Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Tet celebration at Legend Hotel

Tet is Lunar New Year Festival and regarded as the most important and biggest Vietnamese holiday. The actual “New Year’s Day” is celebrated for four days from the New Year’s Eve. Everyone must have a positive outlook and be happy during this period. It is a time for family members to get together, exchange best wishes and welcome the New Year with feasts.


This year, Legend Hotel Saigon is well decorated for Tet celebration with red lanterns, bonsai, miniature kumquat bushes, apricot and peach blossom.  On January 26th, the first day of new lunar year, from 8:00am until 9:30am there will be a grand Lion Dance at the hotel’s lobby, followed by a ceremony to present offerings to express appreciation to heaven, earth, deities and ancestors. The Lions will also go through the entire hotel, visiting each restaurant and bar of the hotel to wish for blessings of the New Year.

From 25th to 28th January, the hotel’s Atrium Café will feature a spectacular Tet Buffet. Our well-experienced local Chefs will be adding to the restaurant’s international buffet spread traditional Tet specials and authentic Vietnamese delicacies from North, Central and South. You can leisurely enjoy Banh Chung, Banh Tet (sticky rice cake), Thit Kho Tau (braised pork), Gio Thu (Pig’s head paste), Dua Hanh (pickled welsh onion), Cu Kieu (Pickled scallion heads) and many other traditional Tet dishes. Vietnamese delicacies include Goi Ngo Sen (Lotus stem with prawn and pork), Goi Bo Bop Thau (Beef salad), Canh Chua Hai San (Hot and sour soup with seafood), Cua Rang Me (Stir fried mud crab in tamarind sauce), Ca-ri Ga (Chicken curry with sweet potatoes) and many more. All will be complemented by a free flow of soft drinks, coffee and tea for Lunch; wines, beer, soft drinks, coffee and tea for Dinner; and wines, soft drinks, fresh fruit juices, coffee and tea for Sunday Brunch.

The Tet Buffet is priced at US$ 20++ Adult and US$ 10++ Child for Lunch; US$ 35++ Adult and US$ 17++ Child for Dinner; and US$ 29 ++ Adult and US$ 14 ++ Child for Sunday Brunch.

For photos or further information, please contact

Ms. Do Thi Bao Tram
Marketing Communications Manager of LEGEND HOTEL SAIGON at Tel: (84-8) 3823 3333
Direct Fax: (84-8) 827 2403
Cell phone: (84) 908 353 721
E-mail: mktmgr@legendsaigon.com.       

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