Mai Home Inspiring Advanced Culinary Course
What Guests Love
- Fluent English instruction
- Hands‑on market and cooking
- Fresh local ingredients
- Recipe booklet provided
Guests say the instructor speaks clear, fluent English and guides the class with friendly, patient detail. The experience includes a market visit to select fresh produce, followed by hands‑on cooking of authentic Vietnamese dishes such as sizzling pancakes, spring rolls and pho. Participants receive a printed recipe booklet and learn the cultural stories behind the ingredients, leaving them confident to recreate the meals at home.
What to Expect
Let indulge this "Inspiring Advanced Course" to pursue your passion and to enhance your cooking skills at home. This offers the right path of advanced training for ambitious home cooks. Learn authentic dishes that have been handed down for centuries and learn cooking techniques that will quickly transform you into a great future professional Chef.
The teaching is more leveled and around some typical famous specialties. Class sizes are kept small to maximize personal attention so that everyone benefits from the class. The emphasis is on combining different spices and herbs to create finely sublime foods, learning different flavors and textures of different regions.
Do not miss this Vietnamese art of cooking.
Meet Your Host
Menu
Menu 1 - Monday
- Beef salad with young banana and star fruit
- Chicken noodle
- Vietnamese sizzling pancake
- Steamed rolled cake
Menu 2 - Tuesday
- Spring rolls
- Beef noodle soup
- Vegetable salad with pork and shrimps
- Chicken wings in fish sauce
Menu 3 - Wednesday
- Beef noodle in Hue style
- Vietnamese sizzling pancake
- Stuffed dumpling with spring onion sauce
- Grilled chicken with five spice
Menu 4 - Thursday
- Salad rolls
- Lotus stem salad with pork and shrimps
- Vietnamese chicken curry
- Grilled pork rib and broken rice
Menu 5 – Friday
- Noodle soup in Quang style (central region)
- Fresh mustard leaf rolls with shrimps
- Grilled fish in banana leaf
- Braised chicken with ginger
Menu 6 – Saturday & Sunday
- Spring rolls
- Grilled ball pork meat
- Chicken noodle
- Steamed rolled cake
Schedule
Morning Session
- 8:30 am: Meeting at West Gate No.5, Phan Chu Trinh street
- 8:40 am: Market visit
- 9:30 am: Enjoy a welcome drink and introduction of "Corner of Vietnamese Traditional Kitchen" with the legend of "Kitchen God"
- 10:00 am: Participate in "Food preparation" with Chef
- 10:30 am: Enjoy the cooking class with a selective menu of Traditional dishes
- 11:10 am: Enjoy lunch with participant's own creation.
- 11:45 am: Remittance of Certificate, a handbook with detailed recipes and a small gift of "The Saigon Culinary Art Center" will crown the session.
- 12:00 pm: End of the class
Afternoon Session
- 2:00 pm: Meeting at West Gate No.5, Phan Chu Trinh street
- 2:10 pm: Market visit
- 3:00 pm: Enjoy a welcome drink and introduction of "Corner of Vietnamese Traditional Kitchen" with the legend of "Kitchen God"
- 3:30 pm: Participate in Food preparation with Chef
- 4:00 pm: Enjoy cooking class with a selective menu of Traditional dishes
- 4:40 pm: Enjoy dinner with participant's own creation
- 5:15 pm: Remittance of Certificate, a handbook with detailed recipes and a small gift of "The Saigon Culinary Art Center" will crown the session
- 5:30 pm: End of the class
The market visit will be accompanied by Chef to introduce and to let participants understand more Vietnamese ingredients and their substitution.
The guest can decide to join or not on the market visit, the price is the same for both.
Meeting Point
- Option 1: 8:30 am/2:00 pm: Join the market visit: Meet at West Gate (Gate No.5) Phan Chu Trinh street, in face of Ha Tam Jewellery
- Option 2: 9:30 am/3:00 pm: Don't want to go market tour, meet at Mai Home, address: 269 Bis, Nguyen Trai street, Nguyen Cu Trinh Ward, District 1, HCMC (In the alley of Pho Hien Restaurant)
- Pick up service optional charge: US$ 6.00/person, only in district 1, please request in the comment area while booking
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Confirmation
You will receive the confirmation of your booking within 24 hours.
Free Cancellation
Full refunds will be issued for cancellations made at least 48 hours prior to the activity.
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