We offer two classes: Morning class at 9.am and afternoon class at 3.pm

09.00: You will be pick up at your hotel and take a ciclo tour to Hang Da market (or 19/12 market) with the chef. You will be fascinated with every step by the color, noise and the smells of the foods.
Stroll around to visit distinct food sections with their variety of herbs, vegetables, meat and sea food which brings you very close to the simple life. It is very interesting to see and to learn how a local woman chooses and buys the best quality of the fresh food from numerous food stalls in the market.
With a rattan hand basket, your job is to buy some herbs and spices for the cooking class (Herbs and spices are a very important part of authentic Vietnamese food)

9.15: Go to Old Hanoi restaurant at No. 5 Tong Duy Tan Street which is the food center of the Old Quarter. Raw food bought from the market will be washed and prepared quickly in the kitchen. Cooking methods and utensils will be placed properly on each table.
 

You will prepare and cook by yourself under the instruction of the chef from the beginning to the end, learning how to marinate and to spice will be the most crucial lesson. You will also enjoy decorating dishes with carrot flowers, lemon grass stems, banana leaves and curved chili.
The authentic magical sauce mixed from fish sauce, water, sugar, lime, chili, garlic and herbs is very easy to make.
12.00: Have lunch with what you have cooked
(Very big portion)
The chef will taste and give a reward to the best dish
13.00: After lunch, a little gift and all of the recipes from the cooking class will be given to you as you leave.
 

Option 1:
• Nem Cua Ran Old Hanoi (Fried old Hanoi spring rolls with crab)
• Cha Ca Hanoi (Grilled fish Hanoi style)
• Com Nau Tom Kieu Cung Dinh (Rice cooked with shrimp, royal style)
• Che Khoai Lang Nau Gung (Sweet potato with ginger pudding)

Option 2:
• Nem Cuon Tom Thit (Fresh spring rolls with shrimp and meat)
• Ga Nuong la Chanh (Grilled chicken on skewers with lemon leaf)
• Ca boc la sen hap sot me (Steamed fish wrapped in lotus leaf with tamarind juice)
• Che long Nhan (Dry long gan pudding)

Price: 22 USD ( 350.000 VND) /PERSON (Or without going to market : 16,6 USD= 250,000 VND) FOR 0NE STARTER, TWO MAINCOUSES AND ONE DESSERT

Your lesson with Old Hanoi cooking class is guaranteed to be educational and memorable. You will go home happy with a high confidence to be able to set an elaborate dinner party for your friends and families back home.
 

Nguyen Thuong Quan – Old Hanoi Restaurants
Old Quarter Hanoi - Vietnam - 106 Ma May - * Tel/Fax: +848 824 52 51
Seafood house Restaurant - 45A Truc Bach - Tell: 04 7125 2618 * Fax: 04 7152617
Mobile: +84913 55 90 96 * Email: info@hanoi-cooking.com; booking@hanoi-cooking.com