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"Tucked into a narrow space on Yen Phu Street near Hanoi’s West Lake, this 90-year-old coffee shop feels like the elusive “local secret” at the apex of Graham Holliday’s Four Questions Theory, far from fancy hotels and tourist traps. The interior is as spartan as it gets, with harsh lighting and a low ceiling that can give tall people a crick in the neck, but any discomfort is quickly redeemed by the quality of the coffee. Its specialty is an iced yogurt coffee served in a tall glass, topped with a rudimentarily drawn cream flower; the drink itself is thick like a sundae, with a blend of Arabica and Robusta slowly dripped over a dense layer of yogurt." - Arundhati Hazra