Cooking class, market tour and basket boat tour

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Hoi An, Vietnam

4 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Instead of just eating Vietnamese food, learn to create local specialties during a cooking class in Hoi An, a hands-on cultural experience that’s ideal for first-time visitors. You’ll be able to choose between a morning or afternoon departure time, and benefit from the insider knowledge of your guide as you explore a local market and make dishes such as crispy Vietnamese pancakes and noodle soup. Hotel pickup is included for added convenience.

Master the art of Vietnamese cuisine during a cooking class
Row a basket boat through Cam Thanh village
Learn about local culture as you explore a market to pick your ingredients
Hotel pickup included for easy access to the tour location

Sample Menu

Main

Goi Cuon

Fresh rice paper salad rolls with pork and shrimp with a tangy peanut hoisin dipping sauce

Main

Pho Bo (cooked Ha Noi style)

Beef rice noodle soup infused with beef bones, cinnamon, ginger, and star anise

Main

Mi Xao Hai San

Fried noodles with seafood containing mustard green and either prawn, squid, or beef)

Main

Banh Xeo

Crispy Vietnamese crepes filled with pork and shrimp, bean sprouts, and green onion. Served with lettuce leaves, fresh herbs, and nuoc cham

What's Included

Local guide
All activities
Hotel pickup
Lunch/ Dinner

Lunar New Year holiday 26 Jan - 3 Feb : 100,000 vnd/ 1 pax
Renaissance Hoi An Resort & Spa, hotels near An Bang Beach area : 50,000 vnd/ 1 way

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

Free hotel pick up is not available for the following hotels: An bang beach. Please make your own way to the meet up location instead

What To Expect

Bay Mau Coconut Forest

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Infants must sit on laps

Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Featured review

Kerrie_H

Such a well organised experience with our tour guide and chef Trang. She made the whole shopping in the local market for ingredients and the cooking experience so much fun. The venue for the cooking class is awesome, set on stilts in the middle of a river jungle, reached by little coracle boats. After instruction from Trang, we cooked four dishes which were all delicious. After finishing our class we were given complimentary cooking chop sticks and the recipes were emailed over to us. We can’t wait to try out our new found skills back at home! The whole experience was such good value and there was nothing that we didn’t enjoy.

Reviews

4.7

based on 23 reviews

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A fantastic experience.

Kerrie_H, Mar 2024

Absolutely fantastic

Sarah_M, Nov 2023

We loved this tour and cooking class, it was fantastic. Lee's expert tuition was patient and lots of fun, not to mention creating delicious dishes!

Convinient that we could...

Jiin_L, Apr 2023

Convinient that we could do three activities in one program. Overall good and cooking was fun but it would have been better if the explanation part was shorter. The guide told us so many alternative ingredients and cooking methods but usually tourists come to enjoy the cooking not to really learn it to cook it when we go home. We totally understand she was doing her best and appreciate it but the weather was so hot and humid so one of the participants got really upset, started screaming and using swear words. On the way back, the crazy lady screamed at the driver, stopped the car, and disappeared in the middle of nowhere. The guide followed her. I know it just was a bad luck for us but it could have been better if we were told what happened after that since we all experienced it together, the experience was ruined, so... I guess people there deserved to know what happened but didn't hear from the guide since then.

Great experience with Hon and company.

Jonathan_B, Apr 2023

Hon was fantastic. He was very knowledgeable, friendly and warm. His cooking instruction was clear and easy to follow. The menu was simple but delicious. The boat tour was fantastically clever and unexpected. The food was excellent and the market trip was very informative. We loved the entire thing. And after, we didn’t have room for dinner. You will eat a lot and enjoy the meals along the way.

Cooking with Trang

Debra_B, Nov 2022

trang was a excellent guide and the whole experience was fantastic. The food we cooked was delicious and easy to follow instructions. Market was interesting and educational. The basket ride was lots of fun.

Wonderful experience

baghdadlian, Nov 2019

I was picked up at my hotel and we were all gathered at the market. Since it was raining they gave us rain jackets. the tour guide at the market bought the things we needed for our class. Then we got on the motor boat for a 45 minute ride and got to our destination. We all got into basket boat tour 2 people per basket and it was fun. then took us to our cooking class where we made 4 different meals...vietnamese rolls, then banh xeo, then noodles and vegetables and finally Pho Beef. we enjoyed it very much then we were all taken back to our hotels.

Interesting and well organised

Helen_M, Apr 2019

A fun few hours. Just as advertised. Wasn’t that keen on the basket boat part when they thought we might want to sing karaoke, rather than peacefully enjoy the ride. Despite that, it was all great. Lots of great food to eat at the end and we learnt a lot about Vietnamese cooking and food. Recommended.