Traditional Market Tour and Private Laotian Cooking Class with a Local
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Traditional Market Tour and Private Laotian Cooking Class with a Local
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Duration: 5h
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Live guide: English
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- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Private market tour and cooking class with your host Si
- Home-cooked meal
- Bottled water
- Alcoholic beverages
- Local host
- Gratuities
- Lunch
- Alcoholic Beverages
What's not included- Pickup and drop-off from hotels outside of Luang Prabang
- Start:
- Phosy Market, V4HF+493, Luang Prabang, LaosPlease meet your host at Phosy Market, Luang Prabang's largest fresh market. Exact address and contact details can be found in your ticket upon booking confirmation.
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point. - Not wheelchair accessible
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 7626P402- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Since our hosts prepare for your experience up to two days in advance, for a full refund, cancel at least 48 hours in advance of the start date of your experience
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 7626P402
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- vtyum0 contributionsAwesome.Amazing host with great local knowledge and global experience. Would book this again in a heartbeat.Written 9 December 2019
- caroswright0 contributionsA memorable experience with Si and NeeJérôme and I had a wonderful time with Si and his family. The whole experience really was a taste of Laos. After buying our ingredients at the local market, we cooked up lots of delicious things and were able to take part in all the stages of the cooking whilst chatting a lot with Si who speaks very good English. We were very happy to share the meal with Si and Nee and thank them very much for hosting us. We didn't leave hungry !Written 4 March 2019
- DavidH05230 contributionsSome of the best food with wonderful peopleWe met Si and his wife Nee at the market and we walked around buying everything we'd be cooking that day. He told us about the different types of food and spending every day going to the market to shop. It was much more informative and authentic than we could have done on our own. Then we headed back to his house to cook with his wife, mother and niece. The entire family was incredibly nice and they showed us every step of how to cook different dishes. It was so much fun, and the family is so nice and sweet - even when they're telling you you're doing it wrong. We then sat down to one of the best meals that we had the entire trip and wonderful conversation about life in Luang Prabang, his experiences as a monk, the family's transition from small village live to moving to the big city and many more topics. All in all an incredible experience. Oh...and if my word isn't good enough for it, Anthony Bourdain also visited Si's house.Written 31 October 2018
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aja0612
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan1 contribution
Aug 2019
I have had 2 cooking classes with market tour in Chengmai and Laos. They are so professional and supportive. I think their classes are more than you can ever expect. Also support from Tripadvisor were helpful.
Written 25 September 2019
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Robbie F
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May 2019 • Couples
We had an absolutely great day with Si and his family. It was such a wonderful and authentic cooking experience. We cooked outdoors using traditional Laos cooking utensils but because of a veranda we were well sheltered from the sun. We cooked a soup, pork stew and fish along with sticky rice ofcourse and each dish was delicious. Si is also a wonderful host with perfect english and a great sense of humour and eating with him and his family afterwards was a real joy. I could not recommend this experience highly enough
Written 4 June 2019
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luciasimon117
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Apr 2019 • Family
This was one of my family's favorite days in Asia. The guides and chefs were knowledgable, helpful, and so friendly. Our two teenagers loved it, a great family activity. It was an amazing local experience, our guides started us at their community market to gather ingredients for our cooking class, then we went back to their home. As we were learning how to cook traditional Lao dishes, the family of our guides was running around, engaging us in friendly conversation and making the experience even more immersive. Also, the food was outstanding! Overall, one fantastic day. Highly recommended!
Written 14 April 2019
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Jennifer F
Sydney, Australia69 contributions
Jan 2019 • Couples
We booked this experience after seeing a review on TripAdvisor. The idea of going with local residents to the market and then back to their home for the cooking expereince appealed to us.
We went in a tuk tuk to Phonsavan a village near the airport. We went over the road to the market to purchase the ingredients. First stop was a fish stall where fish were swimming in a large tank. These fish are bred in farm ponds and brought to the market for sale. Our selected fish was knocked on the head, scaled, filleted and chopped into pieces before you could blink. We moved through the market recognising some vegetables and having others explained to us.
We returned to the house and a separate kitchen out the back. There were two chairs but we didn't sit on them very much. Instead we were co-opted into the cooking process. I was given the job of pounding some rice into powder in a giant mortar and pestle. It was hard work. It was easier when the chillis were added. This solid mix was mixed with water and herbs and mixed in with the fish.
Banana leaves were cut into squares and put briefly over the gas flame to make them more pliable. We sat around the table outside the kitchen and had a working bee to put the fish mixture into packets made from the banana leaves. This required some skill which we didn’t have. This dish is called Mok Ba.
Then it was back to the mortar and pestle to smash up garlic and chillis and onions. To these was added finely chopped pork which had been fried off in a wok and tomatoes. This delicious sauce was served with steamed vegetables. Also made for our dinner was some delicious soup and a fern like vegetable which grows on riverbanks which had been stir fried. We sat down in the house kitchen to eat this with the daughter of the house who spoke excellent English. We had a very wide ranging conversation with her about life in Laos.
We went in a tuk tuk to Phonsavan a village near the airport. We went over the road to the market to purchase the ingredients. First stop was a fish stall where fish were swimming in a large tank. These fish are bred in farm ponds and brought to the market for sale. Our selected fish was knocked on the head, scaled, filleted and chopped into pieces before you could blink. We moved through the market recognising some vegetables and having others explained to us.
We returned to the house and a separate kitchen out the back. There were two chairs but we didn't sit on them very much. Instead we were co-opted into the cooking process. I was given the job of pounding some rice into powder in a giant mortar and pestle. It was hard work. It was easier when the chillis were added. This solid mix was mixed with water and herbs and mixed in with the fish.
Banana leaves were cut into squares and put briefly over the gas flame to make them more pliable. We sat around the table outside the kitchen and had a working bee to put the fish mixture into packets made from the banana leaves. This required some skill which we didn’t have. This dish is called Mok Ba.
Then it was back to the mortar and pestle to smash up garlic and chillis and onions. To these was added finely chopped pork which had been fried off in a wok and tomatoes. This delicious sauce was served with steamed vegetables. Also made for our dinner was some delicious soup and a fern like vegetable which grows on riverbanks which had been stir fried. We sat down in the house kitchen to eat this with the daughter of the house who spoke excellent English. We had a very wide ranging conversation with her about life in Laos.
Written 28 February 2019
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
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