We didn't come to Ninh Binh area (and specifically the small countryside village of Tam Coc) expecting to eat anything other than traditional Vietnamese food. However, the traditional Vietnamese village vibe has been utterly annihilated and instead you are faced with 'pubs' promoting cocktail bucket happy hours and shisha sessions, more pizza places than you'd find in the average city and 5 (count em!) indian restaurants catering to the shirtless barista-bearded tourists. What remains of Vietnamese culture in the village is of dubious quality, so having given up on the Vietnamese food on offer in Tam Coc after two disappointing meals, we came here and had surprisingly delicious curries, steamed rice and naan. The staple dishes are all available and the vindaloo, while a little mild for my taste, was well made and contained succulent chunks of meat which melted in my mouth. We chatted with one of the all-Vietnamese staff and learned that although they dont get too many Indian customers, they'd read that the favourite food of all western people is curry so that is why they decided to make their restaurant an Indian one. We noticed that the only two sets of indian visitors we'd seen in Tam Coc came in and ordered food while we were eating, and the restaurant was heaving with western tourists, more than any other place we'd seen in Tam Coc, by the time we finished our meal. I love it when huge swathes of the human race behave so predictably and can be reduced in such a stereotypical fashion! Be sure to check out all the comments from tourists who were only in Vietnam for a week in total but claim to be "needing a break" from Vietnamese food.