Vietnamese Cooking Class in Historical Hoi An Restaurant

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Duration
3 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 15 guests
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English, Vietnamese
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Discover the culinary secrets of Vietnam with a hands-on cooking class at a historical Hoi An restaurant. Learn from renowned Chef Hai Nguyen and savor the flavors of traditional dishes.

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

Experience Details

Our restaurant has been an institution since 2004, with locations in Cat Ba, Hanoi and Hoian. Head Chef Hai Nguyen is renowned throughout Vietnam for his creative and modern approach to traditional dishes.

At our cooking school, students learn from the best; not just traditional recipes, but also tips and tricks for preparing food in your home kitchen.

All of this in our heritage-listed building in the heart of the ancient town!

Sample Menu

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Essentials Menu
Our default menu is the Essentials Menu, listed here. Other menu options are available on our website
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Traditional Deep Fried Rolls
Crispy spring rolls with pork and shiitake mushroom, wood ear mushroom, egg, sprouts, vermicelli noodles and spring onion.
MAIN
Pho Ga Chicken Soup
Famous chicken pho soup, with fresh rice noodles in a cinnamon star anise broth
MAIN
Banana blossom salad with Chicken
Shredded chicken infused with peppermint, banana blossom, fresh herbs, chili lime vinagerette
MAIN
BBQ snapper in banana leaf
Chargrilled fresh turmeric marinated red snapper wrapped in banana leaf
DESSERT
Mango sticky rice
Sticky rice, served with fresh mango and Malibu coconut sauce.
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Many more menu choices available!
This is just one of our multiple five-course menu options. After booking, we will send you all options and information.

What You Get

Digital Recipe Book will be emailed to you after the class
Dinner
Alcoholic beverages
Do you find cooking thirsty work? Our cocktail bar is always open! Drinks from 40,000vnd to 200,000vnd.

What You’ll Experience

Not just a lesson in cooking, but a culinary tour through Vietnamese culture, tradition and history. Learn about the essential ingredients and their importance in Vietnamese cuisine. Choose from five different five-course menus, each representing a unique aspect of Vietnamese cuisine and culture (The Essentials, Balancing Act, Street Eats, Hanoi Streets, and Veggie Eats). All our classes are held in our cooking school; a 180-year-old heritage listed building in the heart of the old town. Each class includes a digital recipe book and a sit-down meal to enjoy your prepared items. Visits to our local market are an optional add-on. Spend the day with our chefs and find out why we are one of the top-rated Hoi An cooking classes on Trip Advisor! When booking, please be sure to tell us which menu choice you'd prefer. Our default choice is the Essentials menu (detailed below).

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Green Mango Restaurant, Nguyễn Thái Học, Quảng Nam, Vietnam, VN

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Join us at Green Mango Restaurant, our heritage-listed building in the heart of the old town. 54 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hoi An Old Town.
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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What People Are Saying
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Fabulous cooking class and food tasting - highly recommend
July 04, 2025
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The “Street Food” market tour and cooking class was one of my favourite experiences in Hoi An. It was very hands on class (not just a demonstration); the food was delicious and the chef was a grea...read more

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Highly recommended
April 27, 2025
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Had such a great experience with 'Jam' as our head chef! She took us to market and then we cooked wonderful meals. So many great tips!! She explained everything beautifully. I had so much fun - hig...read more

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Pretty place and tasty food
March 29, 2025
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Super easy and pleasant, wonderful staff and ambience beautiful to eat your meal. We were so thankful Daisy taught us a really tasty vegetarian menu.

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March 24, 2025
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A friend and I had Daisy guide us through five Vietnamese dishes and we really enjoyed all of them. We went through the market first, cooking took about two hours and then we eat. We hardly left an...read more

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Excellent and engaging cooking class!
March 21, 2025
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My husband and I loved the market trip and the cooking class with Daisy. So educational, fun, and DELICIOUS! Can't wait to try the recipes at home! We were looking for a class without the countr...read more

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