Cooking class at Red Bridge in Hoi An, Vietnam

| 04/17/2013 | Asia, food, Vietnam | 8 Comments
When I was in Vietnam I took a cooking class at Red Brigde in Hoi An. I love to take cooking classes and take with me the great taste of Asia into my home!!

First I tried to do one in Mui Ne, but it was on a Sunday and they were closed. Sometimes, while traveling, you loose sense of days… They send me through to the red bridge in Hoi An. I later on heard that they have the same Australian owner. So it was a win win for them 🙂

Cooking class at Red Bridge in Hoi An, Vietnam

Cooking class at the Red Bridge in Hoi An, Vietnam

Cooking class at the Red Bridge in Hoi An, Vietnam

Hoi An is a beautiful town in Vietnam, located near the oceanside. They really made an effort to keep the old houses beautiful and therefor a must visit in Vietnam! There are a lot of heritage buildings to be visited to see how they lived in the old days. The city has a great feeling, also because of the canals that runs trough it.

Do visit Hoi An during the day but also at evening time!

Hoi An, Vietnam

The school in Hoi An was a real nice one. They have a restaurant in the centre of Hoi An, while waiting there for the rest of the students I got something to drink.

From there the cooking class started with a visit to the local market. The cook showed us what we will use for cooking later on. Told us about all kinds of herbs and vegetables. Also showed us the fishmarket and the meat market. It was nice walking around the market and getting your answers about some products or customs you see.

Cooking class at the Red Bridge in Hoi An, Vietnam

 Cooking class at the Red Bridge in Hoi An, Vietnam
The lady that sold this meat didn’t want me to take a picture of it…
I can imagine why…

Cooking class at the Red Bridge in Hoi An, Vietnam
She also told us to buy when she was there, we should get the Vietnamese price, not the tourist price 🙂  After the market we went on a boat down the river to the kitchen. It was a real nice journey on the river for at least a half an hour. I loved looking at the shore and all the activities that passed us.

Relaxing for a half an hour and enjoying the views on shore!

 Cooking class at Red Bridge in Hoi An

Cooking class at the Red Bridge in Hoi An, Vietnam

Cooking class at the Red Bridge in Hoi An, Vietnam

This cookingschool is between Hoi An and the beach where I had my hotel. It is called Red Bridge and you can see why 🙂 I really liked the cookingschool near the river with a herbgarden. They showed us the herbs they grow and use for their restaurant. It was great just to walk around in the garden and see all this.

They have all kinds of herbs I unfortunatley can not find in Holland. That is why it always tastes a bit different….just not the same..

Cooking class at the Red Bridge in Hoi An, Vietnam

Cooking class at the Red Bridge in Hoi An, Vietnam

Then we started to cook. The cook showed us a couple of dishes. It looks so easy when a professional cook makes it! And then it was our turn. We all had our own cooking stand and all what we needed to use was there. No excuse… we could do it as she could too!!

Cooking class at the Red Bridge in Hoi An, Vietnam

Cooking Class at Red Bridge in Hoi An

Cooking class at the Red Bridge in Hoi An, VietnamDoesn’t that already look good?
Making the paper from scratch for the fresh springroll!!
We made fresh springrolls and Hoi An pancakes. I love those pancakes!! I made them already a couple of times here in Holland.  They called in Vietnamese: bành xèo. With a little bit of hot peanutbutter sauce they are the best!!

Cooking class at the Red Bridge in Hoi An, Vietnam

Making the paper from scratch for the fresh springroll!!

Cooking class at the Red Bridge in Hoi An, Vietnam

Cooking class at the Red Bridge in Hoi An, Vietnam

They tasted great!!

Cooking class at the Red Bridge in Hoi An, Vietnam

The Hoi An Pancakes, I love those!!

Cooking class at the Red Bridge in Hoi An, Vietnam

After that we also made Vietnamese eggplant in a clay pot. That was real nice and simple. And the other one was good too, I forgot the name, it was sweet with pineapple!! And served in the pineapple,  I love that about Asia too! All the fresh fruits they have here are the best!! I only know them to be in The Netherlands not that sweet… They taste so much better here!

Making the paper from scratch for the fresh springroll!!

After cooking we ate everything together sitting in their wonderful garden near the river. We had a nice group and it was a great morning together!

I’ve learned a lot this morning. Cooking with all kinds of new herbs and ingredients which I had never used before.Did you enjoy this post?

I love these classes and will definitely do this again in other countries!!

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Cooking Class Red Brigde

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Hope you like this beautiful world as much as I do!!

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8 Comments
  1. Safe and Healthy Travel

    Thank you for your comment! My email is jacomijn@mailcan.com

  2. Kunal

    Hi Jacomijn

    I’d like to contact you regarding a potential partnership opportunity for my travel startup but couldn’t find your email on your blog. Mine is info@yourlocalcousin.com. Thanks

  3. localizej

    That’s great, Nadia! Hoi An is a great little city!! Good to hear you enjoyed it as much as I did!!

  4. Nadia

    Thank you for recommending this cooking class for us. Coming to Hoi An, I was hoping this would be an enjoyable experience and was not disappointed. It’s a great experience that everyone with even the slightest interest in cooking should do. After joining the cooking class, I did a food tour from Hoi An Food Tour company which I can have more knowledge about Hoi An cuisine and the local life there. After all the things i did in Hoi An, i love this place so much!