To combine and transform the wonderful qualities of lotus, Senté has created extremely sophisticated dishes. Talking to Travellive, Ms. Le Ngoc Quynh - founder of Senté shared: "5 years ago, Senté started from a small tea shop, bringing pure nut drinks that evoke the taste of childhood to everyone. After that, fortunately loved by diners, we gradually became a restaurant specializing in healthy food."
Impressive from the name, Senté is a combination of “Sen” and “Santé” in French meaning health. As a heartfelt message, the restaurant hopes that every diner will feel happiness and peace of mind.
Senté is a combination of “Sen” and “Santé” in French which means health.
Unique architectural style with "unique character"
Senté's design depicts the typical Hanoi architecture of "small alleys, small streets, my house is there". Located on Nguyen Quang Bich street, the restaurant is green with grass, flowers and leaves in the nostalgic space of a French colonial villa. Walking slowly along the small alley on the red brick road, shaded by bougainvillea trees, diners will step into a completely special space. Different from the noise outside, a small garden, comfortable sofa and wooden tables and chairs evoke a warm and sincere feeling.
Senté's design depicts the typical Hanoi architecture "small alley, small street, my house is there".
Lieu Giai facility is designed in a rustic, traditional style, with many innovations but still friendly to the environment. The restaurant is loved by diners not only for its dishes but also for its traditional decoration. The most impressive thing is that rice husks are used as a unique building material. The rice husk walls are creative, rustic, traditional but new in their own style.
Unique cuisine with lotus
The choice of lotus as the main ingredient for the menu stems from the cultural and traditional value that this flower brings. All parts of the lotus plant are used to prepare a variety of delicious dishes. At the same time, using the national flower in the dish also shows the love for Vietnamese cuisine.
The choice of lotus as the main ingredient for the menu stems from the cultural and traditional value that this flower brings.
To combine and transform the wonderful things of lotus, Senté restaurant has created extremely delicate dishes.
The dishes are imbued with the breath of nature, creating a refined yet intimate experience. Prepared using European methods, Vietnamese cuisine appears at the restaurant, bringing a familiar, modern yet original flavor, pure in each healthy ingredient. Not the explosive impressions on the tip of the tongue with spices, each dish brings a pure and rustic flavor.
Senté has a short menu, but each dish is associated with a meaningful story. Just by reading the names of the dishes, diners can see the careful research of each ingredient of the lotus plant, from lotus seeds, lotus leaves, lotus shoots, lotus roots... to create simple, familiar dishes that are still delicious, light and especially good for health.
All parts of the lotus plant are used to prepare a variety of delicious dishes.
Senté has a short menu but each dish is associated with a meaningful story.
To be able to enjoy delicious lotus dishes all year round, the restaurant pays special attention to the selection of ingredients. The main inspiration for the dishes is carefully selected from high-quality Hue and Northern lotus. Northern lotus blooms in season so it will be used to make tea, and lotus flowers and leaves can be used seasonally. As for Hue lotus, which is available all year round, it is transported from the Central region to Hanoi and preserved in an optimal cold environment. In particular, the restaurant mainly uses Hue lotus due to its friable and fragrant nature.
Each spice combined with lotus is also carefully researched, creating harmony and enhancing the pure flavor of the ingredients. These dishes fully encapsulate the feelings and passion of the experienced chefs, bringing a fresh "breath" to life.
The dishes at Senté are imbued with the breath of nature, creating a refined yet intimate experience.
Senté has become a favorite destination for many diners in the capital and foreign visitors.
Bringing Vietnamese cuisine to the world
Recently, Senté also became one of the restaurants selected by Michelin. Sharing her feelings about this special event, Ms. Le Ngoc Quynh proudly said: “We absolutely did not expect to be named on the Michelin stage on June 6. Remembering the days of testing stevia sugar for fish sauce, trying more than ten bowls every day until my tongue was numb; the days when the restaurant closed at 11 pm, the staff still happily sat down to exchange information during the evening service; the sunny days when we searched every workshop in Bat Trang to find the right type of ceramic glaze...”.
Talking about future plans, Ms. Le Ngoc Quynh added: “Senté will bring more complete and creative culinary journeys to diners with a soft and flexible menu. Each menu will be a small story about the chef and the process of finding inspiration for the dish.”
Senté also became one of the restaurants selected by Michelin.
