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Guest chef introduces new dishes, restaurants offer new programs
 
20 November 2007


Hoa Mai Restaurant in the Rex Hotel has invited Chef Roger Burnet, who has dual French and Swiss nationality, to treat its diners to a menu of selected European dishes.

With 25 years of experience, Roger brings a treasure of cooking and plans to introduce his guests to about 100 dishes.

Hoa Mai Restaurant is popular with food lovers in town. It has served many honorable guests, heads of states and foreign guests in a space rich in Vietnamese architecture.

The restaurant, which has seating capacity of 250, offers a variety of menus of European, Asian and Vietnamese cuisine, and guests dining here will also enjoy the traditional music and dance performances of Vietnamese artists.

Dong Khanh Restaurant in Dong Khanh Hotel, on the occasion of Vietnamese Teacher’s Day (November 20), is offering a celebration of food and entertainment. The new buffet selection has over 45 dishes, and guests will be treated to games, gifts, music and juggling performances during the buffet.

On November 19-20, the lunch buffet will run from 11am to 1pm, priced at VND89,000 for adults and VND69,000 for children, while the dinner buffet, priced at VND119,000 for adults and VND89,000 for children, will be held from 6pm to 9pm.

Dong Khanh Restaurant is located in the Cho Lon. It has seating capacity of 300 and offers guests a wide menu of Vietnamese, Chinese and European dishes.

Que Huong Restaurant of Que Huong 1 Hotel is also celebrating Vietnamese Teacher’s Day with a lunch and dinner buffet of more than 30 dishes and fruit juice. Tickets are priced at VND99,000 for adults and VND79,000 for children during lunch time and VND159,000 for adults and VND99,000 for children for dinner.

Since the end of October, the restaurant has been offering its new style ‘Que Huong buffet’ with all day buffet programs of over 30 dishes, featuring a different flavor every day. For breakfast buffet the restaurant serves five main courses of noodle, pho, banh cuon, banh canh and grilled fish with sauce, along with ten side dishes and drinks. The lunch buffet has over 30 authentic Vietnamese dishes and a selection of starters and desserts.

The dinner buffet also offers guests over 30 international cuisine dishes for starter, main-course and desserts, such as Shanghai chicken rice, sushi, Korean kim chi, grilled salmon and chicken in jar. Breakfast buffet is priced at VND70,000 per guest and lunch buffet is VND79,000 per guest. Dinner buffet from Monday to Thursday is VND99,000 per guest, and VND159,000 per guest from Friday to Sunday.

Hoa Mai Restaurant: 141 Nguyen Hue Bld., Dist.1.

Dong Khanh Restaurant: 2 Tran Hung Dao B St., Dist.5.

Que Huong Restaurant: 49 Nguyen Dinh Chieu St. Dist.3

Source: SGT
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