Ho Chi Minh Food Experience: Vietnamese Cooking Class and Market Tour

5 Hours

Mobile Ticket

Hotel Pickup Offered

Language Offered

Overview

This Ho Chi Minh Food Experience with Vietnamese Cooking Class and Market Tour showcases the best of this classic cuisine. Travelers will visit Ben Than Market where they'll wander the stalls with their local chef and learn about the fresh ingredients essential to creating the most popular Vietnamese dishes. Then, under the guidance of an expert chef, travelers will prepare a 4-course meal alongside new friends. With a cap at 20 people, the class and dining experience is sure to be fun, personalized and memorable!

Half-day market tour and cooking class in Ho Chi Minh City
Select vegetables and spices at Ben Thanh Market
Create delicious Siagonese dishes, including appetizer, salad or soup, main course and dessert with an expert local chef!
Learn about Vietnamese culture and its culinary heritage
Dine on a scrumptious meal with like-minded cuisine lovers
Small-group tour limited to 20 people ensures a personalized experience with your guide

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What To Expect

Your Ho Chi Minh food experience kicks off with pickup from your city hotel. Follow an expert guide through the famous Ben Thanh Market, where you'll wander past eclectic stalls filled with clothing and souvenirs like a local. Learn about the fresh ingredients and aromatic herbs essential in this popular cuisine as you talk with local produce sellers. Your guide will share stories about this historic destination, which is the oldest surviving market of its kind in Vietnam's most populated city. Leave the market and head to the Vietnam Cookery Center for a real-life lesson in Vietnamese cuisine. You'll have access to traditional equipment, expert chefs and fresh ingredients that are essential to producing the nation's most popular dishes. The small-group cooking class offers up plenty of time and space for interacting with new friends and the professional chef will show you how to prepare papaya salad, chicken curry and coconut-centric dishes.Once you've stepped away from the stove, sit alongside your fellow classmates and enjoy the final product. With a new 4-course meal prepared every day of the week, no two classes are ever alike. Once your belly is full head back to your hotel with a new understanding of Vietnamese culture, cooking and this flavorful cuisine.ItinerarySample Menu:Monday:Lotus stem salad with pork and prawnsSoup with pineapple and shrimpBraised chicken with gingerFried rice with eggDessert: Yoghurt fruitTuesday:Fresh salad rollsSour soup with prawnCaramel fish in clay potSteamed rice with pandan leafDessert: Juicy agarWednesday:Fish spring rollsPapaya salad with pork and prawnsVietnamese chicken curryDessert: Juicy agarThursday:Spring rollsSour clam soup with dillCaramel pork in clay potSteamed rice in coconut juiceDessert: Sauteed banana soup in coconut milkFriday:Banana blossom salad with pork and shrimpTomato soup with eggBraised chicken with curry powder and lemongrassSteamed rice with gingerDessert: Sweet white bean in coconut milkSaturday and Sunday:Chicken noodlesVegetable salad with pork and shrimpVietnamese grilled pork ribSteamed broken riceDessert: Juicy agar

Ho Chi Minh Food Experience: Vietnamese Cooking Class and Market Tour

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