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Saigontourist tours more enjoyable with traditional food

Saigontourist has taken efforts to make its tours more
attractive with the launch of the Vietnamese Food Weeks
which is being held at the 70-year-old Majestic Hotel in
HCMC from April 6 to May 16.

Following are daily menus featured by the hotel. Just read
them and imagine what you will have for US$11. The price
includes a beer or soft drink.

* Menu for April 18

- Appetizer

Goai rau mu"%ng gia  (Water Spinach salad)
Bo=83 ta i chanh (Beef salad)
Cu"%n nem chua (Fermented pork paste rolls)
X"i g^%c chaa qu<% (Sticky rice with pork paste)

- Soup

Xu p haai saan (Sea food soup)
Bu n bo=83 gio=83 heo (Beef noodles)

- Hot

Chaa gio=83 t"m cua (Spring rolls)
Ga=83 n-=A3 ng sa t<% (Grilled chicken)
Ca  thu s"%t ca=83 (Tuna with tomato sauce)
L-=A3n bung (Eel saut,ed with coconut milk)
T"m h^%p n-=A3 c d-=83a (Steamed prawn in coconut milk)
D- a xa=83o thot bo=83 (Beef saut,ed with pineapple)
C=A3m tr-`ng (Steamed rice)
C=A3m ^m phua (Special rice, Hue style)

- Dessert

Che=83 th-ng  (Mung bean compote)
A^+u hua no ng (Bean curd in ginger syrup)
Ba nh va=83 tra i c^y (Assorted cakes and fresh fruits).

* Menu for April 19

- Appetizer

Goai ga=83 ngu, s-`c (Five-colored chicken salad)
Goai ca  (Fish salad)
Haai saan (Sea food)

- Soup

L^=A1u chua cay t"m m-+c (Shrimp and squid in hot pot)

- Hot

Nai .un toai (Venison with garlic)
Giaa c^?y (Braised pork)
L-=A3n nh"?i thot (Stuffed eel)
T"m xa=83o nh- ngo+c (Sauteed shrimp)
Chaa ca  tha c la c (Fish paste)
B-`p caai goai thot s"%t ca=83 (Stuffed cabbage with tomato sauce)
Ba nh -=A3 t chaa lu+a (Wet rice cake with pork paste)
Su"ng
Cu"%n di<%p (Lettuce rolls)
Chu"%i ram (Fried banana paste)

- Dessert

Che=83 .^+u va n (White bean compote)
A^+u hua no ng (Bean curd in ginger syrup)
Ba nh va=83 tra i c^y ca c loa+i (Assorted cakes and fresh fruits).

* Menu for April 20

- Appetizer

Goai l-=A3n b-`p chu"%i (Banana blossom salad)
Kim chi haai saan (Kim chi)
Ba nh .u c .^+u ra n (Rice cake)
Haai saan (Sea food)

- Soup

Canh ca  n^%m r=A3m (Rice soup with fish and mushrooms)
Bu n m"+c (Rice Noodles)

- Hot

Ga=83 n^%u ti<u xanh (Chicken cooked with green pepper)
Chaa gio=83 cua (Crab spring rolls)
Vot n-=A3 ng ngu, vo (Grilled duck with five flavors)
Ca  cheam t^=A1m th=A4nh chi<n (Fried seabass)
Ca=83 chua nh"?i t"m (Stuffed tomato with shrimp)
Bo=83 n-=A3 ng la  l"%t-ba nh hoai (Grilled beef in lot leaves)
IEch xa=83o m-=A3 p (Sauteed frog with courgette)
C=A3m tr-`ng (Steamed rice)

- Dessert

Che=83 ha+t sen long nha,n (Lotus seed and longan compote)
A^+u hua no ng (Bean curd in ginger syrup)
Ba nh va=83 tra i c^y (Assorted cakes and fresh fruits).
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