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Authentic Vietnamese cooking in Ho Chi Minh City

All amenities

Family Friendly
Vegetarian friendly
Vietnamese, English
Apartment
Has animals
Cooking demonstration
professional cook
Market Tour
5+ hours
Min 1, max 6 guests
Start times: 9:00am, 4:00pm
Tam will take you to a local market after you meet her at home, to show you the various fresh, seasonal ingredients used in Vietnamese cooking.
Cooking Experience
3 - 4 hours
Min 1, max 6 guests
Start times: 9:30am, 5:00pm
Immerse yourself in Vietnamese culture with this authentic cooking class in Ho Chi Minh City in a local’s home. Learn to prepare traditional dishes using fresh ingredients and family recipes in a warm, inviting setting. During your hands-on Ho Chi Minh City cooking class, you will join Tam in her home kitchen to learn how to make two dishes from scratch. Tam will first introduce you to a variety of local and seasonal ingredients used in Vietnamese cuisine and then show you have to create simple, healthy and delightful dishes with these traditional ingredients. You will also help her plate these dishes before you sit down to eat together. The cooking portion of your experience will last about an hour.
Meal
1.5 - 2 hours
Min 1, max 6 guests
Start times: 12:00pm, 7:00pm
Tam lives in a small, modern apartment in Nha Be, a suburban district of Ho Chi Minh City. She lives with a well behaved, friendly and loving dog. Tam has no dining table but you will sit at a high table in her kitchen and share an authentic Vietnamese meal together. Some of dishes that you may try are tofu sticks or spring rolls, pumpkin soup, fish stew with rice and beans, beef noodles and Greek yogurt with magic green jelly.
Notes
Your host Tam can prepare vegetarian, vegan and halal meals on request. Please let her know your preference when booking your experience.

Sample menu

This is just a sample menu to give you an idea of the types of dishes the host cooks. Your menu will vary according to seasonal availability.

  • Fresh or deep fried spring rolls
  • Crab and asparagus soup or Pumpkin soup or Pho or Purple shrimp soup
  • Lotus salad with shrimps
  • Broken rice with roasted chicken or beef or Fish in clay pot (slow cooked) or Fried rice with seafood or chicken
  • Magic jelly with ginger syrup

More about Tam

Tam learned to cook mostly on her own, but also picked up a few key cooking skills from her mother at a very young age. She later studied baking at Sofitel and owned a bakery, giving her professional experience in the kitchen. Tam feels truly relaxed in the kitchen and finds herself most happy when she is cooking. She also enjoys gardening and grows herbs and plants in her garden space. Tam currently runs her own online catering business and loves that she gets to cook every day and is able to put a smile on people's faces when they try her food!

What others are saying

"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!"
Sara and Nick
Jun 21, 2025
"Tam was a great cook and teacher and made us feel so welcome in her lovely home. I learned to cook quite a few dishes and feel I made a friend too!"
Lisa
Jun 21, 2025
"Tam made us feel so welcome in her home and showed us how to make quite a few very authentic and delicious dishes. She was wonderful to talk with and not only did we learn how to cook, I feel like we made a new friend!"
Pat
Feb 02, 2024
"The food class was exceptional, the best way to learn authentic Vietnamese food. Great atmosphere. so welcoming. I strongly recommend!"
Stefan_R
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Cancellation

  • No worries booking: free cancellation within 24 hours of booking.
  • Cancel anytime up to 48 hours before your experience for a full refund minus service fees.
  • If your experience is cancelled within 48 hours of your experience, no refund is provided.

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