Hoi An Half Day Cooking Tour With Market Visit

We start the day (8.15am) with a welcome drink at Hai Café
(98 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Hoi An Ancient Town, Tel: 3863210) – our meeting point.

Visit Hoi An’s colourful market, and experience the amazing sights, sounds and aromas of this busy market. We will have the opportunity to interact with the local sellers and learn about all the ingredients to be used in the cooking lesson later.

We board the Red Bridge boat for a leisurely cruise (25 minutes) along the Hoi An River to the Red Bridge Cooking School. This is a chance to view local river life, so make sure your camera is handy.

On arrival, we explore the cooking school’s herb garden, before learning about some of Hoi An’s and Vietnam’s well-known dishes. The cooking lesson runs for about 2 hours – the Red Bridge chefs first demonstrate each dish before we prepare the same dish ourselves. Included in the class is a brief introduction to Vietnamese food carving (plate decoration). After the lesson, we sit down and eat what we have cooked.

Bring your swimsuit and after the Hoi An cooking tour has finished relax and enjoy free use of our 20 metre swimming pool - towels and showers provided.

Recipes

• Rice paper (making)
• Fresh Rice Paper Rolls of Shrimp
• Crispy Hoi An Pancakes with Shrimp, Herbs, Bean Sprouts & a Peanut Sauce
• Seafood Salad with Tra Que herbs
• Quang Nam Style Freshly made Noodles with Chicken
• Food Decoration - Tomato Rose & Vietnamese Hand Fan

Vegetarians are provided with replacement ingredients.

Lunch includes the above dishes as well as:
BBQ lemongrass beef with local herbs, lettuce & mustard leaf wraps (not included in the demonstration).