"Choose Your Own Menu" from 200 Different Dishes with Market Tour

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Enjoy a tour at Ben Thanh Market where you will have the chance to see the lively activities of a traditional Vietnamese market. Our chef and your guide will also teach you how to recognize and choose the numerous herbs and the different Vietnamese fruits and vegetables. You will then go back to the cookery centre to enjoy a hands-on cooking class.

This is a private class with a self-tailored menu of 4 dishes. You can design your own menu of any 4 dishes in our menu. However, if you are making a group booking, all of you will have to learn how to make the same dishes.

Menu

Choose your 4 dishes for a private class with our Chef (if there are 2 persons or more in the same class, everyone will learn to make the same 4 dishes for their group) among our menu of 200 dishes. 

A. Starter (Rolls/Salad):

1. Vietnamese spring rolls with seafood / pork / chicken / veggies (Cha gio)
2. Fresh spring rolls with seafood / pork / chicken / veggies (Goi cuon)
3. Mustard leave rolls with shrimps & pork stuffing / beef (Cuon diep)
4. Fruits rolls (seasonal) (Cha gio trai cay)
5. Lotus stem salad with shrimps & pork / seafood / chicken (Goi ngo sen)
6. Green papaya salad with shrimps & pork / seafood (Goi du du)
7. Spinach salad with beef / shrimps & pork / seafood (Goi rau muong)
8. Coconut blade salad with shrimps & pork / seafood / chicken (Goi cu hu dua)
9. Banana blossom salad with shrimps & pork / seafood / chicken (Goi hoa chuoi)
10. Vegetable salad with shrimps & pork / seafood / chicken (Goi ngu sac)
11. Pomelo salad with shrimps & pork / seafood / chicken (Goi buoi)
12. Cabbage salad with duck / chicken (Goi bap cai)
13. String bean salad with beef / shrimps and pork / seafood (Goi dau que)
14. Green mango salad with dried shrimps / dried fish (Goi xoai)
15. Kohlrabi salad with shrimps & pork / seafood / chicken (Goi su hao)
16. Young jackfruit salad with shrimps & pork / chicken (Goi mit non)
17. Cucumber salad with seafood / jelly fish (Goi dua leo)
18. Pepper elder salad with beef / pork (Goi rau cang cua)
19. Knotgrass salad with beef / seafood / pork (Goi rau dang)
20. Mustard sprout salad with beef (Goi rau mam)
21. BBQ eggplants salad with beef / seafood / pork (Goi ca tim)
22. Beef salad with tamarind dressing (Goi bo tai me)
23. Glass noodle salad with seafood / pork & shrimps / chicken (Goi mien)
24. Jellyfish salad pork & shrimps / squids (Goi sua)

B. Fried:

1. Knife fish paste fried with rice paper (Ca thac lac chien banh trang)
2. Knife fish paste stuffed in pumpkin blossom (Ca thac lac don bong bi)
3. Knife fish paste fried with rice crumble (Ca thac lac chien com chay)
4. Knife fish paste fried with young sticky rice (Ca thac lac chien com)
5. Fried elephant ear fish (carb Ca tai tuong) (ca chep chien)
6. Sea bass with tomato / passion fruit / orange juice (Ca chem chien)
7. Prawn with young sticky rice (Tom chien com)
8. Prawn with sweet potato strings (Tom chien khoai lang)
9. Prawn cake in Tay Ho style (Banh tom Tay Ho)
10. Prawn with fish sauce (Tom chien nuoc mam)
11. Prawn with tamarind sauce (Tom chien sot me)
12. Prawn with salted egg yolk (Tom chien hoang kim)
13. Squid with fish sauce (Muc chien nuoc mam)
14. Squid with tamarind sauce (Muc chien gion sot me)
15. Squid with salted egg yolk (Muc chien hoang kim)
16. Pork paste with young sticky rice (Gio song chien com)
17. Vietnamese style fried pork with bread stuffing / braise (Heo gia quay)
18. Pork with lemongrass and chili / turmeric powder (Heo chien sa ot / sa nghe)
19. Pineapple fried rice roasted pork / seafood /chicken (Com chien trai thom)
20. Royal fried rice roasted pork / seafood / chicken (Com chien Hoang bao)
21. Hue style fried rice roasted pork / seafood / chicken (Com chien Huong Giang)
22. Lotus fried rice roasted pork / seafood / chicken (Com chien la sen)
23. Pork with fish sauce / soya sauce (Heo chien nuoc mam / tuong)
24. Chicken with fish sauce / soya sauce / tamarind sauce (Ga chien)
25. Vietnamese pancake with shrimp&pork (Banh xeo)
26. Dragon egg rice cake with shrimp&pork (Banh khot)
27. Stuffed tofu with tomato sauce with pork / shrimps (Dau hu don chien)
28. Stuffed cabbage with soya sauce with pork / shrimps (Bap cai cuon chien)
29. Stuffed sticky rice cake pork / shrimps (Xoi chien)

C. Braise, Sautee, Stir-fried:

1. Knife fish with quail eggs in fish sauce (Ca thac lac kho trung cut)
2. Caramelized fish in clay pot with snake head / cat fish (Ca kho to)
3. Stuffed fish in coconut juice (Ca loc quay cot dua)
4. Tuna with pineapple / tomato / sugar cane juice (Ca ngu kho)
5. Mackerels with spicy sauce (Ca bac ma rim cay)
6. Sweet and sour with seabass / prawn / squid / pork ribs (Hai san / suon heo chua ngot)
7. Anchovies with pepper and fish sauce (Ca com chay tieu)
8. Shrimps stuffed with mushroom (Nam don tom kho)
9. Minced pork stuffed in tomato / egg plant (Ca chua / ca tim don thit)
10. Caramelized pork / ribs in clay pot (Suon non / thit kho to)
11. Braised pork loin with duck eggs / bamboo shoot (Thit kho trung / kho mang)
12. Pork with shrimps paste and lemongrass (Thit heo xao mam ruoc)
13. Pork with fermented rice juice and galangal (Thit heo rieng me)
14. Chicken with ginger / lemongrass and chili (Ga xao gung / sa ot)
15. Chicken with sweet basil leaves (Ga xao cay voi la que)
16. Braised chicken with five spices (Ga ro ti nuoc dua)
17. Braised duck with ginger (Vit kho gung)
18. Beef wrapped with mushroom (Bo cuon nam)
19. Sauteed beef with ginger and lemongrass (Bo kho gung sa)
20. Dried bamboo shoot wrap with coconut meat (Mang cuon dua kho tuong)
21. Tofu with shrimps and plum sauce (Dau hu don tom sot xi muoi)
22. Morning glory with beef and garlic (Rau muong xao)
23. Tindi flower with beef Bong (thien ly xao)
24. Mussels with chili powder on sesame crackers (Hen xao xuc banh da)
25. Sauteed noodles with seafood and vegetables (Bun gao / mi xao)

D. Steamed:

1. Knife fish with mustard leaves (Ca thac hap cai be xanh)
2. Snake head fish with veggies (Ca loc hap)
3. Red snapper with ginger and mushroom (Ca dieu hong hap gung nam)
4. Sea bass with veggies and yellow bean paste (Ca chem chung tuong)
5. Fish in banana leaves (Ca hap la chuoi)
6. Cabbage rolls with shrimps stuffing (Bap cai cuon thit hap)
7. Prawn with glass noodle (Tom hap mien)
8. Snails stuffed with minced pork and lemongrass (Oc buu don thit hap sa)
9. Squid stuffed with minced pork and mushroom (Muc don thit hap)
10. Pine- flavor mushroom stuffed with minced pork (Nam huong don thit hap)
11. Sticky rice with pork / chicken / bean stuffing (Xoi khuc)
12. Pork tenderloin with taro (Thit heo hap khoai mon)
13. Peacock tail cold-cut (Cha duoi phung)
14. Stuffed tofu with minced pork (Dau hu don thit hap)
15. Steamed pie pork / shrimps / crab (Cha chung)
16. Stuffed artichoke flower with minced pork (Bong atiso don thit hap)

E. Grilled:

1. Red snapper / mackerel with lemongrass (Ca nuong sa)
2. Prawn with five spices (Tom nuong ngu vi)
3. Squid with chili sauce (Muc nuong cay)
4. Pork ribs / pork chop (Suon heo nuong)
5. Chicken with five spices (Ga nuong ngu vi)
6. Beef wrapped in betel leaves (Bo la lot)
7. Shrimps / beef paste on sugar cane (Chao tom / chao bo)
8. Pork leg meat served with rice noodles and sauce (Bun thit nuong)
9. Seafood served with oiled onion and fish sauce (Hai san nuong mo hanh)

F. Soup:

1. Sweet & sour soup with red snapper / cat fish (Canh chua ca)
2. Sweet and sour clam soup (Canh ngheu thi la)
3. Bitter melon soup with shrimps / pork stuffing (Canh kho qua don)
4. Cabbage soup with minced pork / shrimps stuffing (Canh bap cai don thit)
5. Hot and sour seafood soup (Sup hai san chua cay)
6. Shrimps soup with asparagus / mushroom/corn (Sup tom)
7. Crab soup with asparagus / mushroom / corn (Sup cua)
8. Chicken soup with asparagus / mushroom / corn (Sup ga xe)
9. Crab noodle soup (Bun rieu cua)
10. Crab vermicelli soup (Banh canh cua)
11. Snail noodle soup (Bun rieu oc)
12. Sweet and sour carp noodle soup (Rieu ca chep)
13. Yellow noodle soup (Mi Quang)
14. Pork ribs noodle soup (Bun suon heo)
15. Vermicelli soup with pork (Banh canh gio heo)
16. Southern style noodle soup (Hu tiu My tho)
17. Beef noodle soup (Pho Bo)
18. Beef noodle soup in Hue style (Bun bo Hue)

G. Snacks, Deserts 

1. Magenta sticky rice (Xoi la cam)
2. Marvella sticky rice (Xoi gac)
3. Brown sticky rice (Xoi nep than)
4. Mango/ jackfruit sticky rice (Xoi xoai/ mit)
5. Tapioca dumpling (Banh bot bang nhan dau)
6. Steamed cassava with coconut milk (Khoai mi hap cot dua)
7. Steamed cassava pie (Banh khoai mi hap)
8. Banana pie (Banh chuoi hap)
9. Grilled banana with sticky rice (Chuoi boc nep nuong)
10. Sweet potatoes sweet soup (Che khoai)
11. Taro pudding (Che khoai mon)
12. Banana pudding (Che chuoi chung)
13. Corn pudding (Che bap)
14. Pomelo peel pudding (Che buoi)

Schema

• 8:30 am: Meet your guide at the Main Entrance of Ben Thanh market (Le Loi st.)
• 8:35 am: Market tour
• 9:30 am: Transport to cooking school
• 9:45 am: Welcome tea
• 10:00 am: Cooking class
• 12:00 pm: Lunch
• 12:30 pm: End of course