This tour features a circular walk around the heart of Hanoi’s Old Quarter, exploring the entire old quarter’s history and its people through your taste buds. Hidden alleys and typical tasting places are mindfully curated and explained with the “why” and “how”, so we won’t only eat along the way but also get the story behind each eatery. It's ideal for curious travelers wanting to learn in depth about the old town.

This food tour walks visitors on an informative loop that covers both the French Quarter and the Old Quarter, traversing the hidden alleys and backstreets in those two neighborhoods. The route, including a local home visit and food tastings along the way, are carefully chosen to expose the most highlights and the top street eats in Hanoi. Hence, this embracing tour is a great choice for cultural and foodie travelers.

Be invited by our hosting family to visit their traditional houses and join them in a traditional home-cooked dinner, which would be the best way to share stories and learn about Vietnamese family traditions - such as venerating ancestors, and enjoy a true Vietnamese home meal that is normally cooked by our hosts for their own family reunions.

Local markets in the outskirts of Hanoi feature breathtaking arrays of fresh veggies, fruits, and local produces that thrive in peaceful villages along the fertile flood plains of the Red River. We invite you to explore these incredible ingredients at a wet market before learning to cook several locally loved Vietnamese dishes during our exclusive Hanoi Cooking Class.

This food tour walks travelers through the boulevards and backstreets of the French Quarter, passing by iconic French colonial buildings that have become an indispensable part of the city in the last 130 years. We’ll meet and talk to a Cell Secretary of the Communist Party at his house, and sample some of the most typical Vietnamese and French fusion foods on our way.

Dawn is the best time of day in Hanoi; produces delivered to markets on motorbikes, sanitation workers tidying up before the start of a new day, while others are found in all kinds of groups and dance styles breathing in the early morning’s fresh air. Hence, “Hanoi at Dawn” gets us up at the crack of dawn to see the “beginnings” of the city’s daily life.