Highlights

• Learn to make a traditional Vietnamese bánh mì from scratch
• Knead, shape, and bake your own Vietnamese baguette
• Slice homemade chả lụa and layer it into your bánh mì
• Pickle carrots and daikon fresh and mix the sauces yourself
• Master the art of Vietnamese coffee with a choice of 3 styles

Full description

Most bánh mì cooking classes in Hanoi use store-bought fillings. Here, the chả lụa on your chopping board was made from scratch in our kitchen — ground pork, family seasoning, banana leaf, steamed the traditional way — before you arrived.

At our family-run restaurant in Hanoi, you’ll slice that homemade pork roll yourself, thin and even, and layer it into a bánh mì you’ve built from the ground up. The bread starts as raw dough in your hands: you knead it, shape it, and bake it until it has the thin crust and airy crumb that defines a proper Vietnamese baguette. You also pickle the carrots and daikon fresh, mix the sauces, and assemble every layer yourself. Nothing comes from a packet.

The second half of class is devoted to Vietnamese coffee. Hanoi has its own brewing culture, and you’ll choose one style to master: the rich whipped-yolk egg coffee invented here in the 1940s, smooth coconut coffee, or the unexpectedly complex salted coffee. Your host walks you through the technique and the story behind it as you brew.

When everything is ready, you sit down at our restaurant table to eat what you made — warm bread, house-made chả lụa, freshly brewed coffee.

What makes this different

The chả lụa is made in-house from our own family recipe — not purchased, not store-made. Guests slice it themselves and build their bánh mì layer by layer. The full experience takes place at our own restaurant in Hanoi.

Includes

• Signature welcome drink
• Hands-on cooking class with English-speaking local chef
• Fresh ingredients and cooking equipment
• Free digital recipe booklet and cooking certificate (upon request)
• Complimentary luggage storage (up to 2 days)
• Optional showers before or after the class (subject to availability)
• Tea or water
• Free luggage storage space for up to 2 days
• Free showers are available in case you want to freshen up before the class starts. Availability may vary.
• Free & unlimited homemade local wines

Not Included

• Round-trip transfer from your hotel to the venue
• Tips
• Personal expenses
• Anything else that is not specified

Not suitable for

• People with mobility impairments
• Wheelchair users

Meeting point

Meet us at our restaurant at 519 Âu Cơ, Tây Hồ, Hanoi. Look for our signboard at the entrance. If you have any trouble finding us, call or message us directly — contact details are in your confirmation email.

Important information

Know before you go

• The class takes place in a family-run restaurant in Hanoi.
• All ingredients are prepared from scratch.
• Participants will be involved in every step of the cooking process.

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