Top 5 Places to do Phu Quoc Cooking Class

October 16, 2021 - 810 views

If you come to Phu Quoc for a culinary experience, joining a cooking class here would be a must. Get your guide and let's see what you can have from learning cooking on Vietnam's biggest island!

Cooking class is an interesting activity that you should try in Phu Quoc, especially if you are a cooking lover. Join a class on the island, you will have a chance to visit local markets here, learn some new ingredients, how to choose the best ones, and of course, bargain for cheaper prices.

1. Troc’s Kitchen & Cooking Class

  • Address: No.122 Tran Hung Dao St., Duong Dong Town, Phu Quoc
  • Opening hours: 10 am - 8 pm (Monday - Friday)
  • Price: $46

Located on a central street in Duong Dong Town (Phu Quoc), Troc’s Kitchen & Cooking Class is a famous local restaurant where its chef also provides cooking lessons to tourists. When coming to the class, you will be welcomed at a nice elegant restaurant and met a humorous enthusiastic chef called Troc (because of his bald head). Cooking classes at Troc’s Kitchen might be the one of the most expensive ones in Phu Quoc; however, with what you can get from this place, there is no doubt that they will be worth every penny.

Troc’s Kitchen & Cooking Class

Troc’s Kitchen & Cooking Class

2. Pepper Farm Phu Quoc

  • Address: Group 3, Xom Moi Hamlet, Bai Thom, Phu Quoc
  • Opening hours: 10 am - 18 pm
  • Price: $35 - $100

The highlight of cooking classes in Pepper Farm Phu Quoc is that instead of taking you to the local market to buy ingredients, you will receive a farm tour there to explore the fruit & pepper garden, and brewery factory. Products from the garden will be used in your cooking class and Pepper Farm’s homemade beer will be a complimentary drink in your meal. 

 Pepper Farm Phu Quoc Cooking class

Pepper Farm Phu Quoc Cooking class

3. Midori House

  • Address: Group 4, Ong Lang Hamlet, Cua Duong, Phu Quoc
  • Opening hours: 11 am - 11 pm
  • Price: $40

Before getting to the local market to buy fresh ingredients for your cooking class, you will join a classic breakfast with Midori House with Beef Pho and Vietnamese Milk Coffee (Ca Phe Sua Da). Usually, a class in Midori House needs about 5 hours (included shopping ingredients and lunchtime) with 4 dishes that will be introduced to you. Through the class, you can learn more about Vietnamese recipes and how the spices are mixed with ingredients to create a balanced taste.

Midori House Cooking Class

Midori House Cooking Class

4. Green Hat Holiday Cooking Class

  • Address: Ong Lang Village, Cua Duong, Phu Quoc
  • Opening hours: 8.30 am - 4 pm
  • Price: $65

Green Hat Cooking Class is one of the best in Phu Quoc. With $65, you will be picked up at your hotel in Ong Lang or Duong Dong Town and enjoy a full day of learning how to cook some tasty Vietnamese traditional foods. The highlight of learning with the Green Hat cooking class is that the lesson will start in the early morning and finish in the afternoon, which means you don’t have to rush like in other short cooking classes that usually finish at lunchtime. After all, you are still on your vacation, you are deserved to be picked up and dropped off at your hotels and enjoy some resting times with snacks and drinks during the class.

Green Hat Holiday Cooking Class

Green Hat Holiday Cooking Class

5. Saigon - Phu Quoc Resort and Spa

  • Address: No.62 Tran Hung Dao St., Duong Dong, Phu Quoc
  • Opening hours: NA
  • Price: $38 - $57

Different from most cooking classes in Phu Quoc, in Saigon - Phu Quoc Resort and Spa, you have 2 options for classes:

  • Option 1: You can choose the menu you want among the 3 available menus and learn at the hotel without getting to the market. (Price: $52 - $57)
  • Option 2: You can’t choose the menu; however, they will take you on a market tour to learn to choose the ingredients and bargain before the class at the resort. (Price: $38)

Although with the first choice, you have more control over the menu because you have the right to choose, its price is much higher than the second option. Therefore, you should think carefully before deciding which class is the best for you.

Saigon - Phu Quoc Resort and Spa cooking class

Saigon - Phu Quoc Resort and Spa cooking class

For a different culinary experience, you definitely should try a cooking class in Phu Quoc to have a chance to learn new recipes, make new friends, and get closer to local daily life.

Let's plan your trip and learn to cook some local dishes!

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