Luang Prabang Cuisine & Culture: The Hungry Tuk Tuk
Description
Explore Luang Prabang and get your taste buds going by trying local street food and visiting food manufacturing places not seen by tourists. The walking and cycling is easy, takes only a half day, and was designed to allow you to safely try different local foods and discover places you wouldn’t otherwise go and have some fun along the way.
Tour Options
Itinerary
HALF-DAY FOOD AND FUN BIKING TOUR (option biking): We meet at the meeting point and Bike Shop on the main street opposite the fountain to meet your guide who will walk with you to the nearby morning market, where locals from the countryside around Luang Prabang sell their goods. You will discover different meats, fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices. Some of them might be unknown to you and your guide will explain how they are used in Lao kitchen. We will sample a few local delicacies as well. We then walk to the most famous Lao coffee shop where we can sit by the Mekong River enjoying coffee and a local Lao pastry (Khanom).
Option Walking Tour: We walk a short way and we sit at a local restaurant and try a variety of food including Neam Khao (a rice noodle crepe, filled with minced meat and mushrooms and assorted herbs. It is cut in little pieces and comes with a dipping sauce containing minced nuts, lemon, chili, coriander and sweet fish sauce) and Khao Piak Khao (a local rice soup, that is usually eaten in the morning, slowly cooked with pork meat and meat broth, rounded with crushed black pepper and chopped coriander. Depending on your taste, an egg and / or fresh chili can be added to this meal).
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
Reviews(10)
Excellent fun with our guide, Ken, today. Tasty Laotian food and a visit to a paper craft workshop where we got to make our own masterpiece!
Memorable! Tommy, our guide was keen to share his love of Luang Prabang with us. He was so friendly and knew so much. He made a very interesting day quite delightful. We cycled rather than taking a TukTuk, it was a great way to see the city. I would highly recommend this trip and Tommy. Thank you.
A great day out cycling around Luang Prabang with Tommy. He was a great guide for us and a charming man. It was a fun day to remember.
Great experience, excellent guide who was very relaxed and friendly. Really interesting insight into foods and recipes as well as local crafts. Lovely way to see a bit of Luang Prabang
A great experience, excellent guide and really interesting stops. Highly recommended. Got a real flavour of Luang Prabang
Loved being taken through the morning market. We did request to use a tuc tuc, which made It much easier to get around. Tried many different foods through the city.
A really good trip with Ken who walked us through the morning market before getting on our bikes to visit food stalls and eat local delicacies. We also cycled out to a local craft village crossing the river twice with some spectacular views. Thanks, Ken and best wishes.
Exactly what it says on the tin. Lots of local food and stalls. We had a really good guide and the cycling in the busy streets was a nice way of seeing the area. Would highly recommend if you want an authentic insite into Laos cuisine and life. 🇱🇦
Myself and my friends really enjoyed this tour with our guide Oun. Oun had really good English and was very interested in showing us and giving us local foods which we really appreciated. We went playing baton which was great fun, my friends and I showed our competitive side! We cycled out of Luang Prabang to a local village and saw how people made saa paper and wood carving. Very enjoyable
