Summary 

Would you like to recreate some of the most authentic and intriguing tastes and dishes from your visit to Vietnam? Let us take you into the kitchen of a local Saigonese home for your very own cooking class!  

Highlights

• A guided tour through a local market to really get a feel for vietnamese cuisine
• Getting an insight in a local Saigonese home, understanding more about the Vietnamese way of life
• Learning to cook Vietnamese food
• Eating the food you have cooked!
  

Good for...

• Anyone interested in cooking or understanding more about Vietnamese society
• This trip is great for families, couples, friends etc

Don’t you like recreate some of the most authentic and intriguing Vietnamese tastes and dishes? Let us take you into a Saigonese home for your very own cooking class! 

Start with a delighted wandering around a morning market, the happy locals accompany would fill you in on the real deal, being your local knowledge of how to select freshest ingredients. Soon you’ll find yourself and your so friendly chief back home joyfully with full bag of seasonal vegetable, mushroom, tropical fruits, all the curious herbs and spice of a typical tropical country.

Then, in a home kitchen, the housewife of the family will herself share you her cooking tips. It’s time you try your hands in actual cooking: from deserts, main dishes to drinks. Vietnamese everyday meals are fresh, healthy and very simple to cook, soon you’ll find a passion for it when enjoy your cook-it-yourself tasty lunch.

All the fun talking with the local chef and our student guide will bring you closer to the Vietnamese culture and help define the rhythm of Saigon city life. For each stories told, each more you will learn on Vietnamese and their life. You’ll never forget the day you live as a Saigonese!

The cost for this trip depends on the number of people in your group and dates of travel. Please enquire here for the most up to date rate.

Tour includes

• Transfer during trip
• Market visit with Chef and English interpreter
• Hands on cooking class
• Lunch at local home
• Bottled water and refreshing wet face towels

Tour excludes

• Travel insurance
• Tour guide
• Personal Expenses
• Tips and Gratuities
• Pre-post accommodation in Ho Chi Minh City

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