La Maison 1888

I and my hubby decided to spend our New Year Eve with a dear friend of ours at Intercontinental Resort. This is the second time we’ve been to this impeccable spot.

The highlight of our trip must be the meal we had at La Maison 1888 on New Year Eve. There’s nothing more to say about the foods. They are top-notch! We spent four hours dining here. There were a lot of good items but the showstopper for me was a dish made by Vietnamese-French Sous Chef. A fine dining would no longer be fine without such a pleasant companion. Shout out to Phuong for her heart-warming and upbeat attitude when introducing us stunning high-quality dishes and keeping us company while we’re full and kindly gave us a full tour of La Maison. Only four hours here with her light-hearted jokes sufficed to make us feel like we’re at home, all thanks to her sister-like positive energy. Also, we would like to extend our gratitude to another female employee ( whose name I remember is Anh) who took us to the wine cellar inside the restaurant and provided us with some interesting knowledge about wine. We had so many beautiful pictures here because every corner is like a scene taken out of a cinematography work .

The staff and the food here is all I need for a wholesome dining experience. I will never forget this wonderful trip! ❤️❤️❤️

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The setting and the resort are spectacular. The approach to the restaurant via "cable car" (really a funicular) is unique and fun. The restaurant is gorgeous, all in b&w in a colonial style. The service is very professional. I began with Champagne (Billecart-Salmon) accompanied with several small canapes, all good and interesting. I ordered the 4-course menu (according to my advance reading it was a choice of 5 or 7 courses--now 4 or 6). I was shocked that no amuse-bouche was given: we went straight to the starter course. It was tasty but a bit weird. Described as chestnut veloute, it was really a puree, stiff as custard. The next course was grilled hamachi with herbs and a slice of pineapple. Interesting but not amazing. The main course was supposed to be Wagyu beef, but as I do not eat beef, they substituted the lobster course from the 6-course menu. It was a very nice lobster dish with coconut milk and ginger and a few grains of "Manchurian wild rice". Dessert was in the Pierre Gagnaire tradition of 6 small plates of varying appeal. A rice cake was more like a creme caramel but with the custard a rice pudding. I would have preferred the classic, but that would be too boring, probably. The others were similar variations, mostly with Asian products (jack fruit, pineapple, ginger, yellow mango, etc.) With coffee were served 3 petits fours, each minuscule but quite tasty. I didn t have anything I didn t like, but nothing was really mind-blowing. For this I paid 305 USD. Was it worth it? Yes for the overall experience, but based on the food alone, no. By the way, the drive to the resort is spectacular too, with views of Danang across the bay. The huge Lady Buddha statue is illuminated at night, and with a full moon on the water it was splendid.

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