There was this particular place I felt I must go when visiting Hoi An, it's called Reaching Out Tea House. I knew this place thanks to Andrea Chong, a Singaporean blogger. She took breathtaking photos and that one in Reaching Out was so impressive so I thought I should do the same haha!
The place being beautiful itself was not the surprised element. When we went in but there was no seats, I decided to come back early the next day's morning so I asked one waitress when the store opens. And she was mumbling. After a few seconds going blank, I realised the wonder of Reaching Out Tea House, that special place with that distinctive silence. What do I mean?
Uhm... all the waitresses are mute deaf people.
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| How to order |
I was so confused not knowing how to communicate but they seemed to be very experienced with guests like me. She grabbed one of the menu quickly for me to look for the information I need. Ok! The opening time ... the opening time. Here it was, I looked at the waitress again, nodded to her and left quietly. She did a hand gesture, I didn't know what it was, later I guessed it meant 'Dạ!' (a very lovely, extremely formal word for Yes! in Vietnamese).
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| The golden spot |
We arrived at 9AM sharp, the earliest customers. My aimed spot was empty and we quickly took it. There were these little wooden cubes leaving on the table next to some pencils, each was written with only necessary word for the customers' and the waitresses' conversations.
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| We ordered green tea, arabica coffee and some chocolate cookies. Notice the communicating cubes in the left corner? |
At first when we communicate with the same waitress we met the day before, she seemed not so friendly, at least not the level I expected her to be. But then after I realised I haven't thanked her, the conversation happened so fast I didn't really have time to think of a way to react to be honest. After that, I quickly touched the thank you cube before she turned away, she then smiled brightly and did that 'Dạ!' hand gesture, for a moment, my heart skipped a beat.
Apart from the time we tried to capture that perfect moments, ok not really perfect but we tried our best haha, I felt so peaceful to the point that for me the time did stop for a while there. I cannot describe the feeling, but I definitely knew this place will always have a place in my heart. It was even more special since I knew there were still people who made all this happen had the biggest hearts. I don't know if the same thing will happen to you but I ensure there would be a magical feeling.
We were supposed to return to Danang at 10AM the latest. But I didn't know where 2 hours had gone, I guess we stopped keeping track of
the time! Someday if you ever come to Hoi An, there should be several hour well spent at Reaching Out Tea House, you know you deserve a peaceful moment sometimes in your life!
If you have visited Reaching Out Tea House, mind if I'd like to know how was your feelings? ;) Please share with me hehe!
131 Tran Phu, Hội An 84510, Việt Nam
Until next wonderful café I can find,
Love, WO.
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