Jan 10, 2026
Good food. Good fun. Great guide. - Entertaining and exceptional day with Chef Alice. The farm is well thought out with wide variety of herbs and vegetables. Class menu was excellent. Easy to understand and do. End result was very tasty. A day well spent.
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Nov 26, 2025
🌟 An Absolute Must-Do in Ho Chi Minh City! 🇻🇳 - I cannot recommend the HCM Cooking Class highly enough! This was undoubtedly one of the absolute highlights of my trip to Vietnam. If you're looking for an authentic, fun, and delicious culinary experience, look no further!
From the moment we started, our experience was fantastic, largely thanks to our incredible host, Alice. She is truly a gem—so super enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and made the whole process incredibly engaging and fun. Her passion for Vietnamese cuisine is infectious!
The cooking itself was a dream. The dishes we prepared were not just good, they were absolutely delicious! Every bite was fresh, vibrant, and bursting with authentic Vietnamese flavors. And for the grand finale? The dessert was an absolute knockout! The banana spring rolls with coconut cream ice cream were a total flavor explosion (a total bombshell)! What a way to finish a perfect meal. I now feel confident recreating these wonderful dishes back home.
But the real, unforgettable bonus was the visit to the organic farm. It was a truly amazing experience! Walking through the lush gardens, learning about the fresh ingredients, and seeing where our produce came from added such a deep layer of appreciation for the food. It made the entire class feel so much more connected and special.
This class is more than just cooking; it's a full cultural immersion. Huge thanks to Alice and the whole team for an incredible day. Five stars all the way!
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Nov 26, 2025
Greatest experience in Vietnam! - This was, without a doubt, the highlight of my trip to Vietnam! The food we prepared was not just good—it was absolutely magnificent. Every single dish was bursting with authentic flavors.
Our chef and guide, Alice, made the entire experience unforgettable. She is genuinely the kindest person in all of Vietnam! Her teaching style was engaging, fun, and incredibly informative. She took such care to explain the ingredients and techniques, and her passion for Vietnamese cuisine was infectious.
The grand finale was the Banana Spring Rolls—what a revelation! They are, without question, the best Vietnamese dessert I have ever tasted. It's a must-try, and Alice's recipe is a definite winner!
The second part of the tour, a visit to the historic war tunnels, offered a powerful and moving look into Vietnam’s history. It was a very insightful and sobering experience that provides essential context for understanding the country today. The contrast between the gravity of the tunnels and the joyful, vibrant cooking class actually made both experiences more meaningful.
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Nov 3, 2025
Farming and Cooking! - In was nice to leave Ho Chi Minh City to visit an organic farm. Our guide and instructor Alice picked us up from our hotel in the city and then guided us through so off the farm. We collected produce for our meal and then cleaned up to prepare our multi-course meal. My husband is an experienced cook but he still learned a few things and everything we made was delicious.
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Sep 8, 2025
HMC organic farming and cookery class - Alice did a great job showing me around the organic farm then picking the herbs and veg that we were going to cook. Alice explained things very well and we made 4 dishes. Enjoyed the meal we made. Alice is a good teacher.
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Aug 25, 2025
HCM organic farm tour and cooking class with Chef Alice! - Highly recommended! My 3 friends and I thoroughly enjoyed the organic farm tour (and learning the benefits and uses of the herbs, fruits and oyster mushrooms) and cooking session with Alice! She is the admin, coach captain, tour guide and the CHEF! Super bubbly and highly energetic lady! Totally lifted our spirit throughout the whole experience from 730am-2pm. Very detailed in her explanation, encouraging and always smiling even when she’s perspiring so much from the heat. She has an interesting way to introduce the steps in the preparation for dipping, salad and marinating sauces. We have no problem in communication as she’s excellent in English too. We were all good chef under her instruction and the food we prepared was so yumz! Thank you Alice and team and keep up the good work! 👍🏻
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Aug 22, 2025
An incredible cooking class - A memorable and very rewarding experience
The adventure begins with a discovery of the garden, then after very clear explanations we take part in a cooking class or each to all the equipment at his disposal
We make the dishes ourselves under the supervision of the chef and we enjoy our meal prepared by us with quality ingredients.
I highly recommend doing a course with this very serious structure
Many thanks for a wonderful day
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Aug 16, 2025
Amazing wholesome experience at the farm!! - I had ann exceptional experience at this farm with the chef Linh!! This cooking class which comes with your own organic vegetable harvesting is something very special that you cannot find elsewhere in HCM. The chef Linh is very joyful, knowledgeable, professional, and kind person and I was able to ask every questions I had about the vietnamien cuisine, and I left the farm with confidence in continuing the vietnamien cooking at home by myself. Selecting and picking your own green papaya from a tree, several kinds of herbs, and mushroom at the farm with explanation was eye opening, and cooking and eating them in the middle of the farm was a true delight!! I want to thank the chef Linh for his patience, his joyful presence, and especially for the clarity of his explanations. His thoughts and methods were articulated, and very clearly transferred, so I could understand the essence of the balance of the tastes in vietnamien cuisine. This will allow me to find the alternative ingredients when I am back home in France! Many thanks for all the efforts for this experience!!
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Aug 14, 2025
I can cook Vietnamese! - The day started off by us being picked up at our Hotel by Chef Alice. We then had about a 90 minute journey to the farm, where we were welcomed with some Jasmine tea.
There was a quick introduction to the activity and then we put on our Vietnamese hats and went to the farm.
We harvested Lemon Grass, Kum Quats, various leaves and mushrooms. Also being given about other plants and their local uses in making medicines.
We returned to the cooking area, don’t expect stainless steel ovens and marble sinks it is a quaint authentic simple set up, you’ll be surprised what you can cook in that set up.
The instruction from Alice were clear, concise and informative. Help was in hand if needed.
We cooked Shrimp pancake roll, pork salad, chicken in a sauce and banana rolls served with coconut ice cream. We didn’t have to do any cleaning up, we ate the food as we made it.
All very simple to make and delicious.
The afternoon finished with a graduation ceremony where we given certificates and recipes of what we had cooked.
A really good experience, which I would highly recommend. Alice was great, really jovial and made everything easy.
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Jul 27, 2025
The best cooking class ever! - We had an outstanding experience with Alice during our Vietnamese cooking class! She was simply amazing, approachable, clear, and so much fun to learn with. Her method of guiding us through each dish made everything feel effortless to grasp and delightfully memorable. And the food, absolutely delicious, every bite burst with flavour. It easily ranked among the tastiest meals we enjoyed in Vietnam.
A heartfelt mention goes to Tan L, the owner. He was an exceptionally gracious host and wonderfully welcoming. His genuine warmth made the experience feel personal and comfortable, even if he does follow Collingwood, we will graciously forgive him that! Tan’s hospitality truly elevated the entire day.
Since we visited during the off-season, we also had a private tour of the Cu Chi tunnels, which added a powerful historical contrast. Learning about that part of Vietnam’s past was deeply moving and unforgettable.
If you seek a cooking class that effortlessly blends super tasty food, heartfelt hospitality, history, and fun learning, this is exactly what you want. Thank you, Alice and Tan L, for making our day so memorable!
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