Saigon Foodie Evening Tour - By Scooter - Private Tour

What To Expect

It is said that you have to taste a culture in order to understand it. Especially when it comes to countries of rich cultures and fascinating culinary like Vietnam, eating and cooking local foods may be the surest and truest way to its soul. Considered as the economic center of Vietnam, people across the country have been moving to Saigon for countless reasons, consequently enriching and diversifying its culture & cuisine. With this Saigon food tour, you will have a chance to experience some of Saigon's best specialties that favored by the locals.

Description

HIGHLIGHTS

• Scooter with our drivers
• Bò Bía - Rolled Bía
• Sugarcane juice
• Vietnamese pizza
• Clams steamed with lemongrass in a pot
• Stir-fried finger shape snails with morning glory

ITINERARY

Street food is well and truly at the heart of this bustling city, but with so much on offer it’s difficult to know what to choose. Dont worry, our guide will help you have a nice street food trip.

We will pick you up at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City Center.

Before beginning our fascinating Saigon food tour, we will give a Southern style scarf as a Vietnamese souvenir. Then, we will ride through busy and narrow streets/alleys of Saigon with a local Vietnamese driver (well trained and speaking English).

We will stop for:

Bò Bía - Rolled Bía: a very popular Saigon street food. It's a refreshing crunchy rice paper roll filled with jicama, Chinese sausage, herbs served with soya bean paste. Then we enjoy with a cup of Nước Mía - sugarcane juice.

The next stop of our Saigon food tour on scooters is Banh Xeo: "sizzling cake" or Vietnamese savoury fried pancake, the size is as big as the skillet, with choice of pork or seafood or mushrooms served with fresh herbs and crunchy vegetables.Following with Frozen Passion Fruit Flan - special homemade recipes.

Group from 03 pax and over will have extra Bo La Lot - Beef in “Lot” leaf

If you have already tried Banh Xeo elsewhere before joining our evening Saigon food tour, we will order Bo La Lop instead. And try to taste Banh Trang Nuong a Vietnamese pizza type with grilled rice paper, quail egg, pork. Stop (optional) at a night street food alley for balut egg.

Stop at local restaurant to enjoy the most trendy local street food with beers:

Ngheu Hap Sa - Clams steamed with lemongrass in a pot.

Oc Mong Tay Xao Rau Muong - Stir-fried finger shape snails with morning glory.

Ech Nup Lum - fried frogs (no skin) hidden in shredded lemongrass.

Stop for Sam Bo Luong: a type of sweet desert – sweet soup, cooked with rock sugar, lotus seeds, dried longan, red jujubes, and thinly sliced seaweed.

Drop you off at hotel in Ho Chi Minh City Center. Saigon food tour ends here. Our guide will say goodbye and see you again!

ITINERARY IN BRIEF

18:00 Pick  up at  hotel

Receive a Southern style scarf as a Vietnamese souvenir.

Ride through busy and narrow streets

We will stop for:

• Taste Bo Bia - Rolled Bia
• Enjoy with a cup of sugarcane juice.
• Stop to try "sizzling cake" or Vietnamese savoury fried pancake or Bo La Lop instead.
• Following with Frozen Passion Fruit Flan - special homemade recipes.
• Stop for Banh Trang Nuong

Stop (optional) at a night street food alley for balut egg

Enjoy the most trendy local street food with beers:

• Ngheu Hap Sa.
• Oc Mong Tay Xao Rau Muong
• Ech Nup Lum
• Stop for Sam Bo Luong

22:00 Drop you off at hotel in Ho Chi Minh City Center.

SCHEDULE

• Duration: 4 hours (approx.) from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm
• Pick-up point: Hotel in District 1, Ho Chi Minh city
• Drop-off point: Returning to the departure point.

Include

• Local foods and drinks;
• Qualified helmet, poncho;
• A handful gift: Southern style scarf;
• English speaking guide and drivers;
• Pick up and drop off at hotel within 4 kilometers from city centre;
• Accident insurance.

Exclude

• Pick up and drop off at airport, train or bus station, Saigon's Ports;
• Tips, personal expense and others not included in the package.

Please Note

• To locate your hotel, please visit Booking.com or Agoda.com\ Filter by Neighborhood\ Ho Chi Minh City Center;
• For this Saigon food tour at night, we offer pick-up service outside the Center of Ho Chi Minh city with surcharge;
• The price is not applied in holidays.

If you are a gourmet foodie and want to try more Vietnam food in general or more Saigon food in specific, you can join our Saigon Cooking Class: Market Tour And Cooking Class and put your hands over the making of these delicacies. Saigon food tour and cooking classes are our two bestselling Saigon tours and they are also listed among the best things to do in Ho Chi Minh city.