Recipes
| Main ingredients (serves 2) | |||
| Duck breast | 350 gr | ||
| Honey | 100 ml | ||
| Fresh vanilla | ½ | ||
| Phu Quoc pepper | 5 gr | ||
| Star anise | 5 gr | ||
| Garlic, onions, coriander | 5 gr | ||
| Black cardamom | 1 | ||
| Fish sauce | 10 ml | ||
| Soy sauce | 50 ml | ||
| Vinegar | 30 ml | ||
| Potato | 2 bulbs | ||
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Tips
This dish is eaten on Christmas and New Year by Westerners.
It depends on one’s flavor to cook rare, medium rare or well done.
It should be served with French red wine for more authentic taste.
Western Cuisine
『 Vatel Saigon 』
With the capacity of approximately 100 seats including 3 VIP rooms and a bar-lounge, Vatel Saigon restaurant is an ideal culinary destination for those who love and wish to learn about French cuisine.
The architecture of the restaurant Vatel Saigon, appearance and originally booked for the art of life, keep its serenity and privacy in the heart of a city as energetic Saigon.
The dishes are processed from Vietnamese ingredients such as: sugar candy, seaweed or fish sauce… combined with French cuisine to create a particular style. This subtle combination has brought the dishes a certain typical flavor.
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Eggplant: Quickly fry, add salt.Potato: cut into thin slices, then fry into chips.
Rinse duck breast, marinate with grinded Phú Quốc pepper, soy sauce, honey, fish sauce, vanilla, star anise, black cardamom and coriander for 10 minutes.
Quickly sauté duck breast on high heat, add some pound garlic, vanilla, star anise, salt and honey till submerge 1/3 of duck breast. While frying, drizzle the mixture on the duck breast to fully absorb flavor.
When the duck breast shrinks, drizzle vinegar on it, lower the heat. Till the mixture thickens into caramel-colored sauce, pour the rest of spices into the pan, then remove from heat.
Carrot, zucchini, onions: stir-fry with butter, a little water, sugar and salt to make color, and taste better.
Cut the duck breast into 5 mm slices, place food onto a plate, drizzle it over sauce and garnish with vegetables and chips.
Vatel Saigon restaurant
120 Bis Sương Nguyệt Ánh st., Bến Thành ward, dist. 1, HCMC., Vietnam
Tel: (+84 8) 5404 2220
Website: www.vatelsaigon.com
Tel: (+84 8) 5404 2220
Website: www.vatelsaigon.com
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