Hoi An Food Tour by Walking

Our food expert picks you up at your hotel in Hoi An and starts the Best Hoi An food tour by walking into the ancient town of Hoi An, the trading port of the world in th 15th and 16th centuries.

The first stop is a local restaurant where we can taste and learn about the ingredients of the Grilled Pork Rice Paper Rolls, one of the most popular dishes in Central Vietnam. It’s the mixture of grilled pork, herbs, carrot, cucumber, lettuce on the edge closest to you and then slowly bring the end over the ingredients. Fold the two sides into the middle to enclose the fillings. Then roll up rice paper tightly around the ingredients. Serve with Vietnamese dipping sauce.

On our Taste of Hoi An Food Tour, the local guide will give you full information about the dishes, how to cook as well as the proper customs to enjoy them. After that, we will go to a second stop to enjoy the White Rose Dumplings (Bánh vạc) and the Fried Wonton (Hoành thánh) served in a very lovely family business in Hoi An. They both are very popular dishes in Hoi An and you can have a great chance to experience how to make them as well.

Continuing the Hoi An food tour by night, we keep walking to another local family business to enjoy the Cao Lau Noodle. It is a regional Vietnamese noodle dish from the city of Hoi An in Central Vietnam’s Quang Nam Province. This dish typically consists of pork and greens on a bed of rice noodles made from rice which has been soaked in lye water, giving them a characteristic texture and colour that sets the dish apart from other Vietnamese noodle dishes, including others from the same region, such as My Quang.

Booking our Best Hoi An Food Tour, you should let your stomach be empty because many dishes are still waiting for you to taste. Then we will continue to try another dish for Hoi An food tour by walking is the Banh mi –a  must-try food in Hoi An. As one of the nation’s beloved street foods, Banh mi always has a place among the top good food in Vietnam. The master chef Anthony Michael Bourdain also came here to experience this food as well. Nothing is better than taking a bite of crispy bread full-filled with meat and pickled papaya inside!

The last place of Eat Hoi An food tour, we must come to enjoy is the My Quang Noodle. The main ingredients of My Quang are rice noodles, meat, and herbs, most commonly served with a small amount of broth, which is generally infused with turmeric. Wide rice noodles are placed atop a bed of fresh herbs in a bowl (or vice versa), and then warm or lukewarm broth and meat are added. The broth is usually strongly flavored and only a small amount of it is used, generally enough to partially cover the vegetables.

Moreover, you can enjoy the food and drink some Larue Beer – the famous local beer in Hoi An. Finally, in the Hoi An night food tour, we will learn how to say cheer in Vietnamese: “One, Two, Three, cheers” described as “Mot, Hai, Ba zoo!

Around 3 hours we will end the Hoi An Food Tour and we will make sure you are 100% full.

You are free to explore Hoi An or we will take you back to your hotel. Vietnam Shore Excursions hopes you enjoy your dinner with us!

If you would like to explore all of Hoi An’s must-visit attractions in a day, you should book Hoi An City Tour 1 Day. We are 100% sure that you will have a great memory with us!

Inclusions: English speaking food expert, hotel pick up and drop off, entrance tickets at all sites, various delicious kinds of Hoi An Cuisines, vietnamese coffee with condensed milk, all fuel, tolls and parking fees, cold water, wet Tissues

Exclusions: Tips for guides and drivers, travel insurance, any costs not included above