Cooking Class Tour – Half Day
Itinerary:
Morning pick up at your hotel, then transfer you to Mrs Anh Tuyet’s house in Ma May street where you will begin your half day cooking journey with her. First of all, you will go to Hang Be market which is a typical market in Hanoi. Foods here are carefully selected by sellers from the first stage. All kinds of vegetable are fresh. You can see fish, shrimps swimming in the basins, choose foods as ingredient and be explained to what the key for a good dish is. Hanoi is famous for different kinds of spices thanks to its four season climate. You will be shown different kinds of mint vegetable, coriander and learn how to distinguish them by smelling.
9:30 am back to the ancient house for an instruction on preliminary treatment and soaking. Then practice on actual cooking. You will be instructed to cook the dishes you choose. After the cooking, you will be able to taste the steaming hot dishes made by you and feel happy to achievements. Desserts served are traditional ones of Hanoi.
For examples, sweetened porridge made of lotus seeds covered by longan and scented with jasmine, sweetened porridge of litchi scented with jasmine, or lotus-scented green tea and sugar coated lotus seeds, etc. Each season has its own special dishes (which can not be found in any kind of hotels).
Finally, you will clean your hands with herb-scented water in antique copper basin on nacred terracotta. Pure water is stored in glazed terra-cotta jar before being scented with herbs.
At the end of the meal, the owner of the house will talk with you, introduce about herself, about the house, the ancient quarters and traditional dishes of the original Hanoians.

COOKERY PROGRAM
With three dishes as followed:
- Filleted mullet
- Fried fish
- Grilled chopped beef with butter and garlic.
Here is an example, you can change this menu with other dishes recommended by Mrs Anh Tuyet.
Included:
- Transfer from/to your hotel
- Tour guide
- Lunch at Mrs Anh Tuyet’s house.
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