Ua hana hou ʻo InterContinental Hanoi Westlake i kahi hoʻomaka nui ma Vietnam, i kēia manawa me ka hale ʻaina Italia kiʻekiʻe loa o ka ʻāina.
Ua wehe ʻo Milan i kona mau puka i nā malihini o waho i ka lā 4 o Iune, me ka ʻike ʻana i kahi mea nui hou i ke kū ʻana o InterContinental ma ke ʻano he hōkele hou loa o ke kapikala a ma ke ʻano meaʻai ʻo Vietnam.
"Pehea ke kūlanakauhale e like me ka ikaika a me ka ikaika e like me Hanoi i hiki ai i ka 21st Century me ka ʻole o kahi hale ʻaina Italia kiʻekiʻe, ʻaʻole au e ʻike," wahi a Paolo Zambrano, ka luna alakaʻi ma Milan. "ʻO ka meaʻai Italia kahi koho koʻikoʻi i kēlā me kēia ʻāina culinary. I kēia manawa hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻāʻo i ka ʻono o Italia ma nā kahakai o Tay Ho (West Lake) he mea kupanaha a he mea kupaianaha hoʻi.
Ma Milan, ʻimi nā papa kumu nui a Chef Zambrano i ka waiwai o nā mea kahiko Italia, mai ka spaghettis, linguinis, pennes a me ka lasagna a hiki i Pappardelle Al Ragu D' Anatra a me Gnocchi di Patate.
"Ua kāhea ʻia ʻo Paolo mai ka lumi kuke e kahi hale ʻaina i kēia manawa," wahi a Christian Pirodon, ka luna nui o ka InterContinental Hanoi Westlake, "e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka pasta i loaʻa iā ia. Ua manaʻo ʻia ka malihini ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa ka pasta e like me kā mākou ma waho o Italia. I kēia manawa, ua manaʻo ʻo ia ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa ka pasta maikaʻi ma waho o Hanoi!
Mai ka Italian grill, lawelawe ʻo Milan i kahi ʻano muscular assortment of entrees, mai ka ʻiʻo pipi puʻuwai a me nā maka iwi ʻaoʻao a hiki i nā ʻāpana hipa, nā ʻaʻa aliʻi a me nā ula holoʻokoʻa. Hoʻopau ka hale ʻaina i nā ʻano pizzas, ʻoiaʻiʻo, a me nā cocktails mai ka Margherita, a i ka Frutti di mare.
Ke kālepa nei ʻo Milan i kona kūlana wai me nā hiʻohiʻona ākea o Hanoi's fabled West Lake, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kahua pāʻani o nā aliʻi o Vietnam a i kēia manawa he hoʻomaha hoʻomaha mai ka puʻupuʻu o ke kapikala.
Inā luhi ka poʻe ʻai i ka panorama lakefront, aia nā panoramas ʻoi aku ka palena o nā kīʻaha hōʻikeʻike ʻelua a me nā pā waina aniani. Hāʻawi ka papa inoa waina o ka hale ʻaina i 200 mau waina mai 10 mau ʻāina, me Italia, Farani a me nā waina maikaʻi loa o ka New World.
Noho ʻo Milan i ka pae mezzanine holoʻokoʻa o ka hōkele. ʻO ka mea hoʻonaninani he hui ʻana o ʻEulopa a me ka ʻĀsia rustic.
"Ua kaulana ʻo Hanoi no kona mau wahi ʻai," wahi a Pirodon, "a pololei nō. I kēia manawa, me Paolo a me Milan, ke kūkulu nei mākou ma luna o kēlā kaulana me kahi ʻike ʻaina poina ʻole - no nā malihini hōkele, a me nā malihini hoʻi.
