Teahouse Birds
Filed in archive A World Away by Josh Lew on July 23, 2007

Though mainly a tradition held by older men, youth, or at least middle age, is represented at this café. Stopping in for a quick pot of tea will give you a chance to see some local culture smack in the middle of tourist central.
This practice of bringing you pet birds to the teahouse is also popular in China, especially Hong Kong. Fearing that the close contact between humans and birds might cause a mutation
in the deadly avian flu, several songbird cafes and shops have been closed down. To the best of my knowledge, the Vietnamese teahouse mentioned above remains open.Permalink: Teahouse Birds
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