Chef Chi Joon Hyuk & LABRI at GỤ

If there's one thing we'd like to do more often, it's this.

Open our kitchen to chefs from other cities and invite them to cook in Da Nang.

For our guests, it means the chance to enjoy food that would otherwise require a trip to another city. For our team, it means something entirely different. Every collaboration is an opportunity to share a kitchen, work the same service, exchange ideas, and learn the kind of lessons that only come from years behind the pass.

That's what makes these nights worth looking forward to.

Our dinner with LABRI was one of them.

Just before arriving in Da Nang, Chef Chi Joon Hyuk had earned his first Michelin star with ONVIT. But what he and the LABRI team brought with them was far more than a one-night menu.

They arrived with ingredients prepared in their own kitchen, from their signature butters to the smallest details on every plate. It gave our guests the chance to experience LABRI as faithfully as possible, without leaving Da Nang.

Behind the kitchen doors, it didn't take long for both teams to settle into the same rhythm. Sharing the pass. Asking questions in the middle of service. Talking through techniques, ingredients and the small details that rarely make it beyond the kitchen.

Those are the moments guests rarely see, but they're often the most valuable part of a collaboration.

Out in the dining room, the evening unfolded just as naturally.

The music carried on throughout the night. Guests moved between GỤ's dishes and LABRI's, back to another glass of wine, and conversations that lingered long after the plates had been cleared. Two different menus, brought together in a way that never felt divided.

We've always believed a city becomes more interesting when different kitchens find their way to it. Not only because there's something new to eat, but because every visit creates space for cooks, restaurants and guests to meet, learn from one another, and help the local dining scene continue to grow.

That's what we hope every collaboration becomes.

Not simply another event, but another kitchen finding its way to Da Nang.

A chance for cooks to work alongside one another, for guests to discover something they wouldn't normally have the opportunity to experience, and for the city's dining scene to grow a little richer each time.

We hope more kitchens find their way to GỤ.

And we hope they'll leave behind a few more full tables, a few more shared services, and a few more stories worth telling.

Join us for the next evening at GỤ