Hue Trip Overview
Hue is not only famous for its historical attractions but also for its delicious foods. Hue people take pride in meticulously preserving their cultural traditions and gastronomic delicacies. With a view to optimizing guest experience, we specially design this home cookery to render a deeper insight into the local culture and way of life.
Additional Info
Duration: 5 hours
Starts: Hue, Vietnam
Trip Category: Food, Wine & Nightlife >> Dining Experiences
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What to Expect When Visiting Hue, Thua Thien – Hue Province, Vietnam
Hue is not only famous for its historical attractions but also for its delicious foods. Hue people take pride in meticulously preserving their cultural traditions and gastronomic delicacies. With a view to optimizing guest experience, we specially design this home cookery to render a deeper insight into the local culture and way of life.
8.00am You are met by a local family member at your hotel lobby for a briefing on the excursion before departing for a local market. The chef, who is an expert on Hue cuisine, guides you through the food stalls for necessary ingredients. Engage yourself in the buying activities while listening to the chef’s explanation on the usage of each item. The market tour offers you a chance to learn of various indigenous produce as well as to appreciate the lively activities of a traditional marketplace.
9.00am Head for the host home, a traditional style house with three bays. Enjoy a warm welcome from the family and have a chat with the host over a local green tea before the family style cooking session commences. Under the host’s guidance, you learn how to cook two typical specialties of Hue including Five-colour Spring Rolls(fresh vegetables with different colours as main ingredients for spring rolls) and Com Hen (rice with baby clams).
12.00pm Now that the cooking work is done, savour your lunch which is composed of the dishes you’ve cooked and cooked beef noodle soup
Together have a family photo before you bid farewell. Car transfer back to your hotel.
Sample Menu
• Com Hen- Baby clam rice (to be instructed to cook) – A typical taste of Hue, served as a salad of baby clam, a little of rice and a variety of different vegetables
• Fresh Spring rolls (to be instructed to cook) – the merticulous spring rolls is dated from the feudal time of Nguyen Emperors. Today Hue old ladies is so proud of preseving this traditional course
• Bún Bò Huế – Beef Noodle Soup (to be prepared by host) – American chef Anthony Bourdain said it could be the best soup in the world 🙂
