Two weeks in North Vietnam - 12/21 - 1/3/2023

Day  9- Lunch and Driftwood Village-12/29/2023

We are now headed to Coco casa located on the riverfront in Hoi An. 

The front of the restaurant.

The main entrance to the restaurant.

Wood sculpture on display at the entrance of the restaurant.

Coconut juice with Coco Casa logo.

Orange cinnamon tea and freshly squeeze pineapple juice.

Salmon and pomelo salad with aromatic herbs, sesame, Vietnamese dressing.

Vegan rainbow summer rolls with five-color rice noodle, mixed vegetables and fish seasonal fruit served with peanut sauce.

The dish is nicely presented.

On the right is a seafood soup with crab meat, scallops, and shrimp.  On the right is a braised pork belly.

Chicken nugget, deep fried marinated chopped chicken leg, quinoa, pumpkin and homemade tartar sauce.

Us with Thuan, the owner and his wife.  The owner is a good friend of Thuan (Hoa's Brother).

On display are a bunch of wood craftsman to support local Vietnamese artists.  Thuan, the owner has a woodshop close by and he will take us there afterwards.

Display on the table close to the entrance.

After lunch, Thuan, the owner took us to his driftwood village where he founded in 2020.  Driftwood Village is a wood carving workshop and studio that brings together artisans and sculptors from the Quang Nam province to create beautiful, artistic and unique works made from recycled driftwood and other natural materials.

Walkway lined with unique pieces of wood sculptures.
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Wood Carving, Painting Workshops, Coco Casa Collection with more than 300 unique, inspired and meaningful works of driftwood art, all hand-made by local artisans.

Each piece is unique as the wood that was harvested.

 Lê NgocThuan, told us that the Driftwood village serve as a hub for tourists who are keen to explore Hoi An's unique tourism offerings and meet the talented craftsmen of Kim Bong carpentry village.

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A beautiful carving of a rooster.

The sculptures were made using wood that had drifted onto Cua Dai Beach.

The driftwood was transformed into cats, buffalo, lion, etc...

About the founder.

I really like this sculpture with head of an elephant and his trunk.  Clever use of a piece of driftwood.

A collection of driftwood that was harvested.

The wood comes in different size and shape and it is up to the artist to transform into and object of art.

Carving area.

Artisan working on their craft.

Wood tools on the left.

Wind chimes on display.

We really enjoyed visiting Thuan workshop.  They have a lot of interesting pieces that I really like.

NEXT... Hoi An