Ănăn Saigon Ho Chi Minh City

Awards

MICHELIN Guide

One star restaurant, 2024

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OAD

Asian Casual Restaurants 2024, 48

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The World’s

50 Best

Asia`s 50 Best Restaurants 2024, #48

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Restaurant Ranking

Restaurant Ranking 2024, #4081, PRO #15.45, USER #0.00

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Chef

Peter Cuong Franklin

Cuisine

Vietnamese Contemporary

• 2024
• 2023

Dinner at Anan Saigon

on 18 Aug 2024

by Peter Verey

Anan Saigon was the first and only restaurant in Vietnam to be bestowed with a Michelin Star last year ( has been joined by a handful more this year ) .

Chef Peter Cuong Franklin has a varied CV which includes Caprice in HK, Nahm in Bangkok and Alinea (Chicago ) . His tasting menu seeks to reinterpret classic Vietnamese dishes in a fine dining context which is a tall task . I find these type of concept menus are very difficult to pull off and they pigeon hole chefs into a corner rather than really... More

Anan Saigon was the first and only restaurant in Vietnam to be bestowed with a Michelin Star last year ( has been joined by a handful more this year ) .

Chef Peter Cuong Franklin has a varied CV which includes Caprice in HK, Nahm in Bangkok and Alinea (Chicago ) . His tasting menu seeks to reinterpret classic Vietnamese dishes in a fine dining context which is a tall task . I find these type of concept menus are very difficult to pull off and they pigeon hole chefs into a corner rather than really allowing their creativity to shine and just cook !
However this was a fun interpretation with a mix of traditional and molecular techniques , which resulted in a largely successful meal even if the soul of these dishes were sometimes missing .

Best courses were the Caviar Banh Nhung - street waffle filled with smoked salmon mousse , salmon roe , caviar and crème fraiche . Haven’t had salmon dip for years and honestly this was just delicious .

Canh Chua river prawn had delicious sweet and sour soup alongside well grilled prawn , clam, prawn mousse and okra . Fresh and lively this dish really sang .

The Bun Cha Bourdain was an homage to both Bourdain and Obama who had the OG dish in Hanoi , this was a terrific one bite dish but would have preferred a larger format version .

Grilled Saigon pigeon was served with betel leaf , sticky turmeric rice and excellent sticky pigeon jus . This was a great French Vietnamese riff of a dish . Less

Dinner at Anan Saigon

on 12 Jul 2023

by Bennet Chui

Rice mochi, Dark chocolate ganache

Dinner at Anan Saigon

on 12 Jul 2023

by Bennet Chui

Molecular pho

Dinner at Anan Saigon

on 12 Jul 2023

by Bennet Chui

Grilled pork, Spring roll, Bun noodle

Dinner at Anan Saigon

on 12 Jul 2023

by Bennet Chui

Wagyu beef, Air baguette, Dalat caviar

Dinner at Anan Saigon

on 11 Jul 2023

by Bennet Chui

Grilled river prawn, Prawn consommé, Prawn mousse roulade

Dinner at Anan Saigon

on 11 Jul 2023

by Bennet Chui

Camau crab, Bafun Uni, Red pomelo, Prawn head sauce, Crispy shallot

Dinner at Anan Saigon

on 11 Jul 2023

by Bennet Chui

Salmon roe, Smoked salmon, Crème fraiche, Dill

Dinner at Anan Saigon

on 11 Jul 2023

by Bennet Chui

Foie gras spring roll

Dinner at Anan Saigon

on 11 Jul 2023

by Bennet Chui

Smoked caviar egg