Authentic Cooking Class in Hanoi with a Vietnamese Grandmother
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Enjoy a small group meal and cooking demonstration in a local Hanoi home in the heart of the Old Quarter. Experience authentic Vietnamese life and cuisine with your warm and wonderful hosts as you cook together and dine on family recipes passed down through generations. Truly an off-the-eaten path experience you won't want to miss.
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- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- If any travelers in your party have any dietary requests or allergies, please advise at time of booking - vegetarian options are available.
- Hong’s street becomes a walking street after 7:00pm every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. On these days there are often musical performances in the street that last from 8:00-10:00pm and can be seen from her window and balcony.
- Please note, this experience is in a real home, not a cooking studio. While there will be some hands-on preparation, each individual will not have their own cooking station. This experience is meant to be a visit into a local home to meet a local person and share culture and cuisine together.
Reviews(12)
Wonderful guide very humorous tour of the food market boat trip and late cooking wow
This was an exceptionally wonderful experience. Hang is absolutely delightful. The trip through the market was fun and interesting. She gave us each a basket to carry and filled it up with lots of fresh ingredients, while stopping to explain if we had questions. When my daughter said she loved passion fruit, Hang added some to our basket, and took them home to make us a drink with them. She explained every step of each recipe that we prepared in her immaculate home kitchen, as well as sharing family anecdotes. Her daughter came in to help at the end. We sat down to a delicious meal! Highly recommend this!
Great experience! The dishes we cooked together were delicious and the teacher was very nice and informative! I also recommend doing the market tour
Dear guest, Thank you so much for your kind review! We're thrilled to hear you enjoyed the delicious dishes and had a great time cooking with our wonderful host. We're especially glad you found the market tour worthwhile - it's such a special way to experience local life in Hanoi. I personally vetted Hang and Hong's experience and it was one of my most memorable experiences in Vietnam. The cha ca we made together is one of my favorite food memories. We hope to welcome you back for more culinary adventures in the future! Warm regards, Aashi
Brilliant experience, really wonderful to spend time in a Vietnamese home and then more about family life and culture, as well as get some great Cooking tits. A highlight of our time in Hanoi.
I eat a lot of Vietnamese food so I had high expectations for this class, my friends and I loved it! One friend is vegetarian and Hong was able to come up with a great vegetarian substitute to include him. Would definitely recommend this experience if you are a food aficionado.
It is always a great way to experience a city and it’s culture when you are able to go into someone’s home and learn to cool with them This is a great event hosted by a lovely mother and daughter, the food was the tastiest we have eaten in vietnam
Myself, husband, brother and his partner visited Hang in her home a few nights ago to learn to cook Vietnamese food. Their home is in the old quarter steps away from beer corner very easy to find. We felt very welcome by all of Hangs family. We sat down to refreshing Vietnamese drinks and Hang explained to us how they were made. We then started preparing our meal. We made spring rolls, salad, grilled fish. It was all very hands on and fun to learn. We then sat down to a beer and dinner. It was delicious, I especially loved the grilled fish. Hangs mum helped us cook the food also she was very knowledgeable. It was great to meet them all, we had a great night. We look forward to trying to cook the foods again.
On the morning of my last day in Hanoi (while on a business trip), I visited Hang in her home in the Old Quarter. We walked to the nearby market and she generously answered my many questions. I saw some silkworms that I was curious about and she kindly bought some for us to cook. Back at her house, we prepared many delicious dishes and talked about a wide variety of topics. She's incredibly warm and kind and great to talk with. This class is a great way to get a new perspective on Vietnam and to meet wonderful people!
Thank you so much Maia for a wonderful cooking class. It started with a tour of the local market before returning to Maia's home for a cooking class. My 11 and 9 year old sons got right into the food preparation. It was particularly nice to feel like you made a real connection with life in Vietnam - which is hard to do sometimes as a tourist. We all felt it was a highlight of our trip. Thank you again, Maia!
We had a lovely evening with Hang and Hong in their home in the Old Quarter. We were treated like friends at a dinner party while learning to make 3 local dishes. We so enjoyed learning about them and their family and seeing the Old Quarter from a new perspective. Great experience!
