Tra Que Water Wheel Package 3 in 1 - Farming, Buffalo, Rice paper making and Cooking

About

Tra Que is a small organic Herb village located 2 km North-East of Hoi An Town. Tra Que is not just a brand name for the village's fragrant and high-quality herb, but it is also an attractive destination for tourists staying in Hoi An. Located in the heart of the famous organic herb village, Tra Que Water Wheel restaurant is a rustic-designed, restored, traditional Vietnam building. Here you can enjoy the beautiful surroundings while you can watch the farmer at work tending their produce. Come to Tra Que Water Wheel you can enjoy a cooking class with some traditional dishes.

Class includes:

• Pick up from the hotel (Hoi An area)
• Go by bicycle or car to the colorful market. Here you will have the opportunity to interact with the local sellers and learn about the ingredients you will use in the cooking lesson later. Make sure your camera is handy.
• Continue to Tra Que later Wheel, take a rest with a special welcome drink.
• You will be taken around the herbs garden where local farmers work on their field using organic methods from 300 years ago.
• Relax with a foot massage.
• Cook with our chef. Learn how to prepare and cook some local Vietnamese dishes.
• Enjoy self-prepared meal.
• Back to the hotel

Menu

Menu 1

• Tam Huu (three friends) Spring Rolls
• Local Pancake
• Papaya Salad
• Grilled Fish in banana leaves
• Steamed rice in banana leaves
• Dessert

Menu 2 (Vegetarian Option)

• Tam Huu (three friends) Spring Rolls
• Local Pancake
• Papaya Salad
• Sauteed Tofu with sweet & sour sauce
• Steamed rice in banana leaves
• Dessert

Remarks: Dessert are fruits in each season.

Schedule

Morning session:

• 8:45-9:00 am: Water Wheel staff pick you up at your hotel by bike
• 9:00 am: Cycle through the lovely rice fields, this is a great opportunity to breathe the fresh air of the countryside and admire the farms of cows, ducks, buffaloes.
• 10:00 am: upon arrival, have your welcome drink and explore an over 300-year-old vegetable village that grows more than 30 types of herbs using manual methods. You will feel like you are lost in a dream with the peaceful, quiet, green, fragrant vegetable fields, without the noise of vehicles and machinery. Tra Que is a saved heritage by the Government and a unique fertile Island in the river.
• 10:30 am: Farming with the Farmers: Learn about traditional ingredients and spices used in people's daily meals. Join the preparing of the land. Learn how to rake the ground with traditional tools, to sow new seeds, to water the young plants and to pick herbs for your lunch afterwards.
• Ride a Waterbuffalo, the local and peaceful animal.
• Row a basketboat on the water and enjoy the beautiful and calm landscape between the coconuttrees.
• Ricepapermaking: Follow the local chef to learn all steps in the process of making your own rice paper. From the grinding of the rice to the flavorexplosion in your mouth, you will learn to make different types of ricepaper. 
• (The order of activities can change.)
• 12:00 am: Cooking Class: You will learn to prepare an authentic vietnamese Lunch Menue. Learn to prepare vietnamese Dishes by yourself such as - Tam Huu (Three friends) spring roll, which is unique for our viallage and the famous local pancake. We will serve even more for your lunch like Papaya salad and a maindish fish (or pork or chicken) in clay pot with rice in banana leaves. Finally, there is a fresh fruit dessert. Of course there are vegetarian options, just tell us about your wishes and allergies.
• 1:30 pm: After a day full of experiences, return to the hotel. 

Afternoon session:

• 1:00 pm: Water Wheel staff pick you up at your hote
• 1:30 pm: Cycle through the lovely rice fields, this is a great opportunity to breathe the fresh air of the countryside and admire the farms of cows, ducks, buffaloes.
• 2:00 pm: upon arrival, have your welcome drink and explore an over 300-year-old vegetable village that grows more than 30 types of herbs using manual methods. You will feel like you are lost in a dream with the peaceful, quiet, green, fragrant vegetable fields, without the noise of vehicles and machinery. Tra Que is a saved heritage by the Government and a unique fertile Island in the river.
• 2:30 pm: Farming with the Farmers: Learn about traditional ingredients and spices used in people's daily meals. Join the preparing of the land. Learn how to rake the ground with traditional tools, to sow new seeds, to water the young plants and to pick herbs for your lunch afterwards.
• Ride a Waterbuffalo, the local and peaceful animal.
• Row a basketboat on the water and enjoy the beautiful and calm landscape between the coconuttrees.
• Ricepapermaking: Follow the local chef to learn all steps in the process of making your own rice paper. From the grinding of the rice to the flavorexplosion in your mouth, you will learn to make different types of ricepaper.
• (The order of activities can change.)
• 3:30 pm: Cooking Class: You will learn to prepare an authentic vietnamese Lunch Menue. Learn to prepare vietnamese Dishes by yourself such as - Tam Huu (Three friends) spring roll, which is unique for our viallage and the famous local pancake. We will serve even more for your lunch like Papaya salad and a maindish fish (or pork or chicken) in clay pot with rice in banana leaves. Finally, there is a fresh fruit dessert. Of course there are vegetarian options, just tell us about your wishes and allergies.
• 5:00 pm: After a day full of experiences, return to the hotel