Local Cuisine Promoted In Hanoi
By Yusrin Junaidi

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Empire Hotel & Country Club recently promoted local traditional cuisine in Vietnam in conjunction with Brunei's 23rd National Day Celebration.

Brunei Darussalam's Embassy in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, hosted the food promotion at the Grand Ballroom of Melia Hotel in Hanoi.

It was attended by Asean ambassadors and high commissioners based in Vietnam and other invited guests.

The Empire Hotel & Country Club chefs served Brunei's traditional cuisine from starters, main courses to dessert. The dishes included Acar (pickled vegetables), Sambal (a condiment made from a variety of chillies, and used as a side dish), Serunding (meat floss), Beef Rendang (beef cooked in coconut milk and spices), Kueh Jala (Jala cake), Belutak (local salty, snakeshaped sausage) and more.

"The most popular cuisine amongst all was Ambuyat (a sago-based, tasteless, sticky food eaten with condiments with the use of Malay chopsticks fused at one end) and Kueh Jala, which had impressed all guests.”We do hope that through this food promotion, Brunei will be more-well-known to people from Vietnam," said Aziz Mohd Yusof, Chef deCuisine of The Empire Hotel & Country Club.

"We were delighted to be selected in preparing the local traditional cuisine for this special event at the same time promoting Brunei through the local traditional Brunei food," said Junior Sons Chef Fridi Mohd Said. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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