Chef Vu Cooking Class Plus Market Trip in Saigon Center (Pick up by Cyclo)

Name: Chef Vu Cooking Class Plus Market Trip in Saigon Center (Pick up by Cyclo)
Brand: Chef Vu Cooking Class
SKU: 63805P2
Price: 46.00 USD
Rating: 5.0 (417 reviews)

Badge of ExcellenceHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Chef Vu cooking class plus Cyclo trip in Saigon center

From $46.00

Select Date and Travelers

up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)

4 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

There’s no better way to learn about Vietnamese cuisine than a cooking class. And Cyclo Resto’s cooking course doesn’t just include a feast of fantastic food but a ride on the classic Vietnamese “cyclo” and a shopping trip to Ben Thanh Market. Choose from different menus for the class, then savor the results followed by an egg coffee for dessert.

Enjoy a hands-on class in Vietnamese food from the chefs at Cyclo Resto
Learn about Vietnamese ingredients as you shop at Ben Thanh Market
Feast on various dishes plus egg coffee for dessert
Explore the city by “cyclo” pedal-powered rickshaw

Sample Menu

Dessert

Egg coffee

Main

Pancake

Starter

Fried Spring rolls

Main

Chicken noodles soup

Main

Papaya salad

What's Included

Visit Ben Thanh market
English speaking tour guide
Cooking ingredients
Chef`s direction, recipes
Mineral water, the best ice-cream in Saigon
Lunch
Pick up service by cyclo(hotels located within district 1 and 3 area)
30-minute cyclo trip
Certificates

Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Meeting point

133 Đ. Nguyễn Du, Phường Bến Thành, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam
We offer pick up service in district 1 and district 3 Guests living outside pick up area. Pleae come to meeting point. Please provide your whatsapp no in booking. So we contact you easily.

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Pickup details

Pick up service is for district 1 and district 3 area(Please provide exact hotel address, your whatsapp no) For those who living others districts, please come to meeting point at Cyclo Resto (address is 133 Nguyen Du street, Ben Thanh ward, district 1, HCMC)

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
Children must be accompanied by an adult

Near public transportation
Not recommended for travelers with back problems
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Featured review

Smithz

Being able to sit down with everyone and eat all the amazing dishes we made. Chef Vu was so inspiring and made it all look so easy, keen to try making them all at home from the recipes he gave everyone.

Reviews

5.0

417 reviews

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A great experience that we can bring home

Kiarna_N, May 2024

Overall a great experience, got to eat what we made, got a cyclo through the city and got copies of the recipes so we can cook them at home. We had a small group (myself and my travel companion with only one other person) which meant we had a personal experience. The few cons are that there is the assumption you can cook and have cooked with oil and fire - we were quite hesitant to create the fire in the pan as we are used to electric stoves and it was expected for us to try it despite our hesitancy - same with deep frying, Chef Vu helped if we were struggling a lot but unsure how this would go in a bigger class size. The cycle drivers expected a tip and looked unhappy until we gave them more than what we had originally given them (we were happy to tip and would have without being asked but felt a bit uncomfortable considering we were tipping well). It was cool to see the market in the morning when the food stalls were open (and fresh) but our tour guide has limited English so it was hard to ask questions and answer what we wanted to cook but we understand we’re coming to a non English speaking country so weren’t too fussed. Overall a great experience but just some things to be prepared for

Well Worth It!

Loren_T, May 2024

Chef Vu makes the whole learning experience very fun. Getting the Cyclo ride, going through the market, learning to cook the menu, and then eating what you made......what's not to like? We are from the States but the others in the class were from Australia, New Zealand, and Japan.

Inspiring cooking class

Smithz, Jan 2024

Great class

Bj_F, Oct 2023

We enjoyed this cooking class immensely. Chef is very enthusiastic and it is fun to cook and learn with him.

Excellent

Anonymous, Jun 2023

Fun experience with great food. The guide and chef were very friendly and accomodating. The cyclo staff picked up the wrong people from our hotel so we took a Grab to get to the meeting point but they were very apologetic and organised for us to have the cyclo ride at the end instead.

A highlight of our trip.

Donna_P, May 2023

This was a fantastic cooking class. It didn’t disappoint from the moment we got picked up from our hotel to the end of the class. We went to the local market to buy the ingredients for our dishes. The chef explained all of our ingredients and he was very entertaining throughout the morning. My sister and I had so much fun and can’t wait to cook the dishes we made for our families when we get back home. This has been one of our highlights in Vietnam. I would highly recommend. Definitely value for money.

Fun cooking class and scrumptious lunch!

Melissa_T, May 2023

Chef Vu was great! Extremely knowledgeable and he demonstrated how to make a number of transitional dishes, including my favourite, Morning Glory. The cooking class ended with a feast for lunch and a traditional egg coffee (delicious!). Chef Vu even emailed us all the recipes we cooked. My friend and I had a great time!

Fun education

Penny_T, Apr 2023

Though we didn’t get to do the cyclo pickup someone did come and get us to walk us to market to meet guide to pick up some ingredients for class. He was very educating telling us about different vegetables fruits and meats. Chef was very knowledgeable and patient. He had helpers to assist if needed. We all had our own chopping block and burner. And his knives we sharp which helped the chopping process.

We had a great time and...

Daniela_H, Mar 2023

We had a great time and learned a lot about Vietnamese cookIt was delicious and Chef Vu does a great job :)

a fun activity with...

Janette_P, Mar 2023

a fun activity with friends! learned new dishes which we will be attempting at home. very well organized

Chef Vu Cooking Class - Jim and Kym

Jim_B, Feb 2023

This was better than expected! The food market guided tour was great to pick up our ingredients and Chef Vu was brilliant. We were in Vietnam for almost 3 weeks and the best spring rolls we had on the trip were the ones we cooked with Chef Vu. Very professionally managed.

A super experience!

ISABELLE_S, Feb 2023

Thank you very much for this super Master kitchen class! It was amazing. thanks Ms Vie to help us to make it even better.

Great way to experience our first day in Vietnam. Friendly and authentic.

Judy_S, Nov 2022

Already did this on tripadvisor. Cyclo drivers should be a bit more fluent in English. People who took the class with us were as interesting as Vi, owner, who was terrific.

Response from Host, Dec 2022

Dear friends, Thank you very much for your review with valued comments. We are actually delighted to know that you have got great experience at our place. We hope to serve you and your friends again in the future. Heartful regards, peace&love!

Highly recommended for 3 hours of fun!

Cassandra_T, Sep 2022

It was a very good class! Chef Le was very informative, skilled, and funny. The pumpkin flower was my favorite dish. Overall highly recommended!

Response from Host, Oct 2022

Dear Cassandra Truong, Thank you very much for your review with valued comments. We are actually delighted to know that you have got great experience at our place. We hope to serve you and your friends again in the future. Heartful regards, peace&love!

Must do while in HCM!!

Morry_G, Sep 2022

This is a MUST DO. We learned how to balance flavours… I will take what I learned home with me for sure. He breaks it down to make it so easy. A bonus was some quick and easy plating techniques. Instagram here I come! ROFL. You won’t be disappointed

Response from Host, Oct 2022

Dear Morry, Thank you very much for your review with valued comments. We are actually delighted to know that you have got great experience at our place. We hope to serve you and your friends again in the future. Heartful regards, peace&love!

Really Good Value

Sue_O, Feb 2020

Starting with a fun cyclo tour of Saigon, we meet the group at the market where we bought the ingredients for our cooking class. The chef was excellent, entertaining and knowledgeable & the lunch we cooked was delicious. Would definitely recommend this tour.

Great Experience

Taffy070, Dec 2019

Great experience from the pick up on a Cyclo, buying some of the ingredients in the market in Vietnamese !!! The chef was very good in his instructions as well also recieved the recipes via email quickly. Recommended

We didn't really enjoy the cyclo...

Shawn_W, Jun 2018

We didn't really enjoy the cyclo part of the trip. It was a little uncomfortable to be driven around the busy city in an adult-sized stroller by an older man among the crazy HCMC traffic. Visiting the Ben Than market was a bit underwhelming for us. It just wasn't all that exciting to watch the guide buy some ingredients. Another reason for the two stars is because Chef Vu wasn't even the chef cooking with us on the tour. Not that Veo was bad, the name of the excursion is just a bit misleading. And finally, the food quality was a bit of a let down. We had street food that we much preferred to the food we cooked here.