



by Happy Tour
This 5-hour food and culinary tour in Hoi An includes a boat basket ride through rural areas. Participants visit a local market to buy fresh ingredients, then return to a local home to prepare a traditional Vietnamese meal. An English-speaking guide leads the tour. Ingredients for the cooking class and a recipe book are provided. The tour includes hotel pickup and drop-off within Hoi An city. Drinks such as beer, juice, and soft drinks are not included. A local meal, either lunch or dinner, is served as part of the experience. A vegetarian option is available if requested at booking.
Market and Bamboo Boat Experience
At 8:30/14:30, pick up is from the meeting point or hotel in Hoi An center. At 8:50/14:50, the guide leads to a local market to show ingredients and aspects of everyday local life. At 9:30/15:30, participants board bamboo basket boats to navigate small channels into a water coconut forest, learn to row the boats, catch purple crabs with local fishermen, make souvenirs from palm leaves, and watch a basket boat dancing show. At 10:30/16:30, they refresh with cold water and take part in a cooking class taught by a local chef, learning traditional Vietnamese cooking techniques. After the lesson, they eat the dishes they prepared. Return to the hotel or meeting point is at 13:30/19:30. A vegetarian choice is available and adaptable. The cooking class menu includes rice milk called Sua gao, rice pancakes known as Banh xeo, spring rolls or Cha gio, papaya salad named Goi du du, and fried chicken with lemongrass referred to as Ga chien. The menu may vary slightly but will always feature local dishes.
300 min