Quyen's Home Cooking Class
🕒 Sundays, lunch at 11:00 or dinner at 17:00. One group at a time. Other days sometimes possible on request.
This class is in Quyen's own home, out in the countryside about 10 km north of Tam Coc. It is not a restaurant and not a show kitchen: you cook in a family kitchen and you eat at the family table.
You cook together and then you eat together, with the family joining you. That is the whole point of this one. Guests tell us it ends up being the evening they remember from their whole trip.
Quyen has been welcoming guests and teaching cooking for years. She speaks English and is used to travellers, so you do not need any experience.
Because she also has a regular job, Sundays are the day she cooks. There are two sittings, lunch and dinner, and she takes one group at a time so the evening stays personal. Other days are sometimes possible on request, just ask us.
Menus and prices
You pick your menu in the booking form.
- Vegetarian350,000₫~$13
Fresh spring rolls with tofu and herbs · Vietnamese salad with banana flower and peanuts · Tofu with lemongrass and chilli · Morning glory stir-fried with garlic · Steamed rice
- Meat450,000₫~$17
Fried spring rolls with pork (nem ran) · Vietnamese chicken salad with cabbage and herbs · Caramelised pork in a clay pot (thit kho) · Morning glory stir-fried with garlic · Steamed rice
- Fish450,000₫~$17
Fresh spring rolls with prawn and herbs · Vietnamese salad with green mango and peanuts · Fried fish with tomato and dill · Morning glory stir-fried with garlic · Steamed rice
- Meat & fish550,000₫~$21
Fried spring rolls with pork (nem ran) · Vietnamese salad with green mango and peanuts · Fried fish with tomato and dill · Caramelised pork in a clay pot (thit kho) · Morning glory stir-fried with garlic · Steamed rice
These menus are a guide. Quyen shops at the local market on the morning of your class, so a dish can change with what is fresh and good that day. Tell us about allergies or anything you do not eat when you book and she will cook around it.
Price is per person. Drinks are not included.
Good to know
- ✓Cook together, then eat together with the family
- ✓A real home in the countryside, not a restaurant
- ✓One group at a time, so it stays personal
- ✓Vegetarian, meat and fish menus
Where it is
Ninh Giang, Tay Hoa Lu, Ninh Binh
Getting there: Quyen's home is in the countryside and hard to find, so take a taxi or a Grab rather than trying to walk or cycle. Show your driver the map link, and if they cannot find it, ask them to call the host on +84 378 866 953. From Tam Coc it is about 10 km, roughly 20 minutes.