Small-group Cooking Class with Market visiting (4-5 hours)

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3 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 13 guests
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Language
English
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Immerse yourself in the flavors of Vietnam with a small-group cooking class. Visit a local market, explore traditional techniques, and create authentic dishes under a chef's guidance.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Discover the delicacies of Vietnamese cuisine during this half day cooking class. You will have the opportunity to learn a selection of favorite dishes, an ability to recognize the basic ingredients, the blending of these many ingredients and spices to create the famous "nuoc mam" (fish sauce) as well as cooking of the multitude of different rice. Apart from the preparation and cooking under our Chef guidance, you will be introduced to the traditional Vietnamese kitchen with cooking utensils still closely linked to the Vietnamese way of life in the past, you will learn a touch of oriental science with the Yin-Yang balance to respect, some of the history of Vietnamese Cuisine from its roots in the Hue Citadel Imperial Cuisine to the effects of various influences from both the West and other Eastern Cultures. Finally you will understand the intricacies of the Vietnamese dining Etiquette and the technique to master the chopsticks!

Sample Menu

STARTER
Spring rolls
Served with rice noodles and vegetable , dipped in fish-sauce
MAIN
Morning glory salad with pork and shrimp
MAIN
Caramel pork in clay-pot
DESSERT
Amazing dessert will be offered by Chef

What You Get

Market visiting
Hotel pickup 1 way (only in district 1) by Cyclo (Trishaw)
Cooking class fee
Drinks
Tips
Hotel drop-off

Good To Know

  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult

What You’ll Experience

You will have the opportunity to learn a selection of favorite dishes, an ability to recognize the basic ingredients, the blending of these many ingredients and spices to create the famous "nước mắm" (fish sauce), as well as techniques for cooking different kinds of rice. Apart from the preparation and cooking under our Chef’s guidance, you will be introduced to the traditional Vietnamese kitchen with cooking utensils still closely linked to the Vietnamese way of life in the past. Also, you will learn a touch of oriental science with the Yin-Yang balance to respect, some of the history of Vietnamese Cuisine from its roots in the Hue Citadel Imperial Cuisine, and on to the effects of various influences from both the West and other Eastern Cultures. Finally, you will understand the intricacies of Vietnamese dining etiquette and the technique to master chopsticks!

Meeting & Pickup

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Mekong River Tours [Asiana Link Travel], Tôn Thất Đạm, Quận 1 Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam, VN, 700000

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End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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Excellent
April 25, 2025
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An excellent time shared with family to finish and on a very good meal. Our chef accompanied us well in French throughout the cooking course.

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Cooking Vietnamese food
April 16, 2025
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Joey was an amazing guide, very informative and friendly, highly recommend. The chef Quy, was a fantastic teacher, very patient and knowledgeable. Had a great time at the cooking class.

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A great cooking class
February 26, 2025
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We had a great time on this halfday cooking tour. Our guide, Joey, was lovely and very informative taking us to a couple of sites which we hadn't expected to visit. We got to ride on bike rickshaws...read more

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Cooking class!
January 08, 2025
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Great experience. Cyclo ride to some interesting historical sites, food market and fantastic Vietnamese cookery class. Thanks to Joey our extremely helpful tour guide. Fantastic knowledge and good ...read more

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Vietnamese cooking class
September 20, 2024
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Great Morning, first up a Cyclo tour, then local experience at market, getting our food to cook with, cooking school with Quy and Manh and delicious 😋

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