The winning dishes from the first preliminary round of the 2015 Golden Spoon contest

Over June 2 and 3, 2015 the first preliminary round of the third season of the Golden Spoon contest took place in Can Tho. In competition were 69 chefs making up 23 teams from Tien River.

Two teams were awarded first prize by the judges after much deliberation: La Veranda Resort Phu Quoc and Nam Nho Kien Giang.

There were six teams awarded the second prize: Dong Xuyen Hotel and Thanh Loi Wedding restaurant, An Giang; Cuu Long River Restaurant, Cay Buoi restaurant system, Nhi restaurant and Hoa Su restaurant, Can Tho.

Below are some dishes that won the prizes

* Grand prize- La Veranda Resort Phu Quoc, Kien Giang

Cobia baked with cinnamon and served with hawthorn berry sauce - a Phu Quoc island specialty

Pigeon and chicken stewed with bitter bolete - a Phu Quoc island specialty

Caramelized downy rose myrtle– Phu Quoc’s specialty

Three flavor raw spring rolls made of herring fish

*. Grand prize - Nam Nho restaurant, Kien Giang province

Grilled beef salad and chicken rolls with sea urchin, wrapped with ginger leaves.

Vietnamese noodle stir-fried with seafood

Grilled pork served with sticky rice and soup made with bitter bolete

Sweet soup with bird’s nest and melon with sugar candy and bean

* Second prize - Dong Xuyen Hotel

The three members of Dong Xuyen Hotel team convinced the judges of the 2015 Golden Spoon contest with their four dishes: snail fried with wine; Basa fish fillet steamed with green tea and vegetables; chicken hotpot stewed with green chili and noodles made of seaweed and herbs; sweet soup cooked with jaggery.

 

Snail fried with wine

Basa fish fillet steamed with green tea and vegetables

Chicken hotpot stewed with green chili and noodles made of seaweed and herbs

Sweet soup cooked with jaggery

* Second prize - Thang Loi wedding restaurant

Chicken with jaggery and bread

Spring rolls with fish paste

Squid sautéed with pineapple

Pudding cake with jaggery

* Second prize - Cuu Long River restaurant

The presentation table from Cuu Long River Restaurant displayed only a few, but very eye catching dishes.

Fruit salad with seafood

Marble goby fish fried with passion fruit sauce

Birds cooked by three flavors

Sweet soup with lotus and aloe vera

* Second prize - Cay Buoi Restaurant system, Can Tho City

Cay Buoi Restaurant selected their most refined dishes for the contest

Salad with banana flower made made southern style

Snakefish with lemon and strawberry sauce

Green pumpkin with garden chicken served with steamed rice

Jackfruit leaf cake

* Second prize – Nhi Restaurant, Can Tho City

Chefs from Nhi restaurant, Can Tho City, brought their favorite dishes to the 2015 Golden Spoon contest

Grilled clown featherback fishcake rolled with sugarcane

Grilled duck with mint

Fruit jelly

Vietnamese rice noodle soup with shrimp

* Second prize - Hoa Su Restaurant

Lobster with pumpkin sauce

Chicken stewed with strawberry – Ha Chau specialty

Sweet soup with sweet potato, bean and coconut

Appetizers made in countryside style (snail grilled with lemongrass; crab meat cake; salad with baby clams)