RE: Historic Charm & Hidden Beauty- A Walk Through Hoi An Ancient Town - UNESCO Viet Nam

Its definitely a tourist trap, but without feeling gimmicky. The small roads can get crowded with people during high tourist season, but in many ways life still goes on in a rather traditional fashion throughout much of Hoi An. The Chinese and Japanese will come as tourists, but there are no settled neighborhoods with them that I know of, so it is going to be mostly Vietnamese food. That being said, there is a wide variety traditional food that can be found here and I'm sure some of it may have been influenced from other cultures. Also, Hoi An is popular with expats so there are many other foreign food options around.