Hoi An/Da Nang/Hue - To eat, drink, see & do

Hoi An/Da Nang/Hue - To eat, drink, see & do (please share):
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Eat:
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Madam Khanh the Banh Mi Queen (baguettes), 115 Tran Cao Van

Tam Quang Minh (rice with a variety of different dishes), 33 Ly Thai To, Hoi An

Com ga ba Buoi (rice and crispy fried chicken), 22 Phan Chau Trinh, Hoi An

Hu Tieu Mr. Toan (rice noodles with pork in onion and garlic stock or served dry with the broth on the side), in the alley opposite the cinema, 47-51 Phan Chau Trinh (opens 6:30pm), Hoi An

Bà Trai (Central specialities - "Nem Lụi" grilled minced pork skewered on lemongrass, "Bò Lá Lốt" - grilled beef mince wrapped in beetle but leaves, "Bún Thịt Nướng"  rice noodles with grilled pork marinated in sugar and lemongrass, and lettuce/herbs), 194 Đống Đa, Đa Nẳng

Mi Quang (Central speciality: thick yellow tape worm-like noodle with chicken, fish pork or beef and a sauce and sprinkled with peanuts) many street side food shops along Nguyen Van Cu (just before you start climbing the Hai Van pass after leaving from Da Nang.

Sao biển Bé Đen (tasty and cheap seafood, steamed crab in tamarind sauce), along the main road going through Lang Co bay (search google maps)

Seafood place (unknown name) on stilts overlooking the inland waters of Lang Co Bay and hills in the background, head North on Nguyen Van from the southern most point and it's the first place on the left (you'll see a boardwalk heading out into the water to get to it), Lang Co

Drink:
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Cabanon cafe AKA Nùa Giỏ (great coffee, chic, open fronted ground floor and balcony overlooking the Jade River - food is overpriced), near where Nguyen du meets cong nu Ngoc Hoa

Soul Kitchen Beach Bar (live music in the evenings), An Bang Beach (just outside Hoi An)

Perdu Bar (expat hangout, pool table, open until midnight), 2nd floor above the cafe (ask the cafe as there's a backdoor entrance), 29 Ngo Gia Tu, Da Nang

See:
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Ask for directions to one of several Hoi An tourist offices to buy tickets to its many old houses, music and dance shows, museums, pagodas, ... Search for he places on the maps and walk/cycle from your hotel

Drive the Hai Van mountain pass between Da Nang and Hue on a motorbike. If you can't ride a motorbike then hire a private car or go on a motorbike tour. Stop to have fresh coconut water on one of the bends overlooking Da Nang Bay (several shops just before heading inland over the mountain pass from Da Nang). There's also an old watch tower perched at at the top of the mountain pass. Stop at Sao biển Bé Đen in Lang Co Bay or other seafood place on Nguyen Van for tasty seafood (see food section).

Royal Palace (brought to life during the Hue festival, which happens every year on the last weekend in Apr/May), Hue

Kings tombs tour - several nice and peaceful tombs set outside the city in the forests/mountains. If you were to see only one temple then the must-see tomb is Khai Dinh's tomb (incredibly colourful mosaic interior and perched on the side of a hill overlooking forest)

An Bang beach (just outside Hoi An)

Ba Na Hills (French colonial hillside retreat: take a cable car up to the top (around VND 500k/person), where there's a gothic castle-like village resort with cobbled streets and stone buildings (run by Mercure hotel), gardens with a view of Da Nang, pagoda), 25km south-west of Da Nang. There's also a wax museum (~VND 50k) with 10-15 wax models on show (no way near as good as Madame Tussaud's in London)

See Da Nang by night - lit-up dragon bridge and Ferris wheel