Hoi An Free Food Tour with Local Foodie

Operated by HOIAN DAY TRIP CO.,LTD

Approx. 3 hours

Walking

From 1 people

From Hoi An

English speaking guide

Food tastings included

This tip-based walking tour focuses on local street foods and street food culture in Hoi An. Our guide will take you to different places in the oldest part of the city. In each place, meet the vendors, listen to their stories, watch how they make the foods they sell to earn for living and lastly, try and learn how to eat them like a local man. Skip touristy restaurants and join to make your time in Hoi An more special.

Highlights

Try the best banh mi in Hoi An at a well-known local restaurant named ‘Banh Mi Queen’
Try a special black sesame soup in the house of ‘pudding master’ who sold it for over 50 years
Try delicious rice & tapioca dumplings at a local’s favorite eatery
Visit the well where locals still take the water to make many specialty dishes
Walk through the oldest part of Hoi An & see local life
Learn about local culinary culture & traditions with a foodie guide

Contact for reservation/support

  • Hotline/WhatsApp/WeChat/Zalo
    +84968009827
  • Email
    hoiandaytripcompany@gmail.com

Itinerary

Meet up

Meet up time: 4:00 PM (local time)

Please contact us 1 day before via WhatsApp number +84968009827 or hoiandaytripcompany@gmail.com to book this tour. Please remember to tell us these information:

  1. Your full name
  2. Date
  3. Your hotel name + address + room number

Our guide will see you at the meeting point – Hoi An Post Office, 6 Tran Hung Dao Street, Minh An ward, Hoi An city. Google maps location: https://g.co/kgs/URh1oVd

Hoi An Free Food Tour

Hoi An is widely known for street food culture and an abundance of dishes that are sold by local vendors.

During Hoi An free food tour, you will try these dishes:

  1. Hoi An grilled pork: visit a pavement eatery where you can see how the locals make this delicious food and then try it. A set of this dish includes grilled pork skewers, fresh rice paper, dry rice paper, raw vegetables and herbs, and local style dipping sauce. See more details
  2. Black sesame soup: visit the house of an old man who was honored to be ‘pudding master’ because he made and sold this special soup for more than 50 years. Learn about ingredients and the process to make the soup with a demonstration. Try a warm black sesame soup that is made by his children. See more details
  3. Banh mi sandwich: try one of the most famous local dish originating from Hoi An. It’s made of a bread filled with pork liver pate, mayonnaise, char siu pork/grilled pork/egg/pork sausage/chicken, shredded papaya, rau ram (Vietnamese coriander), cucumber, fish sauce and optional Hoi An chili sauce. See more details
  4. Banh beo: try steamed rice dumplings at a local’s favorite eatery. It’s served with pork sausage, fermented pork and fish sauce. See more details
  5. Banh bot loc: try tapioca dumplings with pork and shrimp filling and fish sauce at a local favorite’s eatery. See more details
  6. Rice paper pizza: visit a local street vendor and watch how the owner makes this local favorite’s snack. It’s made by rice paper, chopped spring onion, crispy potato, fried shallot and chili/tomato sauce. See more details
  7. Banana pancake: visit a local street vendor at one of  the largest night markets and try her banana pancake for desert. See more details

In this tour, you will visit Ba Le Well, a well constructed in the 10th century. It still produces the fresh water today and the locals use it to make many specialty dishes such as Cao Lau noodles. See more details

*Big groups will have more food tastings.

End the tour

How much does this tour cost?
It’s a tip based-tour. You could pay what you want
Guide for tip: 230 – 250,000 VND per person (Nice); 300,000 VND – 400,000 VND per person (Great); >500,000VND per person (Awesome)

Our Hoi An street food tour will end in the Old town. After saying goodbye to our guide, you can keep exploring the town nightlife on your own. Thank you very much!

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What to bring/wear

Visitors should wear comfortable walking shoes, hat/cap, sunglasses, sunscreen, rain poncho/jacket (from October to January), cash. 

To visit the temples, please wear respectively. In other words, make sure that the pants cover the upper knees and the shirt covers the navel, shoulders, armpits.

Contact for reservation/support​

If you can not book/pay online OR want to reserve first and pay later OR process a cancellation. Please contact us by WhatsApp number +84968009827 or hoiandaytripcompany@gmail.com.

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