Hue Cooking Class

July 12, 2022 - 288 views

Hue, recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, is one of the highlights in Vietnam. It attracts a large number of tourists each year not only because of its historical sites or traditional and cultural beauty but also for its unique and delicate gastronomy. Hue cooking class is the most interesting tour to explore Hue cuisine. This article will give useful information about Hue cooking class.

Hue cooking class is an attractive activity for tourists traveling to the former capital of Vietnam, especially food lovers.

Hue cooking class

Hue cooking class

Overview of Hue cooking class

Hue cooking class becomes one of the new hot trends in Hue tourism. According to Mr. Le Huu Minh, the Director of Hue’s Tourism Department, this city is in the process of developing tourism’s image as “The culinary capital” in order to preserve and promote Hue’s culinary quintessence not only in Vietnam but also all over the world.

Therefore, implementing Hue cooking class supports Hue to promote Hue cuisine as well as Hue tourism. There are many travel agencies, hotels creating Hue cooking class with various options such as cooking Hue royal dishes, specialties or vegan food in Hue as well as in Vietnam.

Overview of Hue cooking class

Overview of Hue cooking class

What to expect when joining Hue cooking class?

There is a variety of cooking class options in Hue for tourists to choose. These cooking classes are also designed distinctively. Hue cooking class normally lasts for 2.5 – 4 hours. When joining the class, tourists will be guided by talented chefs.

Firstly, chefs give a brief introduction to the dish and then give tourists recipes. After that, tourists come to the local market to buy ingredients needed for the cooking process. It is a great opportunity to get closer to locals and explore their daily life. Finishing this step, tourists come back to the restaurant then cook the dish with the help of chefs. The last step is to decorate the dish by vegetables, herbs to make it more eye-catching.

Hue cuisine is well-known for its dedication and sophistication. Therefore, Hue people are carefully in decorating dishes. Due to that reason, Hue culinary become more unique and distinctive than other regions. At the end of Hue cooking class, tourists enjoy dishes cooked by themselves. They will have printed recipes as we as certificates to bring home to show with friends or families.

What to expect when joining Hue cooking class

What to expect when joining Hue cooking class?

Where to try Hue cooking class?

It can be seen that Hue cooking class is attractive. So where can tourists join Hue cooking class? As informed above, there are a lot of tour companies and hotels creating Hue cooking class so tourists can easily book this tour. Here are some options of Hue cooking class.

1. Hue cooking class with ANH Cookery

This tour has been founded by Anh since 2013 in order to share authentic Hue food and Vietnamese cuisine to food lovers all over the world. There are three options of cooking class for tourists to choose. Their names are Hue Specialties Food Cooking Class, Personal Chef Hue Cooking Class and Hue Vegetarian Cooking Class.

Tourists can choose to join the class with other strangers (group class option) or take part in a private class with the chefs only. The price ranges from 29 – 45 USD per person. Each cooking class with ANH Cookery has 4 dishes. There are 3 sessions for tourists to join each day.

  • The morning class lasts for 3.5 hours from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm.
  • The afternoon class is from 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm.
  • The evening class lasts for only 2 hours from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm (no market visit).

Joining Hue cooking class with ANH Cookery, tourists will broaden knowledge about Vietnamese cuisine as well as taste delicious specialties.

Hue cooking class with ANH cookery

Hue cooking class with ANH Cookery

 

2. Cooking Class at Thuy Bieu Eco-village Full Day at BestPrice Travel

This tour is a great combination of cooking class with visiting eco-village namely Thuy Bieu. This tour starts at 8:30 am and ends at 2:30 pm. The cost of this tour is 69 USD per person. Joining this tour, tourists have a chance to ride bicycles.

On the way, tourists stop at Dong Ba market, the famous market in Hue, to buy ingredients. After that, they stop to visit Thien Mu pagoda then take the boat trip to Thuy Bieu village.

After visiting highlights in Thuy Bieu village, tourists start cooking Hue traditional dishes with the instruction of the chef. Especially, tourists also have a chance to relax by steeping their foot in medicinal herb water – a traditional therapeutic practice and enjoy excellent massage by blind people. What an interesting cooking class at Thuy Bieu Eco-village tour!

Cooking class at Thuy Bieu village

Cooking class at Thuy Bieu village 

Tips and experience when joining Hue cooking class

Before taking part in Hue cooking class, tourists should check the weather conditions carefully to avoid heavy rain. Since there are some tours in which tourists need to ride a bike, it is better to check the weather forecast in advance.

Besides, tourists should bring hats if they visit Hue in summertime (from May to August). Especially, since tourists will visit local markets during Hue cooking class, tourists can learn some Vietnamese words in advance to better communicate with local people.

Tips and experience when joining Hue cooking class

Tips and experience when joining Hue cooking class

In conclusion, Hue cooking class is a great tour that visitors should not miss when traveling to Hue. Let’s note it down and try it once visiting Hue.

Read more: Useful local tips for traveling in Hue

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