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Highlights
- Gain skills and confidence to recreate local family recipes from Hue in the kitchen of Madam Thu Restaurant with guidance from your host.
- Begin your hands-on cooking session at Madam Thu Restaurant by meeting your host, then step into the kitchen for an engaging experience.
- Enjoy a full lunch or dinner after participating in a cooking class at Madam Thu Restaurant, where you learn before savoring traditional dishes.
- Create iconic Hue dishes through step-by-step instruction and acquire practical techniques to use back home during your hands-on session.
- Enhance your culinary journey with an optional pre-class visit to a traditional market for selecting fresh ingredients that become part of the Hue dishes you prepare.
- Add a relaxing countryside walk at Madam Thu Farm, enjoy farming activities, and unwind with a soothing post-cooking herbal foot bath.
Your Experience
Discover how to prepare traditional dishes from Hue at Madam Thu Restaurant, with optional experiences that take you directly to their origins. Choose between a market visit or a rural excursion as part of your culinary journey.
Getting started
Gather at Madam Thu Restaurant for check-in and select your preferred experience: the cooking class alone, the market-to-table adventure, or the countryside tour with cooking class. Your host will outline what to expect from each option before diving into a hands-on segment.
Madam Thu Restaurant
The core of your experience is at Madam Thu Restaurant, where you learn and enjoy the art of cooking Hue cuisine. Here, ingredients sourced either from the market or farm are transformed into a complete meal.
Features
- In this hands-on class, explore preparing iconic dishes of Hue within an intimate setting at Madam Thu Restaurant. You'll gain practical skills to recreate these flavors back home.
- The Cooking Class with Restaurant Dining option allows you to concentrate on cooking techniques and flavor balance without additional market or farm visits.
- Your hard work culminates in a meal, either lunch or dinner, where you enjoy the dishes crafted during your class. This dining experience is included as part of your package.
Traditional Countryside Market
Selecting the From Market to Table option begins with ingredient sourcing at a local market before returning to Madam Thu Restaurant for cooking.
Features
- This segment introduces you to vibrant countryside markets, where stalls brim with ingredients integral to Hue cuisine. You'll navigate these bustling aisles alongside locals selecting fresh produce.
- The dishes you prepare at the restaurant will be made using exactly what you've picked up from the market, creating a direct connection between your shopping and cooking experience.
Madam Thu Farm and Hue Countryside
If opting for the Countryside Tour with Cooking Class variant, start your day in rural settings where food is cultivated. Here, you'll engage directly with local farming practices.
Features
- At Madam Thu Farm, participate actively by planting and harvesting organic crops to understand how essential ingredients are grown before they reach the kitchen.
- The countryside tour offers a serene escape from urban life, allowing you to observe how rural living influences local food traditions in Hue's peaceful surroundings.
- A relaxing herbal foot bath is included after your cooking session. This soothing experience uses fresh garden herbs and concludes this variant of the day’s activities.
Wrapping up
Your culinary adventure ends at Madam Thu Restaurant following lunch or dinner, with no transport provided for onward travel. You can choose to return to Hue's city center or continue exploring nearby rural areas.
Inclusions & Exclusions
- Cooking class at Madam Thu Restaurant
- Lunch or dinner
- Traditional market shopping for fresh ingredients [as per option selected]
- Cook dishes using your market finds [as per option selected]
- Hands-on farming at Madam Thu Farm [as per option selected]
- Countryside experience away from city crowds [as per option selected]
- Relaxing herbal foot bath after cooking [as per option selected]
- Transport is not included.
This product offers multiple ticket options. Some items above (like transfers or fast-track access) may only apply to specific options — confirm what's included when you select yours.
Must Know
- Upon arrival at Madam Thu Restaurant, check in for your selected option and meet your host to confirm whether you've chosen a standalone cooking class, market-to-table experience, or countryside tour with cooking.
- Your session includes hands-on instruction as you prepare Hue specialties. The meal concludes the class with either lunch or dinner included at Madam Thu Restaurant.
- If opting for an upgrade, enjoy a pre-session visit to a traditional market where you select fresh ingredients that will be used in your cooking lesson.
Ticket Delivery
- Your voucher will be emailed to you shortly.
- Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the starting point.
- Please check your final voucher for the starting point details & specific instructions.
Cancellation Policy
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts.
Frequently asked questions
Clear answers to the most common questions travelers ask before booking this experience.