1Tung Da Lat – More than a regular coffee shop
In Da Lat, there are coffee shops everywhere, people even joke that if they come to this city located peacefully in the middle of a vast plateau, they can walk a few steps before seeing anyone and they will see a coffee shop. Already! Coffee shops in Da Lat are as diverse as those in big cities across the country with many styles, from ancient to modern, from the suburbs to the heart of the city with countless types of drinks. Creative from Da Lat specialties. Yet Tung Da Lat is still there, still old and nostalgic, but never inferior to anyone.
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Even though the years have passed, Tung Da Lat is still so peaceful and quiet
If in the past, people came to Tung to enjoy coffee, now, people come to Tung to find something from the past. Maybe somewhere you can find the figure of an old friend who came here together in the past, enjoying a cup of fragrant coffee in the melodious atmosphere of Trinh’s music, maybe it’s the shop owner with his characteristic gentle smile, but now this is no more. Or maybe it’s to find an image of Da Lat in the past with a simple, simple lifestyle.
2Where is Tung Da Lat coffee shop?
Located at number 6, Hoa Binh area with a very prime location opposite the prominent yellow wall of Coi Xay Gio bakery, Tung Da Lat coffee has truly become a familiar stop for many people when returning home. with the dreamy city, especially the elderly. In contrast to the bustling scene of young people across the street asking each other to take photos to check-in to Da Lat, in Tung, you can fully feel the peace, quiet and melodiousness for a few minutes. Trinh’s music.
Old Da Lat market – The place where Uncle Tung chose to build a small coffee shop
Having stopped in Da Lat for more than half a century, Tung coffee shop is the ‘brainchild’ of Uncle Tung, a Northerner who settled in Da Lat. If you ask anyone nowadays, they can immediately show you the way to the shop, but probably not many people remember the original address of this cafe on Thanh Thai Street, which has now been renamed. into Nguyen Chi Thanh street. But after only a few days, Uncle Tung moved the restaurant to a kiosk located on the side of the old Da Lat market. However, after only a short time, this area was cleared again, so he moved the shop to address 6, Hoa Binh area and remained there until today.
3Da Lat is always changing, but Tung Da Lat has never changed
Although it has accompanied the development of the mountain city for more than half a decade, and witnessed many ups and downs of Da Lat, this small cafe still retains its original idyllic space. There are still old tables, there are still paintings that have faded with the passage of time, there are still dim lights that cannot be seen clearly, and yet, among countless cafes with modern spaces, Modern and delicately decorated, Tung Da Lat still retains its certain place in everyone’s hearts.
Tung Da Lat is still there, just like the first days…
The reason Tung hasn’t changed is because he wants to keep every small corner table that was previously a meeting place for talented people. In the past, with a cup of coffee still swirling with smoke in the chilly air, famous artists such as Trinh Cong Son, Ngo Thuy Mien, Khanh Ly, Tu Cong Phung, Bui Giang, etc.
No one would have thought that this small coffee shop would be a meeting place for talented artists, a place that marked the birth of so many songs by the late musician Trinh as well as the anniversary of his first birthday. He first met 17-year-old female student Le Mai – the former name of famous singer Khanh Ly. Just like Tu Cong Phung and his friends used to sit here until their seats were worn out, or poet Bui Giang once in this small shop composed two verses of six-eight poems that are famous to this day:
The shop is tired. The sun hasn’t risen yet.
Suddenly filled with joy. Looks like the head is still intact.
It must be because of that that even though the years have passed, even though the old people no longer return, Tung is still the same and has never changed, even though life has had many changes. In the midst of the chilly weather typical of the mountain town of Da Lat, sit and enjoy a cup of hot coffee in the melodious space of old love songs in the style of Trinh Cong Son, Ngo Thuy Mien, Vu Thanh An, etc. It’s so poetic you must know.
Whether it’s day or night, peace is still what Tung Da Lat brings to those who stop here.
Not only is the old space still there, the coffee flavor of Tung Da Lat shop is still the same as before. Still roasted and ground coffee with a unique recipe that only this small shop has. And there are still coffee filters slowly falling drop by drop. That’s enough.
After more than half a century, the coffee filter is still the same as ever
Tung is still there, waiting for everyone to stop by
Even though the years pass, even though countless people come and go, Tung Da Lat is still there. It’s still a familiar corner with an old table imprinted with time, still a melodious space filled with love songs of the past years. That alone is enough to remember, to clearly portray the peaceful, dreamy Da Lat of the first days.
