Tan L
When I was young , my dad taught me a lot about skills to take DNA in the mushrooms out and make marinade with some things else to make fungus. As I needed the money for studying, I was working as a kitchen hand and I realized my love for food. So I learnt and created a lot of dishes. Then I applied to be a chef in Vietnamese ,Chinese and Malaysian restaurants. In this time I also studied accounting. When I finished my accounting, I wanted to learn more about western cuisine so i applied for William Anglish institute for 2 years to learn Cooking. To cover the costs, I had to work 17 hours per day as a butcher in a butcher shop in Victoria market. When the market closed, I got on the train and back to the restaurant working until 12pm. I did that for 6 years.
Eventually, a customer told me he loved vietnamese food so much and he also loved vietnamese medicine when he went to Sapa and he wish that there was a cooking and medicine teaching class in Vietnam. That idea struck me and led me to combine all my skills about food, medicine, butcher and biologist to open a cooking class now where I share my love and passion of food with my guests.
Language spoken:
English.
Location: Ho Chi Minh City .
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Featured Experiences
Exploring Cu Chi
Ho Chi MInh
1 - 15 pax
8 hrs
Do you know any place in the world that is famous for its tunnels? Welcome to Cu Chi, ladies and gentlemen! Of course, that is not all there is to see here. There is also a Bonsai and animal farm to appreciate, a rubber forest to tap rubber from, a cow farm to get milk from and a garden to pick herbs from. And you can do all of it! Sounds like quite an adventure, doesn’t it?
Exploring Cu Chi with Vietnamese Cooking Class
Ho Chi Minh
1 - 20 pax
2 days
How do you satisfy someone who is a history buff and foodie? With a combination of relics from the Vietnam War and a hands-on Vietnamese cooking session, of course. Spend two days experiencing life and interacting with locals in the rural areas of Cu Chi province. Engage in the passion of cooking by picking your vegetables and herbs fresh, visiting local farms, and then whipping it all together into a meal. Embrace the full range of what Cu Chi has to offer!
Cooking in Agricultural Villages
Ho Chi Minh
1 - 15 pax
8 hrs
Let a Vietnamese chef, biologist and pharmacist show you how it’s done. How what is done? How to take on the persona of a farmer convincingly. In the suburbs of Ho Chi Minh lies the area of Cu Chi famous for its culinary culture. Feed cows, cultivate rice, pick vegetables and herbs, see prawn and fish, all against the backdrop herds of wandering cows and Elysian fields. Cook traditional Vietnamese dishes. Understand more about the hard lives of the friendly and honest local people. In fact, get into character fully with traditional Vietnames...
Catch and Cook: A Village Encounter
Ho Chi Minh City
1 - 12 pax
2 days
Remember the stories of humans starting off as cavemen and then hunters? But it’s really not a story anymore. Climb trees, catch chicken, fish and even dragonflies! We promise it’s more fun than going to the gym. Embark on a two day local tour with many new experiences about new foods that you have never even thought of. We join in harvest time with farmers and milk the cows. Nope, none of that skimmed milk stuff. In the night, we'll get up to catch the frog. We'll be living the true village life - flying kites, barbeque-ing food, sleeping o...
Be a Farmer and Explorer at Cu Chi Tunnels
Ho Chi Minh
1 - 200 pax
8 hrs
This is for the Farmers. The Planters. The ones who thought they grew up with green fingers. (Even those who don't!) You'll become a local farmer for half a day where we learn not the skills of the kitchen, but how to grow vegetables, manage rice fields and more. Be prepared to get your hands soil-dirty! Find out about Vietnamese agriculture and be one with mother earth as we grow organic ingredients. We will go one step further to milk cows and make rice paper, a Vietnamese staple food!
This is also for the Explorers. The ones wh...
Reviews Received
Tan is an amazing host! He is very sociable and able to make his guests feel comfortable in his home. His overseas experience makes him an ideal communicator in helping us understand Vietnam culture from an outside point of view. Best of all, he cooks really DELICIOUS VIETNAMESE FOOD with his organic ingredients from his farm. A must try! and definitely coming back for more.
almost 8 years ago
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It was truly a local immersion experience at the Cu Chi Village - both my husband and I each enjoyed different aspects - the history buff in him loved the Cu Chi Tunnel experience, the nature lover in me loved the rice paper making, organic farms & mushrooms and the foodies in us loved the bbq dinner and cooking classes. We fell in love with the Vietnamese Fish Sauce - and all in all it was fascinating to learn about the history and way of life of the Cu Chi Village. The experiences included many firsts for us - fresh cow milk with coffee.. waddling in a historic tunnel... Tan is very proud and passionate about sharing Vietnamese culture, and he gets very excited if you are the adventurous type! The guest room in the school is a simple, clean, no-frill type that meets one's basic needs with the addition of cable TV. I highly recommend relaxing on the hammock in the middle of the day, falling asleep while the hammock rocks soothingly, and taking in the view of the endless green fields. Simple pleasures...
over 7 years ago
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