Vietnamese Food Promotion at Cinnamon Grand

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This October, the Cinnamon Grand brings you the flavours of Vietnam in an all-you-can-eat buffet featuring over 40 dishes at the Vietnamese Food Promotion.

Held at The Courtyard, this dinner only promotion is on from 7 to 17 October and highlights the creations of three leading Vietnamese Chefs Nguyen Van Toan, Luong Thy Thuy Linh and Ho Tan Phat at just Rs. 1,490+++

Famous for its lively, fresh flavours and artfully composed meals, Vietnamese food and cooking is the true ‘light cuisine’ of Asia. Paired with an acute sense of aesthetics and presentation, the Vietnamese Promotion boasts an unforgettable palette of flavours, spices, and colours, that is sure to offer something that everyone can appreciate, with a focus on authenticity.

In order to give patrons a truly typical taste of Vietnamese cuisine, the Cinnamon Grand is importing several key ingredients, vital in the preparation of Vietnamese dishes. Since Vietnamese recipes utilise a diverse range of herbs, including lemongrass, mint, Vietnamese mint, long coriander and basil leaves, a fresh and flavourful experience is promised to all diners. After all, traditional Vietnamese cooking is greatly admired for freshness of the ingredients and for the healthy eating style.

Start off your foray into Vietnamese food with a selection of salads, ranging from lotus stem salad with shrimps and chicken and spicy green mango salad to banana blossom salad with shredded chicken and papaya salad topped with peanuts and shredded chicken served with prawn crackers.

The selection of appetisers include traditional Vietnamese crepe filled with tofu and bean sprouts, grilled pork and lemongrass meat balls, fresh summer rolls with prawn and fresh herbs and crispy southern pillow dumplings made with crabs, shrimps, chicken and herbs with tangy sauce.

Choose from traditional Vietnamese soups such as Vietnamese hot and sour soup, wonton noodle soup with prawn and meat dumplings, bok choy, greens, spring onions and chicken broth. The rice selection includes traditional Vietnamese fried rice and mint chicken rice. An expansive selection of meats and fish comprises prawns with mushrooms, stewed Saigon beef brisket simmered in lemongrass and anise seed, braised citronella prawn curry with lemongrass and sun dried chilli and leg of lamb with cumin chilli and five spice.

Get the best of Vietnamese live cooking with stuffed pancakes, sausage with pork and potatoes and grilled beef fillet with soy and five spice. Vegetarians can look forward to wok fried greens with crushed garlic and rice wine, water spinach tossed with garlic in flaming wok and green leaves steamed with oyster sauce.

For those with a sweet tooth, make sure you try out the range of delightful Vietnamese desserts. Banana cake, green bean cake, peanut candy, green rice cake and a selection of fresh fruits are all available.

So make sure you don’t miss out on this Vietnamese feast! Call 2497361/62 for reservations.

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