Hanoi Cooking Class

Our guide will pick you up in your hotel or meet up in some agreed middle point. The class lasts 3 hours, starting with the market trip. The guide will bring you to a traditional market and tell you about the main ingredients in Vietnamese cuisine, so you can have a clearer overview about Vietnamese food and an insight into Vietnamese herbs and spices ( herbs and spices are important in Asian dishes). You will get to know some key useful Vietnamese words to buy and bargain the necessary ingredients yourself , which is very useful for you to bargain anything you want to buy afterward in your Vietnam trip.

After buying the necessary ingredients for the class you choose, you will come back to our class kitchen and listen to the dishes’ principles and general methods, then watch how the guide prepare the foods. After that you can cook yourself and enjoy your Masterpiece!!! With Apron Up Cooking Class, you can really get your hands on the cooking. You will buy & bargain your own ingredients and make everything from the scratch. Enroll in this class, you are guaranteed to have unforgetable experience while in Vietnam, and confidient to treat your beloved family and friends with the mesmerising Viet dishes when you come back.

Our Sample Menu with the 4 iconic dishes that almost everybody would like to try in Hanoi (More dishes or Vegan/Vegetarian are available):

1. Nộm Hoa Chuối/Banana Flower Salad:

A special appetizer from fresh Banana flowers, vegetables, and herbs.

2. Bún Chả/ Obama Noodles - BBQ (Pork) with Dipping Sauce:

Sweet and sour dipping sauce with flavorsome marinated pork, Chef Anthony Bourdain and the Former President of the USA - Mr. Barack Obama enjoyed them!

3. Nem/ Vietnamese Fried Spring-rolls:

Nem and Bun Cha will be the best combination for you to feel the sound of crispy rolls and taste the full flavor of fresh meat or tofu, mushrooms, vegetables dipped in sweet and sour sauce.

4. Cafe Trứng/ Egg Coffee (or Chocolate):

Egg yolks, condensed milk, honey - altogether in creamy custard floating on Vietnamese black coffee/ chocolate. (or another dessert for vegan)

Please specify any special requests/ food allergies/ dietary restrictions so that we can adjust an appropriate menu. Some other Vietnamese dishes can be customized in the menu: Pho (Vietnamese noodle soup; Chả cá (Grilled fish with dill and onion); Banh xeo (Vietnamese rice pancake); Green Mango/Green Papaya salad (Seasonal)...