JoJo’s a Go-Go

What was the Cow has become JoJo’s. Despite the black and gold (Xanadu-esque) signage it really is quite chic inside. But as any elderly man in Asia will tell you, just because it looks like an innocent young girl, it doesn’t mean that it isn’t secretly a young rent boy in a wig! We digress. So it’s okay -it looks pretty, and given that most of the expats here either a) have no taste or b) are desperate for anything vaguely stylish it will probably do well. You could do worse and it would be a nice starter for a girly night in town. The food is the kind of food that was trendy in Sydney and Melbourne about 5 years ago but it’s tasty and to JoJo’s credit they have tried to reinvent some standard bar snacks. Let’s be honest too, Hanoi is hardly cutting edge of innovative cuisine! Of course the better choice would be Daluva but that’s the difference between a trendy bar run by a gay man and an ex model and a trendy bar run by a bunch of middle aged blokes that wear hawaiian shirts without any sense of irony. So, if you’re in town it’s a decent pit-stop, otherwise, head out to Daluva.

~ by gusandcharlie on August 28, 2008.