Fish in Banana Leaf
From a cooking class at Gioan, Bach Dang Street in Hoi An. Really yummy!
Serves: 2
Cook time: 25 min
Ingredients:
200g of fish (in this case makrel)
3 banana leaves
1 stem of lemon grass
2 small spring onions
2 cloves of garlic
1 knob of turmeric about the size of half an egg or one teaspoon of turmeric powder
1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
1 teaspoon of sesame oil
1 teaspoon of sugar
1 teaspoon of chili paste (sweet and spicy)
3 tablespoon vegetable oil
3 tablespoons of dry fried onion
1. Slice lemongrass thinly and grate turmeric then place with a blender with garlic then mix in a bowl with finely chopped green and white parts of spring onions. Add oyster sauce, sesame oil, sugar, chili paste and vegetable oil then mix together. Place over the top of your fish.
2. To soften the banana leaf hold over an open flame and move over to ensure it changes across the whole leaf.
3. Place fish in the middle of the leaves which should be in layers. Place fried onion over the top and fold up into a parcel.
4. Either place into a clip gril and cook over an open flame for 5 minutes each side (consider a barbeque) or place in the oven for 10 minutes each side.
Comments (5)
mmm sounds wonderful. i am actually on my way to hoi an in august – and i would love to take this cooking class! how did you arrange to take it? i would really appreciate any tips!
Hi!
Hoi An and Saigon were my favorite places in Vietnam and they are opposites.
Goian Restaurant was a great place to do cooking classes. I actually just wondered around and popped in there to arrange it – but they need a days notice to account for time and produce etc.(It’s on the river bank old town… not a massive street – you would find it easily…. And if not there are a few others on the water front – great local for food!!!)
You can rock up and organize a class for the next day. Normally they do groups – but for me – as I was on my own, they would have just added a couple of US$ to the base price for me to do it on my own. It was good that someone else enquired between the time I booked and attended the class. So there is always room to join another group. But if you “host” your own class you choose the meals you want to make from their menu.
I guess…. In short I want to say that Hoi An deserves much more than 3 days to ENJOY IT, if your there any less you will be constantly running around from sightseeing to tailor to class. And seriously – I can’t imagine being bored in Hoi An… I don’t think you can actually stay toooooo long there. (which I did in Dalat… but hey – were all different)!!! I did nine days and could have done 90…. So I reckon 4 or 5 at a minimum…
thanks so much for the info! i’ll be in hoi an for 7 days, and i’m extra excited now.
Thanks for the review! I want to say – thank you for this!
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