Morning Bamboo Weaving & Cooking class
What Guests Love
- Friendly, knowledgeable staff
- Hands‑on cooking and activities
- Authentic Lao bamboo dishes
- Memorable, fun morning experience
Guests say the host team is friendly, knowledgeable and makes the experience easy and enjoyable. Participants get hands‑on involvement in cooking, weaving, archery and games, creating a lively morning. The class showcases authentic Lao cuisine, such as sticky‑rice dessert cooked in bamboo, with tasty, easy‑to‑follow recipes. Guests leave feeling they have learned new cooking skills and cultural insights, describing it as a memorable highlight of their trip.
What to Expect
'The Bamboo Experience’, a rustic pavilion modeled on a traditional Lao house, perched in a picturesque setting next to rice fields. An introduction to the importance of bamboo to Lao culture and to the use of bamboo in a diverse range of household items found in rural Lao dwellings. A relaxing bamboo weaving activity, where you’ll weave a souvenir mat made from strips of the bamboo plant, using a technique which has been practises for centuries. A fun, interactive cooking class, using the bamboo plant as a key ingredient; make dishes such as bamboo shoot soup, bamboo shoot steamed in banana leaf, and bamboo shoot dip and more. A delicious meal (made by you), and photo opportunities of semi-rural Laos, from the relaxing pavilion terrace.
Menu
- Bamboo shoot soup
- Steam fish wrapped in banana leaf with fermented bamboo shoot
- Stir-fry bamboo shoot with carrot, green bean, vermicelli and mince pork
- Stuffed mince pork in bamboo shoot and deep-fry
- Fermented bamboo shoot dip
- Dried bamboo shoot dip
Schedule
- 8:30 am: pickup at your hotel's lobby
- 8:45 am: Arrive at Bamboo house & Tea tasting
- 9:00 am: Explanation about bamboo and handicraft products
- 9:40 am: Crossbow shooting
- 9:50 am: Bamboo stilts practice
- 10:10 am: Game of Petanque (Bocce)
- 10:30 am: Pounding sticky rice
- 10:45 am: Bamboo weaving with local craftsman
- 11:30 am: Cooking class demonstration
- 12:10 pm: Lunch in the traditional style
- 1:10 pm: Hmong Khen performance
- 1:20 pm: Kamu bamboo dance
- 1:30 pm: Back to hotel or city center
Getting There
This activity includes a free pick-up to the location.
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Additional Information
Pickup Option
We will provide pickup & drop off at your hotel, it's included in the price.
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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