Five Flavours of Vietnam - Tracey Lister
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Tracey Lister's
Five Flavours of Vietnam
SWEET, SALTY, SPICY, SOUR & BITTER
Culinary Tours 2019-March 10th & May 19th
Experience Vietnamese
home cooking,
high end dining, street
food and
royal cuisine while
taking in Vietnam’s
breathtaking
beauty ...
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all the Ingredients for an exceptional Vietnam Culinary Tour
… while seeing the sights in comfort and style
Explore Northern and Central Vietnam’s cuisine and culinary traditions with Tracey Lister as she shares
with you her extensive knowledge of the country she called home for over a decade.
Experience the sights and foods she has shared with chefs, food writers and food lovers alike on her
well-loved culinary tours.
The tour starts in the vibrant Vietnamese capital Hanoi with its mix of fragrant broths and hearty cooler
climate fare. After a short a break on Ha Long Bay the tour moves to Hue, the Imperial city known for
its royal cuisine, reflected in the many small dishes created to please Emperor Duc in the 1800’s.
Then it’s over the dramatic Hai Van Pass to picturesque Hoi An, known for its abundant seafood and its use
of lemongrass and chilli.
As we visit these cities we will feast in local restaurants, noisy bia hois, the occasional upmarket restaurant,
as well as in people’s homes and, Tracey’s favourite…. dining with locals perched on small stools at
roadside curbs.
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ITINERARY: Day 1 and 2
Day 1
6pm: Welcome to Hanoi!
Meet in the hotel foyer before heading out for a flaming pho
cocktail and dinner in a local restaurant.
Day 2
9.00am: Street Food Tour
Life in Vietnam happens on the streets and there is no better
way to start your tour by exploring some of the
hidden alleyways of Hanoi.
Slurp your way through some of Hanoi’s most famous
dishes like pho, bun cha or for the more adventurous,
fertilized duck eggs.
Finish the tour with a Vietnamese brew of rich sweet
coffee with yoghurt or egg in one of Hanoi’s oldest cafes.
12 noon Free Time
pm: Movable Feast
A food tour with a difference.
Start with canapes and champagne in a private home, then
travel by electric buggies to different fine dining establish-
ments across Hanoi, while immersing yourself in Hanoi by
night as we travel to a new destination between each course.
You will pass Hanoi landmarks including West Lake’s
Tran Quoc Pagoda, Dinh Bien Phu Street with its
famous street light illumination, and Hoan Kiem Lake.
Continue by electric buggies through the Old Quarter,
to our final course at the Hotel Metropole,
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ITINERARY: Day 3 , 4 and 5
Day 3 Day 4
am: Farm visit and cooking class. A taste of the am: Ha Long Bay
Vietnamese countryside when we visit a family
farm in Song Phuong Village an hour outside of Enjoy two days relaxing on spectacular Ha Long
Hanoi. Bay on a 4 star junk.
Pamper yourself with their onboard full service
6pm: spa, enjoy the incredible scenery as you relax on
Dinner in a lively family restaurant featuring food deck
from the Northern highlands.
House specialties include crispy fried sticky rice, Day 5
river fish or buffalo in banana leaf and, for the Ha Long. Return to Hanoi
more adventurous, there is an extensive insect
menu! 6pm: Dinner Bia Hoi
A casual evening of street food and beer at a
local outdoor venue.
Bia hoi venues are raucous, open-air beer gar-
dens serving Vietnamese ‘pub grub’. Popu-
lar bia hoi items include BBQ pork ribs, buffalo
wrapped in betel leaves, and tofu pillows in
fragrant tomato sauce.
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ITINERARY: Day 6 and 7
Day 6
5am: Chef’s Tour of Long Bien Wholesale Market
followed by a cooking class in a family home.
Led by a local chef and designed for visiting chefs,
food writers and photographers, this tour takes
you behind the scenes of Hanoi’s main food
market, situated off the beaten track in the Long
Bien district. Bia Hoi, fresh beer, is collected daily from the factory
tart the day with a bang at this vibrant, noisy
s
gates and must be consumed on the day. The brew is
low-alcohol, unpasteurized and free of preservatives.
produce market that supplies Hanoi’s restaurants
with the freshest seafood, meat, herbs, tofu and
other specialties, followed by a cooking class
using produce from the market. Day 7
This is a perfect opportunity for some early 9am: Perfume River Tour
morning photography. Enjoy a relaxing sight-seeing tour down the
Fly to Hue then 6pm dinner sampling Perfume River visiting the beautiful gardens
Hue royal cuisine. and royal tombs before a vegetarian lunch
prepared by monks, in a local pagoda.
Continue your journey to the Imperial Citadel,
home of Vietnam’s last royal family and now a
UNESCO World Heritage site, then
visit the Hue Royal Antiques Museum to see an
impressive collection of ornaments from Hue’s
royal past.
6pm: Dinner in a local family restaurant
ITINERARY: Day 8 and 9
Day 8 Day 9
am: Street Food Tour am: Depart for Hoi An
Enjoy a local breakfast of pork ribs braised with Experience one of the most beautiful journeys on
lemongrass and peanuts served with sticky our tour – a drive over the Hai Van Pass, a coastal
rice, one of Hue’s famous dishes. Bun Bo Hue is road with spectacular views.
a must, a rich beef broth with rice noodles and Lunch is at a local roadside café, chosen by our
perfumed with perilla and coriander. driver.
11am: free time 2pm: Take a stroll through Hoi An, a pretty little
Stroll along the river, have a massage or explore town set on Thu Bon River. Hoi An town fea-
the river-side market. tures preserved pagodas, merchant houses,
4pm: Cooking Class ornate historical Chinese buildings and the
Learn local Hue dishes and royal cuisine in one famous Japanese covered bridge
of Hue’s most famous high-end restaurants and
cooking schools. Enjoy finding out more about 6pm: Dinner
Vietnam’s hidden cuisine from the experts, in a Try some Hoi An specialties such as crispy
gorgeous architect-designed restaurant. stuffed rice flour pancake, white rose dumplings,
squid filled with pork, and cellophane noodles
and prawns on sugar cane.
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ITINERARY: Day 10 and 11
Day 10 Day 11
am: Visit Cham temples am: Free time in the morning before lunch at An Banh
Tour My Son, a site featuring abandoned Beach overlooking the East Vietnamese Sea
Hindu temples built by the kings
of Champa from the 4th to 14th pm: Vespa food tour with Phi.
century. Phi, a former student of Tracey’s, will take you on a
Vespa tour of the countryside around Hoi An.
Free time for shopping, spa visits,
You will visit craft villages, local coffee roasters, with
photographing beautiful Hoi An.
roadside snacks and coconut water.
pm: Sunset boat trip to our cooking class in
an open kitchen on the river Day 12
AM: Final group breakfast to say hẹn gặp lại !
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Terms and conditions
Price includes:
Single supplement: $450 aud (paid in addition
11 Breakfasts, 9 lunches, 11 dinners to the above package price, land only arrange-
11 nights at 4 star hotels ment)
One domestic flight
Excursions: Street food tour in Hanoi and Deposit: $500 required upon booking -50% re-
Hue, Movable Feast by electric buggies in fundable up to 4 months prior to departure.
Hanoi, Wholesale market tour, Cooking Final payment due 11th December for March
class in the northern Vietnamese country- tour and July 7th for the October tour
side, one near the river in Hoian and a Roy- Tour does not include: international flight, Vi-
al cuisine class in Hue, Vespa tour in Hoian, etnam visa, travel insurance, beverages (other
Overnight cruise on Ha Long bay, Morning than listed) or items of personal nature such as
cruise on perfume river with lunch in a pa- telephone, mini bar and laundry expenses.
goda
Fully escorted by Tracey Lister & a national For further details contact
tour escort in Vietnam Tracey Lister
Cost per person: $3,900 aud (based on twin traceylister@hotmail.com
share accommodation, land only arrangement) Phone: +61 422 778 442
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