Win a £150 London restaurant voucher with Vietnam Airlines

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• Spurs Debs says:

  22 Jun22 June 05:14

  I tried Vietnamese food at the restaurant in Shangri-La Abu Dhabi … deep fried lobster ravioli was my favourite.

  • Crafty says:

    22 Jun22 June 09:15

    I don’t know where to start with this.

    Unless it’s a spoof?

    • Stuart says:

      22 Jun22 June 09:46

      http://www.shangri-la.com/abudhabi/shangrila/dining/restaurants/hoi-an/menu-wine/

      Deep fried Canadian lobster doesn’t seem to be a spoof

    • Spurs Debs says:

      22 Jun22 June 11:55

      Lol not a spoof just telling you what my fav dish was Go look up restaurants at Shangri-La hotel Abu Dhabi and see for your self.
      Must admit I was surprised because I don’t like normal ravioli at all!

    • Callum says:

      22 Jun22 June 23:15

      Having been colonised by France, you’ll find many Western sounding dishes there (the famous Banh Mi is effectively just a French baguette).

      Given Vietnamese ravioli is made from rice noodles though, I’m not sure how similar it is to the dish you’re presumably thinking of.

• Godot says:

  22 Jun22 June 06:02

  Love Bahn Mi Bay. Unfortunately my only experience with Vietnam Airlines involved me having to take them to small claims court to get compensation for a flight from London to Saigon that was delayed by over 10 hours.

• Nigel the Pensioner says:

  22 Jun22 June 06:25

  “Did” Vietnam and Cambodia this March / April – fantastic in every way! Going back next April; the Intercontinental in Da Nang is simply amazing and their club lounge world class.
  Not sure how expensive their rolls are at this restaurant in Holborn but £150 should buy a week’s supply!!! It will be handy for our stay at L’Oscar towards the end of August!

  • Craig says:

    22 Jun22 June 08:15

    We have 5 nights at the IC next year, one night on points and 4 in a club room. It wasn’t worth it the first night as we will arrive quite late.

    • ankomonkey says:

      22 Jun22 June 20:11

      I’m amazed you found a night on points. I looked daily for a few months and then consigned myself to the fact that I would never be able to do it on points. Looks an incredible place – owned by the same people as JW Marriott Phu Quoc, which we did for a week on points.

  • Leo says:

    22 Jun22 June 10:05

    IC Danang is nice enough. I wouldn’t rush back after spending 6 days there this year – although the beach and the club lounge were good. Staff were friendly. Pool and restaurants Ho-hum and it’s a long way from anywhere.

• Stu_N says:

  22 Jun22 June 06:45

  Their planes are such a lovely colour, I really like their livery. Makes a change from the standard “white with a coloured tail” approach that so many other airlines use.

  • Freddy says:

    22 Jun22 June 08:32

    Stu, thanks for your comments a few weeks ago on eu261 and being put onto a earlier flight. Air France have agreed my claim for 5 of us! Nice!

    • Stu N says:

      22 Jun22 June 15:19

      Happy to help, glad you got a good outcome.

• Matthew says:

  22 Jun22 June 07:06

  I have tried to enter, but need to verify with a social media login, Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. I don’t do time wasting, privacy invading social media. But unfair this

  • Peter K says:

    22 Jun22 June 08:39

    How is that unfair? Is no more unfair than only having a London based place to spend the winnings. It’s just the competition t&c’s and either you go with it or you don’t!
    Have a no information given competition account for things like this if it bothers you!

  • John says:

    22 Jun22 June 08:43

    You can sign up for Twitter quite easily and just never tweet

  • melonfarmer says:

    22 Jun22 June 09:31

    I think the social media button is for an additional entry. I don’t have any social media accounts and have 1 entry. The page initially told me the competion wasn’t available in my area (SW England), but a refresh worked.

  • Olly says:

    22 Jun22 June 09:45

    I didn’t need to verify anything, just put my name and email on and that was it.

    • Rob says:

      22 Jun22 June 09:47

      Yes, it shouldn’t need verification.

      • Jb says:

        22 Jun22 June 12:55

        For some of us it appears we do – it says we must verifying our identity (via social media) to be able to enter (not only for an additional entry).

        • David says:

          22 Jun22 June 13:42

          Had same, email alone not enough.

        • Chas says:

          23 Jun23 June 09:27

          Same for me Rob – it has an error message saying that because my email has aldready been used on gleam, I need to log-in to enter. But there’s no option to log-in (not to mention that I don’t recall having a password anyway). So no entry from me…

        • Rob says:

          23 Jun23 June 10:03

          Easiest way to fix that is to clear the entry data from the last couple of competitions then.

          The next competition we’re doing has a £3,000 prize so we will fix it for that.

• Cm says:

  22 Jun22 June 07:16

  I followed them on twitter for the extra entry but it just kept saying ‘you don’t follow Vietnam airlines’ and going round in circles…

  • Alex Sm says:

    22 Jun22 June 12:14

    Try again on Twitter itself and then refresh – worked for me, the widget says 2 entries

• AndyGWP says:

  22 Jun22 June 07:42

  My girlfriend and I have 4 flights each with these guys in August to help us travel around between Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia and Hong Kong… never been to any of those places (other than Singapore) before so really looking forward to the experience! (Even tho it will be super sweaty I’m sure!)

  • fbrj says:

    22 Jun22 June 19:26

    Hope you have a great time!

    I have no idea whether this is relevant to your circumstances but we flew Econ on VN on several flights domestically and local international flights a year or so ago. Beforehand, I matched my BA Gold to United Airlines and got Premier Platinum which gives you Star Alliance Gold. It is valid for 90 days. SA Gold gives you priority check in, lounges etc on VN. The business class check in was a godsend – seeing some of the Econ queues!

    You can still match, so perhaps worth exploring.
    http://www.statusmatcher.com/report/59242

    and
    https://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/mileageplus/premier/staralliance.aspx

    • Genghis says:

      22 Jun22 June 22:58

      Even though United in SA and Vietnam in Sky Team?

    • AndyGWP says:

      23 Jun23 June 10:08

      Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately I’ve dropped heavily from Gold… just a Blue now!

• Graeme says:

  22 Jun22 June 08:11

  Banh Mi Bay is excellent. Always packed at lunchtime.

  • Genghis says:

    22 Jun22 June 09:33

    I’ve not been to the Cannon St branch for a while
    https://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/707925/Banh-Mi-Bay-(Bay-Dining)-London
    Even our house manages a 5* hygiene rating due to wife’s business.

    • Genghis says:

      22 Jun22 June 09:36

      Sen Viet near Kings X is my go-to. Far from fancy but food full of flavour.

    • Lady London says:

      22 Jun22 June 13:48

      Aaaargh put me right off, Genghis!

      Even places that have a 4 or 5 star food hygiene rating I sometimes would not personally give that rating to from my own observations.

      What on earth did that one do in order to get a 1* rating?!

      • JamesR says:

        22 Jun22 June 16:25

        Due to my job I am forever in Central london kitchens and if I worried about hygiene, I would never ever eat out.

        Dont think about it.

  • Alex Sm says:

    22 Jun22 June 12:15

    I often get lunches from them via MealPal – YUMMY and YUGE!

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