Unique Rural Market Visit with Cooking Class
What Guests Love
- Local market ingredient tour
- Hands‑on cooking of Vietnamese dishes
- Friendly, knowledgeable, English‑fluent host
- Cultural insights and memorable highlight
Guests say the experience begins with a lively walk through a nearby market where fresh herbs, vegetables and meats are selected, followed by a hands‑on cooking session where participants prepare classic Vietnamese dishes such as crispy pancakes, grilled pork and banana‑flower salad. The host’s friendly, energetic and English‑fluent guidance makes the techniques easy to follow, offering cultural insights that many describe as a memorable highlight of their Hanoi visit.
What to Expect
Vietnamese food is known to be healthy, delicious, and forms a large part of the Vietnamese culture. This half day tour gives you a hands-on lesson on how to shop for fresh ingredients and cook authentic Vietnamese food.
This cooking class is an interactive, personal and fun way to learn new cooking skills and experience the tastes and textures of Vietnamese cuisine. You'll prepare dishes under the guidance of professional chefs at your own workstation. You'll have access to a fully equipped professional kitchen and all the knowledge you need!
However, before the cooking class, you'll start the day at the local market to enjoy some food tasting and learn more about the ingredients and the culture. This market is truly local and not many tourists visit, giving you the unique experience of Vietnamese life. The guide will have taught you some useful Vietnamese words to make the shopping easier.
This is a fully hands-on experience in a professional kitchen with a flexible choice of menu.
"If you are a happy person around food, you can be a professional chef. It is fueled by passion". The guest can practice the fruit carving upon your preference such as making rose from tomato, butterfly from pumpkin, flower from pomelo.
Menu
Cook 3-4 dishes, you can choose the dish you want or your host Rosw will prepare the menu:
Chef's Gourmet Corner
- BBQ pork noodles (Bun Cha)
- Fried spring rolls
- Banana flower salad
- Traditional beef noodles soup (Pho)
For vegetarian
- Spring rolls (fresh or fried)
- Tofu with tomato sauce
- Special Eggplant with ginger sauce
- Banana flower salad with unique vegetarian sauce
Seafood choice
- Hanoi special grilled fish
- Green mango salad with seafood/ pomelo salad with seafood
- Crab/fish noodles soup
Your food allergies or food request is respected
Schedule
Morning Class
- 9:00 am: Pick up from hotel
- 9:30 am: Welcome with special homemade herbal tea
- 10:00 am: Local market visit
- 10:30 am: Back at kitchen — start hands-on experience
- 1:30 am: Enjoy our own creations
- 2:00 pm: Back to your hotel
Afternoon Class
- 3:00 pm: Pick up from hotel
- 3:30 pm: Welcome with special homemade herbal tea
- 5:00 pm: Local market visit
- 5:30 pm: Back at kitchen - start hands-on experience
- 7:30 pm: Enjoy our own creations
- 8:00 pm: Back to your hotel
Getting There
This activity includes a free pick-up to the location.
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Additional Information
Pickup Option
We offer the complimentary pick up and drop off services at your hotels in Hanoi center such as Old Quarter - French Quarter; also hotels far from the tourist center such as Lotte, Intercontinental, Grand Plaza.
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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