Hanoi Cooking Class with Local People

Name: Hanoi Cooking Class with Local People
Brand: BC Family Tour
SKU: add5ae3b-35b4-4c57-9a0e-593777b104e3
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Summary

Around 8.00 a.m our tour guide will pick you up at your hotel in the Hanoi Old Quarter and we will transfer to local house. The hosts will warmly welcome you and introduce their members and talk about their lives. The tour guide then will teach you some simple phrases from the "local language", which is very important to help you get shopping skills when spending the currency with the friendly sellers. You then will start walking to the local market only 5 minutes away. It’s great chance to learn about and taste some of the ingredients used in the local cuisine and to watch the buying and selling rituals of a Vietnamese market. Tour guide will assist you to buy a variety of foods from all the groceries such as: herbs, spices, vegetables, meats, fishes, fruits which are so fresh. You will have fun time to communicate and use body language with locals, incredible and unforgettable memories. Do not forget to take some photos with them. Many photo opportunities will be available in this bustling, vibrant and colorful scene. At 10.00, we complete our shopping and return to the local home to prepare and cook by yourself under the instruction of the tour guide from the beginning to the end, learning how to marinate and to spice will be the most crucial lesson. You will also enjoy decorating dishes with carrot flowers, lemon grass stems, banana leaves and curved chili. The authentic magical sauce mixed from fish sauce, water, sugar, lime, chili, garlic and herbs is very easy to make. At 12.00, enjoy your meal with a local beer or wine. After that, our tour guide will transfer you back your hotel and you will also receive a selection of recipe cards to help you recreate Vietnamese dishes at home!

Tour info

Duration

5 hours

Why take this tour?

Get away from the classical cooking classes and learn the Vietnamese cuisine at a local home. We will start our day with a short stop at a local market. Here you will browse hundreds of stalls, and interact with vendors selling everything from garlic to tapioca flour. Take in all the colors, sights and smells! Hanoi’s markets are world famous, and you’ll quickly see why. After local hosts explain about the ingredients for sale and assist you with purchasing items to take home, we will come back to a local home where our host will teach you a typical Vietnamese menu.

What’s included?

Pick-up & drop-off at your hotel in the Old Quarter
English speaking Vietnamese guide
Teaching Vietnamese basic language
Enjoy your cooked food with hosts
Step-by-step recipe booklet to take home
Free drinks (Hanoi beer, soft drink, coffee, fresh green tea, local wine.
Other expenses

Things to know

Before you book

Duration: 5h
Mobile tickets accepted

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

Operator Website

Operated by:

BC Family Tour

About operator:

Since 2006, BCFamilyTour.com has been a leading travel company in Southeast Asia specialising in tailor-made, private guided tours, group tours and travel services to Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos... as well as multi-country tours across the region. Using an expansive portfolio of tours carefully crafted to show you the very best of each country, our travel experts create tailor-made travel packages to match all your travel preferences and needs. BCFamilyTour.com gives support to social projects by giving 15% of our profits towards charity projects at BC Club Foundation.