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Traditional Market Tour and Private Laotian Cooking Class with a Local

Location Luang Prabang, Laos
$120.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after they redeem the gift voucher.

Overview

Learn about food, culture and everyday Laotian living as you share a food experience with this former monk and his family.

Si will pick you up from your hotel and take you to Luang Prabang's largest fresh market, Phosy Market. Together with his wife Nee discover local fruits and vegetables that you might not have seen before. With a few market fresh ingredients in hand, drive to Si and Nee's home to learn to cook an everyday Laotian meal.

Learn to cook traditional Laotian cuisine from Nee, Si's wife who learned to cook watching her grandmother cook traditional Laotian family favorites. You will chop, stir and cook on wood fire as you learn to cook three dishes from scratch. After cooking, enjoy the Laotian meal you helped prepare at the family's indoor or outdoor dining table (weather dependent). Your meal includes authentic homemade dishes such as charcoal-grilled whole fish, bamboo shoot soup and stir-fried pumpkin with pork eaten with sticky rice.

The experience offers several options. This price includes:

MCTA RTT with Si (Dinner)
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 5 hours

Availability depends on seasonality and number of participants. Bookings can not be made for the same day. Please read our TnC’s.

When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
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The experience offers several options, check yours above
  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off
  • Gratuities
  • Local host
  • Lunch
  • Private market tour and cooking class with your host Si
  • Alcoholic Beverages
  • Home-cooked meal
  • Bottled water
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Pickup and drop-off from hotels outside of Luang Prabang

Meeting point
Please 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.
Return details
Please 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.

Enjoy a private and authentic market tour and cooking class in Phosy Market, Luang Prabang's largest fresh market and a local Luang Prabang home with your host Si. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Your cooking class will take place in a local home kitchen where Si will teach you 2-3 traditional Lao dishes from family recipes. After cooking, you will enjoy your meal together. This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional Lao culture and cuisine.

  • 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
  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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    Traditional Market Tour and Private Laotian Cooking Class with a Local

    Location Luang Prabang, Laos
    $120.00
    This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after they redeem the gift voucher.
    How it works?
    01 You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
    02 We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
    03 Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!
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