Lan Anh is warm and friendly and genuinely wants to share her passion for food with others. She answered every question we threw at her with excitement and a sense that she wanted to share everything she knew. She was like our adopted Vietnamese mom who wanted to pass on her excitement for Vietnamese food.
Friendly people with good grasp of English. Chi cooked a variety of local dishes that were very tasty and accommodating to our food restrictions (allergies). She, her husband, and her friend happily spoke to us about living in Saigon, the local customs, and the cuisine.
Meet Son at his apartment and then you will drive together to Pham The Hien wet market. It’s a buzzing indoor and outdoor market, you will come across vendors selling fresh produce, clothing, household items and street food. Walk through this local market with Son, while learning about the ingredients, their source and how it is used in Vietnamese cooking. You will also get to interact with Son's favorite vendors while buying ingredients for your cooking class. After an hour, return to Son’s apartment to cook and eat an authentic Vietnamese meal together.
Lua’s Kitchen was an absolutely delightful and colorful cooking experience. With fresh fruits and veggies laid out on the table when we entered, I knew it was going to be a delicious and healthy meal. I enjoyed that Lua had a few different selections of rice paper to try out different spring roll options. She was such a great host, offering great conversation and delicious Vietnamese coffee. It was a pleasure to spend the evening learning from Lua, and sampling all the different foods.
Our Traveling Spoon experience with Tam was delightful. She was very friendly, as were her 3 dogs, which we loved being able to pet and cuddle while we sat and chatted with Tam. We enjoyed great conversations with Tam about Vietnam, and her world travels too. She is definitely a great conversationalist. Tam was clearly a talented cook, and explained all the dishes so well, and created some mouthwatering food. We were blown away. I am not much of a fish eater, but everything we ate was delicious. I think my favourite experience was Tam showing us how green leaves and water can be squished and made into jelly. It was almost like a magic trick with food. It was also surprising how tasty it was when we ate some for dessert. Tam’s Kitchen was a great experience and highly recommend to anyone looking for a good meal in Vietnam!
