Recipe: Try This MICHELIN Star Pho Cocktail at Home

What is one thing chefs and mixologists have in common?

In the realms of cuisine and cocktails, chefs and mixologists are akin to flavour alchemists. They wield ingredients with wizardry, concocting sensory potions that enchant the palate. Whether crafting a dish or a drink, both elevate the ordinary into the extraordinary, transforming flavours with a touch of magic.

“Vietnamese food is in my blood. It’s a fundamental part of who I am as a person,” says Peter Cuong Franklin, Ho Chi Minh City's pioneering MICHELIN Star restaurant chef, whose journey from refugee to banker to chef is as inspiring as his culinary creations. He describes his fascination with pho as profound: "I have been obsessed with pho for a very long time because it is such a simple yet complex dish and represents everything about Vietnam’s culinary culture and history."

Franklin has created the Ănăn pho cocktail, a unique and oh-so-aromatic pho cocktail recipe, a masterpiece at his one MICHELIN Star restaurant Ănăn Saigon, that embodies his deep-rooted passion for Vietnamese cuisine. It's the kind of cocktail that lures you in with its herbaceous pho aroma from the moment you step inside.

“I am not a fan of sweet cocktails and the idea of something more savoury is interesting to me. The pho cocktail brings the herbs and spices from our kitchen into the bar and our bartenders have replaced the pho beef broth with a dry gin to create this uniquely Vietnamese cocktail,” says Franklin.

Here’s how you can bring a slice of Vietnam into your home.