The Hilton Colombo is dazzling guests with a scintillating Vietnam food festival from the 21st to 31st March at the Graze Kitchen. Master Chef Nguyan Khac Huan (28) is taking Colombo by storm. Having begun his passion for cooking at home, like most chefs Huan was soon focused on getting his culinary diploma.
Having studied for one year he moved onto work at the Royal Mirage, Dubai and then to the Maldives and Mauritius Islands. Here he heard about exotic Sri Lanka and applied to join the Hilton.
He is happy to be here and appreciates the friendliness of our people. His favourite local meal is rice and crab curry!
During the food festival Huan will create - rice paper rolls with chicken and fresh herbs, crab meat and aloe Vera salad with Vietnamese herbs, banana flower salad with chicken, papaya salad with prawns, vermicelli salad with roasted pork spice, green mango calamari salad, fresh Vietnamese spring rolls, crab meat soup, grilled beef with tamarind sauce, fried rice with seafood and vegetable, sweet and sour market fish, banana leaf wrapped steamed sea bass, grilled pork rib with five spices, crispy tofu with tomato, Wok fried vegetables with garlic and a must try traditional “PHO” station with condiments! Desserts like roasted banana with caramel sauce, mango soup, floating cake and a few more will be included in the regular dinner buffet.
Huan is one of many young chefs coming to work in Sri Lanka, as we are geared to entice thousands of foreign tourists in the months ahead. (DJ).