Brunei food festival in Hanoi
By Tuong Vi in HCMC
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| A Brunei dish - Photo: Courtesy of the Melia Hanoi Hotel |
On the occasion of Brunei’s National Day on Feb. 23, the Brunei Food Festival will be organized at El Patio Restaurant of the Melia Hanoi Hotel at 6-10 p.m. on Feb 24-26. Brunei’s cuisine is essentially Malay food and a mix of flavors, encompassing everything from shrimp paste and lemon grass to coconut, tamarind and turmeric. It’s basically a result of the intermixing of Indian and Chinese flavors, a wide variety of vegetables, meat, spices, herbs and flavorings are used in cooking. A particular specialty of the country is beef satay-grilled chunks of meat served with a spicy peanut sauce, ambuyat, kelupis with beef curry, ikan rebus, ikan liking.