Private Vietnamese Cooking Class in Hanoi with a Local
Description
Enjoy a private meal and hands-on cooking lesson with a local. Friendly, curious, exuberant Maia welcomes you in her kitchen and will introduce you to her style of Vietnamese home cooking. Maia is a social butterfly who loves to share her culture and cuisine with visitors. She runs a travel agency and will offer recommendations for places to explore - and eat! - in Hanoi.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- When Maia is not available, an equally trusted team member hosts on her behalf.
- Please note that unlike a typical Traveling Spoon experience that takes place in a host's home, this experience takes place in your host's restaurant. While there may be other people present, your experience with Maia will remain private.
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking. If any travelers in your party have any allergies or dietary restrictions, please advise at time of booking.
Reviews(4)
Food was exceptional and easy to replicate at home. Hang and Hong were warm, welcoming and good teachers. We learned a lot about the local culture as the whole family was there. Location was good, in the center of Hanoi. This is our 4th Traveling Spoon event cooking with local chefs in four countries. Each was wonderful and each was unique, not only in the food prepared but the ambiance and approach. We head to our fifth shortly.
Hang and Hong were amazing!!! SUch a fun afternoon and evening. Amazing family and loved the cooking class. The food was incredible and our hosts were so nice and kind and warm.
Maia was a lovely host! She met us exactly where she specified, hopped into our cab to get to the market, and was very knowledgeable about showing us around. The cooking class experience in her home was lovely - her home was very clean and a great space for doing some cooking. Maia was great at letting us help with the process, explaining the dishes, and telling us about Hanoi and Vietnam. The one thing I'd say is that I was really looking forward to the market tour, but unfortunately the market isn't really open at night. There were a few open stalls, but most everything closes after the morning. I wish there had been a notification about this, as I might have changed our plans to a different tour time.
Maia has a bubbling witty personality and this energy adds greatly to the experience. I have done an individual course with her two years ago which was absolutely wonderful - she took me to her local market, then put me to work as we made various dishes including Hanoi spring rolls (I rolled about 60!! - great practice for home), pork with quails egg, several vegetable dishes and a soup. This year I brought 8 tour members with me to her home. This was Maia;s first big group and that was evident. The food was delicious but we did not do as much hands-on cooking as my friens would have liked. I talked to Maia baout this afterwards and she will learn from this and improve things, I know that for sure. My advice; talk through the details of the class with her ahead of time if you are in a large group (more than 4) and then TRUST HER to come through......In my experience she always does!
