COMPTE RENDU - AFTV 2024 Cultural/PL Event: Soirée Rue de Thanh

Posted 22 Sep '24

This time it was Vietnamese  with a French twist for our annual Francophone end of year celebration dinner. A sold out group of 26  members and guests gathered to enjoy each other's company, a delicious meal of a wide variety of dishes including vegan and vegetarian, and to cap it off, an informative and interesting talk on the French Connection delivered by our welcoming and helpful host Tran. 

For this memorable experience, Members paid $40, non-members $80, the remainder subsidised by the AFTV ;  guests purchased their own drinks at the bar.

A brief overview of the menu: entrées were served on platters with one each of the choices, mains were served separately to be shared  so that everyone had the opportunity to sample  8 different mains and desserts came individually. Entrées included a barramundi rice paper roll, ginger and citrus cured ocean trout, beef fillet carpaccio and  seared scallops with celeriac and coconut. Mains offered crispy duck, braised pork belly, grilled marinated beef fillet, seared lamb loin, roasted free range chicken, grilled whole fish, vegan coconut curry, twice cooked cauliflower, each served in their own delicious sauces, a unique blend and balance of flavours. All made from scratch by a very busy and professional staff. Vietnamese slaw and rice accompanied these mains.


Prior to dessert Thanh(Tran) gave a short talk on the French Connection mentioning the Chinese origin of the Vietnamese language, in script form and, with the arrival of the French, the romanisation of the language. He gave details of the heritage left by the French such as the language where once all children learned French at school and many elderly Vietnamese still able to converse in French. The heritage has also remained in architecture, the development of the railways and of course the ubiquitous baguette! Merci Tran and thanks to Marie Pépin for her words of appreciation.

The evening concluded with a choice of desserts- a sensational kaffir lime, lemongrass and coconut panna cotta with citrus or coffee infused crème caramel.

A very successful and happy event appreciated by all. My thanks to Kyla Vaz who sourced this relatively new restaurant and to those on the committee who supported this venture.

Gretchen Bennett, Convenor Cultural/PL committee

**Please help us source another Francophone restaurant for 2025. All suggestions welcome.

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