1Green Tangerine French Restaurant – Old French style art in every breath
French art is the “muse” that inspires many famous works and architecture in the world, including Green Tangerine. Green Tangerine is a gentle name, with some unique touches, as well as the architecture here. It turns out that Green Tangerine has existed in the heart of Hanoi’s Old Quarter for a long time. In the 2000s, this place opened its doors to welcome the first guests. Gradually, this place becomes a romantic date spot for romantic couples or a “source” that foreign tourists return to to satisfy their nostalgia for the flavors of their homeland.
A poetic corner with flowers and leaves and stylish dining tables
You would think that behind Green Tangerine there must be an architect who was inspired to create a restaurant after being inspired by romantic France. Yet Stephane Yvin – One of the indispensable veteran faces of Green Tangerine is a biological engineer. Because of his passion for food, he became a chef and every day brings hundreds of visitors to Greem Tangerine delicious, high-class dishes. He has skillful hands to create eye-catching dishes and is creative in combining ingredients together. Therefore, Green Tangerine has the intersection of French and Vietnamese cuisine, creating a cool and unique touch like its name – Green Tangerine.
Whether light or dark, Green Tangerine is still tinged with a bit of sadness
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Next to Stephane Yvin is a “core” companion Giang Huong – a key member of the two most prestigious chef associations in Vietnam and France: Escoffier Vietnam and Commanderie de Bordeaux Win. With the enthusiastic support and talented hands of their colleagues, this pair has created countless unique dishes for Green Tangerine, making the restaurant a “high” destination. -end” for fine dining meals.
The restaurant uses a standard French-style lamp to place it right inside the lobby area
2Green Tangerine – The restaurant that defines Aesthetic style
French architecture is deeply imprinted in Green Tangerine through every walkway, corridor, and nostalgic space. The restaurant has both outdoor and indoor spaces, but most diners agree that the outside area is much more poetic. The dome is designed with a curved, French standard combined with the number 1928 carefully engraved. In any shooting angle, the “asthetic” features that today’s youth favor can be seen, felt and imagined clearly. The restaurant often plays classic jazz songs, allowing us to immerse ourselves in the Western European space through taste, sight, and hearing. Check-in to Hanoi, Tangerine is definitely a golden place.
The area immediately upon entering Green Tangerine. In the distance is a classic-style spiral staircase
Each space of the restaurant has its own unique and cool style
The restaurant adorns its own space with relaxing green trees. They can be vines clinging to the wall, zigzagging, entwining each other to reach up or simply beautiful little potted plants hanging on the wall or placed on the dining table. It seems simple, but trees have helped Green Tangerine become less monotonous and more fresh and relaxing.
That’s why, every time I come to Tangerine and sit in a different corner, I feel like I’m experiencing a new restaurant.
The outside table area is always crowded and bustling with tourists
Special restaurants like Green Tangerine won’t just stop at space. Just like in its own story, Green Tangerine under the talent of biological engineer Stephane Yvin has become a favorite place for gourmets and lovers of Western European cuisine. The dishes are all elaborately and sophisticatedly decorated, each portion is just the right size, not too big or too small. The price of Green Tangerine is high, but in return is sophisticated and sophisticated cuisine prepared by a team of professional chefs. This flavor has captivated many foreign tourists as well as Vietnamese cuisine lovers. Let’s take a look at some of the special dishes on the menu with Vietnamtravelio!
The dishes are beautifully presented according to fine dining standards
•Green Tangerine beef pho salad with mustard, olives, pepper and Gouda cheese
•Quinoa salad, green mango, pineapple, coconut, red bell pepper, carrots with coconut lime dressing
•Steamed sea bass served with two types of mousse and bean curd cake
•Seafood puff pastry, served with wasabi-spiked seafood sauce
•Eclair cake filled with Marengo chicken combined with precious mushrooms, tomatoes, red onions and white wine
•“Thousand-layer” tofu served with mushrooms, baby corn, carrots, green beans, curry and coconut milk
•Grilled pork ribs served with zucchini stuffed tomatoes, croutons, carrots and tomato salad
•Sea bass filet served with homemade pasta & bruschetta in Escabeche sauce
•Pan-fried duck breast with mushroom sauce, served with country-style potatoes and radishes
•Yogurt ice cream with orange and Cointreau wine
•Lemongrass flavored crème brûlée served with wild strawberry ice cream
•Ice cream of your choice with vanilla, coconut, chocolate flavors
•Lemon sponge cake served with crispy bread and lemon ice cream
•Lemongrass cake, wild strawberry mousse served with Italian meringue cake
•Cream bagels with yogurt, coconut, mango flavors
Dessert with Cremebrulee and Eclair in French style
The meals are delicately and meticulously decorated
Romantic dinner at Green Tangerine
3How do tourists rate the French restaurant Green Tangerine Hanoi?
“The shop itself is an old, European-style house. Entering the shop, the feeling is very different from the outside landscape, extremely romantic and interesting. I really like shops with such gentle spaces in the heart of the city. This shop is truly the perfect choice for couples looking for a quiet place to go on a date, or simply for a change of pace. The dishes are elaborately decorated, luxuriously styled, delicious and a bit Western. The prices are high but commensurate with the quality and enthusiastic service.” Ngan shared on a restaurant review site.
The restaurant has received many different prestigious awards many times – somewhat proving its high quality
“This is one of my favorite restaurants. The shop is an old villa located on Hang Be street, however, the feeling when entering the shop is that you have left behind all the noise and bustle of the neighborhood. The restaurant has 2 floors, of which I like the garden area on the first floor the most. The restaurant is decorated quite beautifully, quiet and pleasant, suitable for receiving foreign guests or for couples who want to have a romantic meal. Overall, Green Tangerine deserves to be one of the French food restaurants with the highest rating in Hanoi.” Kitty shared. She was indeed a regular customer of Green Tangerine when she came here in January, and then continued to return in February.
Visitors to Green Tangerine are very crowded on evenings and weekends
There are many KOLs and bloggers who come to Green Tangerine and fall in love with this place. There’s no need to go to far away France to have such a poetic and gentle space right in the heart of the capital. If you want to explore more standard Hanoi cuisine, you can refer to the list of Hanoi mixed vermicelli restaurants or delicious Hanoi hot cakes!
