found the crowds of tourists in the ancient town to be an inconvenience, even a nuisance.

But one…