The fine-dining restaurant at Vietnam‘s Anam Cam Ranh hotel has introduced a degustation menu that celebrates an eccentric array of Vietnamese ingredients prepared with French finesse.

Replete with an open kitchen, grand piano and courtyard with a canopy of established gardens, The Colonial is serving a new six-course menu crafted by The Anam Cam Ranh’s executive chef Duy Anh Nguyen, with optional wine pairing.

The feast begins with an amuse-bouche comprising a giant clam with sausage and daikon jams, caramelised miso glaze, herbs and salmon roe, as well as Vietnamese beef tartare with caramelised cashew, fish sauce, crispy garlic and betel leaf.

Following an entrée of salted mackerel with fermented star fruit, sour broth, chrysanthemum, and coriander oil, the first main dish is a 14-day dry-aged duck breast with pumpkin flower, black apple amazake, brown butter fermented tofu sauce.

After mango and passion fruit sorbet with oolong tea cordial and yellow raisin to cleanse the palate, the second main is grain 150-day Black Angus tenderloin with eggplant puree, beef jus infused with homemade chili and basil, accompanied with Vietnamese ST25 fragrant rice with corn and green beans.

The degustation is rounded off with tahini ice cream with sesame chip, caramelised hajikami and coconut milk sauce, and Nha Trang tofu pudding. Wines from Australia, France and Italy complement each course as part of an optional wine pairing.

“Vietnamese cuisine is renowned the world over for its distinct flavour combinations thanks to vibrant ingredients such as aromatic herbs, spices and sauces,” says Chef Duy Anh. “Our new menu celebrates Vietnam’s combinations of ingredients and contrasting textures with an undeniable French influence.”

With a design that is an echo of Vietnam’s bygone Indochine-era, The Anam Cam Ranh’s The Colonial specialises in modern European and French dishes with Vietnamese nuances.

Located near The Anam Cam Ranh’s open-air lobby and to the left of the quaint Saigon Bar, the restaurant serves a premium European buffet and a la carte menu for breakfast and is the resort’s club lounge by day for guests of premium suites and villas.