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Ho Chi Minh City: Food Tour by Scooter with Eleven Tastings
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Ho Chi Minh City: Food Tour by Scooter with Eleven Tastings

By Saigonese Real Experience
10 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is S$38 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview
  • Immerse yourself in the tastes and smells of Ho Chi Minh City on a food tour
  • Travel on the back of a scooter around Saigon to visit various food stalls
  • Make friends with your local guide and get recommendations on what else to try
  • Try your hand at cooking Banh xeo(The crispy pancake) during the activity
  • Taste traditional Vietnamese dishes, including Banh Mi, noodle soup, and more

Activity location

    • Ho Chi Minh City
    • Ho Chi Minh City, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Phường 6, Quận 3, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh 700000, Vietnam | Your guide will be waiting for you at the ticket box of the War Remnants Museum. Meeting point is at: 28 Vo Van Tan Street, District 3(ticket box of the War Remnants Museum). Your guide will be holding a smartphone with your name on it. Also our guide will text you on whatsapp or email before the tour. So please text us on whatsapp or email us for easy pick up after booking this tour. Thank you and See you soon!
    • Quận 3, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam

Check availability


Private Tour with Hotel Transfer
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h4h
  • English

Only for you and your group in this option. No other ones will join. You can book up to 30 guests in one booking

Language options: English
Price details
S$38.00 x 1 AdultS$38.00

Total
Price is S$38.00
Small-Group Tour with Hotel Transfer
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h4h
  • English

In this option: you may join with some other guests in the tour. The small group size is normally only from 4-6 guests(maximum is 10 guests)

Language options: English
Price details
S$38.00 x 1 AdultS$38.00

Total
Price is S$38.00
Small-group Tour with a Meeting Point
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h4h
  • English

Pick up will be at the meeting point. Drop off will be in Districts: 1,3,4 and 5 or also at the meeting point. The small group size is normally only from 4-6 guests(maximum is 10 guests)

Language options: English
Price details
S$38.00 x 1 AdultS$38.00

Total
Price is S$38.00

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel/Airbnb/Apartment pickup and drop-off at Districts 1, 3, 4 and 5
  • What's includedWhat's included 11 food tastings and 3-4 drinks
  • What's includedWhat's included Guide
  • What's includedWhat's included Driver
  • What's includedWhat's included Helmet
  • What's includedWhat's included Wet tissue and hand sanitiser
  • What's includedWhat's included Raincoat and mask (if needed)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTips for the guide

What you can expect

Taste the best 11 foods offered by Saigon's local food stands. Travel around the city by scooter, taking in hidden gems and more. Try foods, such as Banh xeo and Banh mi made before your eyes. Choose your departure time: at 8AM(morning), 1PM(afternoon), 5:30PM, 6PM, 6:30PM or 7PM(evening). We can take good care of vegetarians, dietary restrictions, the senior and the children

*Detailed Itinerary:

After hotel pickup by scooter, zoom off your first stop for an starter. Sit like a local at the food stall eating 1#banana sticky rice before attending a small cooking class where you will make your own 2#Banh xeo (mini savoury crispy pancakes), rolled up with 3#grilled beef wrapped in betel leaf.

Then, take a walk around the street food heaven in District 10 to taste 4#shredded pork crispy rice and 5#fried bao buns. At the next stop, immerse yourself in the biggest flower market of Saigon and try the best 6#Vietnamese pizza, 7#grilled crackers, and challenge yourself with 8#snails stuffed with pork.

Next, venture into the oldest apartment area to enjoy sugarcane juice and 9#Hue beef noodle soup before stopping for fantastic 10#Banh mi. Finally, head for 11#dessert with different flavoured caramel flans and jams before heading back to your hotel. Especially your guides(also your drivers) are local students who are excellent licensed drivers, well-trained and fluent in English

*11 tastings menu:

1.Mini sizzling savoury pancake (Bánh xèo):
Ingredients: Rice flour, coconut milk, egg, and turmeric powder
Fillings: Shrimp and pork, bean sprouts, and mung beans
Served with mustard greens, lettuce, herbs like: Thai basil, purple mint, amparella leaf, fish sauce

2.Grilled beef wrapped in betel leaf (Bò lá lốt):
Served with: Vermicelli, rice paper, green banana, star fruit, fish sauce with pineapple

3.Fried bao buns (Bánh bao chiên):
Ingredients: Wheat flour, yeast, baking powder, milk, sugar
Fillings: Wood ear mushroom, minced pork, quail eggs, spring onions

4.Shredded pork crispy rice (Cơm Cháy Chà Bông):
Ingredients: Crispy rice, shredded pork, shrimp flakes, scallion oil

5.Grilled banana sticky rice (Chuối nếp nướng):
Ingredients: Ripe bananas, sticky rice, coconut milk, sesame seeds

6.Hue beef noodle soup (Bún Bò Huế):
Broth ingredients: Beef bones, lemongrass, shrimp paste, pineapple
Other ingredients: Beef brisket, crab sausage, spring onions

7.Vietnamese pizza (Bánh tráng nướng):
Ingredients: Grilled rice paper, quail's egg, corn, pork sausage, shrimp flakes

8.Snails stuffed with pork (Ốc nhồi thịt):
Ingredients: Snails, minced pork, lemongrass, pepper, shallot,…

9.Grilled rice paper cake (Bánh phồng nướng):
Ingredients: Rice milk, wheat flour, coconut milk,…

10.Saigon's signature baguette (Bánh Mì):
Fillings: Pork sausage, pate, butter, pickles, herbs, cucumber, chilli,…

11.Dessert:
Caramel flans, jam, or yoghurt in many different flavours

-Drinks: Bottled Water, Iced tea and Sugarcane Juice with kumquat or local Beer

Location

Activity location

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    • Ho Chi Minh City
    • Ho Chi Minh City, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Phường 6, Quận 3, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh 700000, Vietnam | Your guide will be waiting for you at the ticket box of the War Remnants Museum. Meeting point is at: 28 Vo Van Tan Street, District 3(ticket box of the War Remnants Museum). Your guide will be holding a smartphone with your name on it. Also our guide will text you on whatsapp or email before the tour. So please text us on whatsapp or email us for easy pick up after booking this tour. Thank you and See you soon!
    • Quận 3, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam