Responsible for the dishes at the intimate opening party of Vietnam Fashion Week 2019 at Social Club restaurant was the head chef of Hôtel des Art Saigon, Egidio Lotorraca. He is a famous chef with a very diverse and unique cooking style, however, he decided to treat the guests attending the event with traditional dishes from his homeland - Italy.
He introduces how to make traditional Italian Pasta from the Pasta Divella brand of Puglia region.
Of course, when talking about Italy, we cannot ignore the famous pasta. The basic ingredients from the Puliga region under the talented hands of the chef have highlighted the flavor of the iconic dish of the boot-shaped country.
Traditional Pasta with signature tomato sauce and olives
All ingredients come from the Puglia region of southern Italy.
Another pasta dish with cream sauce and olive oil
Speaking more about Puglia, this is famous for its olive growing area - one of the typical ingredients of Italian cuisine in particular and Mediterranean countries in general. Olives can produce many different products such as fresh olives, salted olives and especially olive oil which is used in almost all Italian dishes.
One of the appetizers is prepared very quickly from cheese, tomatoes, olives and presented beautifully.
Appetizer with burrata cheese and olive oil, olives and salted anchovy
Besides olives, Puglia is also a vineyard paradise and is very famous for its wine.
It is known that Chef Edigio has worked at many famous hotel and restaurant chains around the world. He always hopes to bring the most classy and quality dishes to diners of Hôtel des Art.
The guests at the party were very excited to taste the special dishes prepared by the famous chef with fine wine from the Puliga region.
The guests at the party
It can be said that the special culinary corner from the country famous as the "fashion capital" of the world has contributed to making Vietnam Fashion Week 2019 more exciting and meaningful.
Designer Kit Woo from Malaysia and culinary expert Bui Thu Thao also attended the party.
