Hoi An Private Food Tour – Best Eats with Local Foodie
Approx. 4 hours
Walking
From 2 people
From Hoi An
English speaking guide
Food tastings included
*Note: On the 1st and 15th days of each lunar month, local people will eat vegetarian and many restaurants selling meat-based dishes are closed. Your food tasting options may be changed.
Highlights
Try Cao Lau noodles, the most unique local specialty food of Hoi An
Try the best banh mi in Hoi An at a well-known local restaurant named ‘Banh Mi Queen’
Try the most famous local beverage (herbal tea) at an old house where it’s only sold
Learn about local culinary culture & traditions with a foodie guide
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$40pp
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Itinerary
Pick up
Pick up time: 3:00 PM (local time)
Our guide will see you at the meeting point – 533 Hai Ba Trung Street (the White Rose Restaurant). To get there, visitors can walk or take a taxi/electric car.
Google maps location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/NL6Pet7h8U9d8hy78
Hoi An Private Food Tour
As a historical international trading port, Hoi An is a melting pot where visitors will see cuisines from different communities and the fusion between them. Hoi An’s local culinary culture is unlike any others in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. Going with a local foodie helps you to know the insights of dishes that you try (ingredients, name origin, history, recipe, ways to eat like a local, stories about those who make them).
During this Hoi An private food tour, you will try these dishes:
– White rose dumplings: visit one of a few families that keep the secret recipe to make this specialty cake/dumpling and watch the members making it. It’s made of rice, ground pork and shrimp, fried shallot and fish sauce. The dumpling can’t be found anywhere else in Vietnam, except Hoi An. See more details
– Fried wonton: a local specialty food originating from China and having a fusion with Vietnamese cuisine. It include a fried wheat cake that is topped with delicious pork/shrim/tomato/bell pepper sauce. See more details
– Banh mi: visit one of the most famous restaurants making and selling this specialty food that is honored to be ‘Banh Mi Queen’ because of delicious sandwiches. Hoi An style banh mi has differences to other variations in Vietnam. It’s first invented in the colonial period when French introduced their baguette into the country. See more details
– Black sesame soup: visit the only family in Hoi An that is still making this specialty food. The house where the family members have lived, has a demonstration to show visitors the ingredients, tools and steps to make the soup as well as the man who sold it on the street for 70 years. See more details
– Cao lau (noodles): visit one of the best local restaurants serving this signature food of Hoi An. It’s thought to be a fusion between Vietnamese, Chinese and Japanese, reflecting the history of the town as an international settlement. See more details
– Hoi An chili sauce: a local variation of local chili sauce that is not found anywhere else in Vietnam. See more details
– Herbal tea: visit the only store in Hoi An where a family sells the most special local herbal tea/drink. It’s made of local herbs and Chinese medicine. See more details
– 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
Your Hoi An private food tour ends in the Hoi An Old Town, the most happening area at night in Hoi An. After saying goodbye to our guide, you will be free to explore it.
Traveler's Photos
What's Included
- English speaking guide
- All food & beverage tastings in the itinerary
- Transport to the meeting point in Hoi An Old Town
- Transport from Hoi An Old Town to the hotel
- Entry ticket to Hoi An Old Town (costing 120,000 VND for adults, 2024)
- Tipping for tour guide
- Additional activities (shows, boat trips, trishaw riding, etc)
- Personal expenses (shopping, etc)
Additional Information
– Our driver & guide will pick you at your hotel in Da Nang city center (including Hai Chau District, Son Tra District except Nai Hien Dong ward & Tho Quang ward, Ngu Hanh Son District except Hoa Hai ward & Hoa Quy ward) or Hoi An city center.
– In the end of the tour, our driver & guide will drop you off at your hotel.
– Pickup surcharge is required to visitors staying NOT in Da Nang city center or Hoi An city center.
– All surcharges are payable in cash directly to your tour guide.
– No pick up & drop off service in Tan Hiep area of Hoi An (Cham Island).
– Children above 1,4 meters height OR 10 years old will be charged same to adults.
– Children from 1 to 1,4 meters height OR from 5 to 10 years old, will have a discount.
– Children under 5 years old OR 1 meter height, will be free of charge.
– On your day of travel, if your kid is 1,4 meters and above (and you booked a children ticket previously), please pay the surcharge of 350,000 VND in cash.
– On your day of travel, if your kid is 1 meter and above (and you booked a free ticket previously), please pay the surcharge of 350,000 VND in cash.
If you are a group of 4 people and bigger, please contact us directly by WhatsApp number +84968009827 to have better price and better support. We kindly provide free tourist information to make your trip easier and smarter.
For daily tours:
– Any cancellation before 7 days of departure date will be free of charge.
– Any cancellation before 6 days of departure date will be charged 30% selling price.
– Any cancellation before 5 – 4 days of departure date will be charged 50% selling price.
– Any cancellation before 3 – 2 days of departure date will be charged 75% selling price.
– Any cancellation within 24 hours or no-show: non-refundable.
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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 WhatsApp us by number +84968009827.
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