Hoi An
Cooking lessons and Lantern Making Classes
Cooking lessons
There are also several established cooking schools with good reputations including "Rice Drum", "Morning Glory" and "Red Bridge" who offer a variety of courses ranging in price US$16-55. In any of these "good reputation" schools, as a hands on experience, you can only learn as far as how to chop the vegetables, assemble ingredients, and go through the cooking process. While a demonstration is held on what ingredients are needed, some of the basic sauces or flavoring is given to you pre-made. A different approach is to inquire in a restaurant where you eat if they can arrange a cooking class for you; in smaller establishments the cost will be lower ($10-$20 USD) and more intimate though less organized. Another option is simply asking if you can observe the cooking process once you order your food. For example, at the "Green Moss" restaurant, just walk in around midday or in the evening, choose 2 dishes, and you can watch them prepare it while you take notes on how to do it.
Painting and Lantern Making Classes
77 Phan Chu Trinh, ☎ +84 167 355 9447, Lifestart Foundation offers a unique, half day (morning or afternoon) tour including a traditional painting class with a local artist, Hoi An lantern making class, boat ride on the Thu Bon river and the chance to talk one-on-one with community artisans from disadvantaged backgrounds. Lifestart Foundation is a registered, grass-roots charity that helps disadvantaged Vietnamese people and their families become self-sufficient. All tour proceeds are used to support Lifestart Foundation’s philanthropic projects in Vietnam.
Things to Do in Hoi An
