Hanoi Home-Hosted Dinner
– Exclusive Home-cooked Meal For Cultural Travelers –
EXPERIENCE-AT-A-GLANCE
Availability
Suggested 18h00
Duration
About 2,5 Hours
Exp. Type
Private Experience
Exp. Cost
$65 Per Person
Group Size
Maximum 20 Travelers
Activity
Meet, Talk & Eat With Our Host
Allergies
Vegetarians & Allergies are Accommodated.
Weather
Good in All Weather Conditions
Hanoi Home-Hosted Dinner Description
Overview
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, and enjoy a true Vietnamese home meal that is normally cooked by our hosts for their own family reunions.
Itinerary
Leave the hustle and bustle of Hanoi behind as we head to Bat Trang Ceramic Village, which is about 30 minute-drive from the city center. Ever since Thang Long Citadel was chosen to be the capital of Vietnam in 1010, Bat Trang has been the source of bricks, tiles, and ceramic items that built up Hanoi today.
In the village, the home of our hosting family features a traditional Vietnamese ancestor worshipping house and a French colonial styled house, both were built by their grandfather in 1902. The unchanged architecture of their houses is now considered as a treasure in the community.
Be exclusively invited by our hosts to visit their beautiful and cozy home, sip a cup of tea while listening to the host introducing his family’s proud history, from making ceramic items, to building such beautiful houses, and to loosing properties in the Vietnam’s controversial land reform in the 1950s.
Stories continue around the table as we join them in a traditional home cooked dinner, prepared by his wife and daughter-in-law. After the meal, enjoy a green tea to relax and chat more, our host offers a great opening to find out about the family’s life in the past and today.
Our return to the hotel will begin when we reboard the van for a 30-minute ride.
EXPERIENCE PRICES
Prices quoted are on a per person and a private group bases
Group Size | 2 Pax | 3 – 5 Pax | From 6 Pax Up |
|---|---|---|---|
Price | $65 | $50 | $35 |
Inclusion
- Welcome with Vietnamese tea
- House and family introduction by the host
- Traditional Vietnamese home-cooked meal, with the traditional big menu prepared by the host whenever they have a family reunion.
Exclusion
- Transfer to/from the city center
- Service of a tour guide
- Other personal expenses not mentioned in the inclusion
PHOTOS OF THE EXPERIENCE
The home-cooked menu varies slightly according to travelers’ preferences
Family's Ancestors Worshipping Altar
Ceramic Incense Burners Made By Our Host and Gold Lacquered Parallel Sentences
The Living Room
Highlighted by Portraits Of Generations on The Wall, and Mahogany Furnitures Inlaid With Mother of Pearl
Ceramic Kerosene Oil Lamp
Our Hosting Family Was Chosen by The Government to Produce The Ceramic Kerosene Oil Lamp To Give The US President in 2017
Guests At Living Room
The Living Room is in The French Colonial House, Next To the Traditional Vietnamese House, Built in 1902
Guests Having Tea
Guests Are Enjoying The Family’s Special Tea at The Traditional Worshiping House
Guests at Dinning table
A Traditional Vietnamese Meal Has Up to 9 Dishes, Including Chicken, Spring Rolls, Vegetables, and Pork Soup
OUR HOSTING FAMILY
