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Hoi An Home Cooking Class: Authentic Experience in Vietnamese Cuisine and Culture
5.0
32 Ratings
Thành phố Hội An
Craving for a genuine encounter with a radical new culture?
My Grandma’s Home Cooking Class delivers the perfect setting and a whole lot more!
Indulge in an awe-inspiring journey of cultural literacy, while being ensconced in a genuinely local, familial atmosphere—seasoned by the enticing tastes of Vietnamese cuisine!
Craving for a genuine encounter with a radical new culture?
My Grandma’s Home Cooking Class delivers the perfect setting and a whole lot more!
Indulge in an awe-inspiring journey of cultural literacy, while being ensconced in a genuinely local, familial atmosphere—seasoned by the enticing tastes of Vietnamese cuisine!
Duration:
5 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Hội An - We will nicely embark by boat ( about 35 minutes trip) to join my family’s village on a small and beautiful island on the peaceful river delta of Hoi An.
Upon your arrival, you will be served a fresh and delicious fruit juice, a typical Vietnamese fruit-based drink. While you enjoy your tasty drink, It will be the opportunity to learn…
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Hội An - We will nicely embark by boat ( about 35 minutes trip) to join my family’s village on a small and beautiful island on the peaceful river delta of Hoi An.
Upon your arrival, you will be served a fresh and delicious fruit juice, a typical Vietnamese fruit-based drink. While you enjoy your tasty drink, It will be the opportunity to learn about the Vietnamese countryside life and meet Grandma.
From here, we will go to my family’s home where you will begin your cooking lesson. Learn how the rice paper, used in the flavorful fried eggroll is prepared and how to prepare several typical succulent dishes of this authentic region:
-Banh Xeo (small rice flour crepes) a specialty of Hoi An.
-Grilled, marinated pork brochettes with a special sauce.
-Green papaya salad
-Fish prepared according to a local recipe.
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Vegetarian menu on request: Banh Xeo, Eggplant grilled, Green papaya salad, Mushroom, and tofu clay pot.
Once this tasty meal has been prepared, we will enjoy the meal in my grandmother’s garden. You will also be served pumpkin soup and “Xí Mà“ a delicious dessert (black sesame pudding).
We will return to Hoi An by boat.
What's Included
- Boat trip
- Bottled water
- Recipes book
- Lunch
- Welcome drink
- Boat trip
- Bottled water
- Recipes book
- Lunch
- Welcome drink
What's Not Included
- Insurance
- Insurance
Additional Information
- 12 persons max
- Departure: 9:30 am Return: 3:00 pm
- 12 persons max
- Departure: 9:30 am Return: 3:00 pm
Location
61 Ngô Quyền
Ngô Quyền
The meeting point is at the agency Heaven & Earth Bicycle Tour, you will find signs on the right side of the street.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(32 Ratings)
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863billd
Sep 24, 2024
Got to luv Grandma’s cooking - Marvelous experience with Thom, a truly delightful guide who led Dee and I through a wonderful menu of Vietnamese dishes. Great personality intelligent courteous and full of information. Very rarely have we felt so relaxed and welcomed into the environment. The recipes are great too, fresh, hot and spicy depending on your taste. Great way to spend day.
PS. Go easy on the hotel breakfast.
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Passport35161134640
Sep 17, 2024
cooking class with Thom - We had a cooking class day with 4 vrieden. Thom was our Guide and gave the cooking class in a fun way. Anyone can follow and make this well. The food was delicious and we got the recipes with us. Beautiful experience when you are in HoiAnn
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Pennypr5049rt
Sep 7, 2024
A fabulous day - we loved it! - This was one of the best things we did in Vietnam. We were a group of three families (8 kids aged 7-13) and everyone enjoyed the day - from the boat ride, to the education about traditional village life and cooking methods, to the delicious food and fun and easy cooking. I would highly recommend this for your group.
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Goplaces618040
Sep 3, 2024
Authentic cooking class - We had the most amazing time at the cooking class. Thom was so wonderful with how she taught communicated with each and every one of use there. She made us feel like one of her family the whole time we were with her. I cannot recommend her and the class highly enough. A must do if you are in Hoi An.
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B6995mmkellym
Aug 30, 2024
Great day out beautiful food and location - We all had an amazing experience at the cooking school. The boat ride was really relaxing. The school was very clean and beautiful we all cooked and they did well to cater for my son who is allergic to seafood with his own substitute. the food was delicious and will definitely be cooking it at home. Highly recommend was a great day out.
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670joanneh
Aug 25, 2024
A great cooking school to experience authentic Vietnamese food - What a great experience! Thom was our guide, the grand daughter of Grandma’s home cooking class. After enjoying a boat ride of around 40 minutes we arrived at the small village of 400 people . We went to Grandmas house which has been converted into the cooking school. The dishes we made were all delicious. So clean with gloves to mix the food with, lovely clean area to wash hands and able to purchase cold drinks to have while cooking. So much delicious food, you will not be disappointed and a very authentic experience. You get a recipe book to take home so you can prepare these dishes yourself. Do not have breakfast before you go !!! Great value for money and would recommend. Thom’s English was perfect and she told us about the history of her grandma and was very entertaining during the cooking experience.
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Caarianna
Aug 21, 2024
Authentic and beautiful experience - The experience was very positive and authentic: the dishes cooked were delicious and the girl who showed us the preparations was clear and available to answer our questions. It was a very nice morning
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Chiliman99
Jul 20, 2024
A wonderful Vietnamese cooking experience - This was a fantastic authentic Vietnamese cooking experience. A half hour boat ride to a quaint village at Grandmas house. Mrs Thom certainly did her Grandma proud!
We were shown 4 different dishes to prepare and were thoroughly explained the origins, process and methods of cooking.
Couldn’t be more happy with this experience and highly recommend it to everyone.
Thank you Mrs Thom 🙏🙏
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Fw5h6hm8rc
Jul 20, 2024
Just do it! No gimmicks, great food. - Absolutely delighted with our choice to go with Grandma’s.
All I wanted was genuine Vietnamese cuisine and to avoid any touristy gimmicks and this is exactly that. We started off on a relaxing boat ride to the island where Grandma’s house is located.
Thom (who was a fantastic host) gave us a bit of history on the island, the family, old techniques for processing rice and creating rice milk and rice paper.
Then we started cooking. Everything was fresh and tasted amazing. I won’t spoil anything but there was plenty variety.
One bit of advice is maybe don’t have breakfast before the class, they didn’t skimp on the food. Fantastic experience.
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Ben
Jul 12, 2024
Top activity in Hoi An - If you are looking for an authentic small group cooking course this is a MUST DO in Hoi An. After a short boat trip you will be away from the hustle and bustle of the city and end up with the family of Thom. Super friendly and nice hostess who shares other tips for your visit in Hoi An. You really get your money's worth! You cook delicious small dishes and get to know new flavor combinations. If you like cooking you can also buy the products (sauces, powders) at correct prices...
Delicious activity to do!
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