Street-level experiences · Việt Nam
Sài Gòn: street food and local experiences
Sài Gòn never sits still, so we take you on the back of a motorbike. The market in the morning, a home kitchen at lunch, and six stools across District 4 and District 5 after dark.
Signature routes · Full day · about 8 hrs
Sài Gòn, Market to Midnight
Shop and cook with a market auntie, then ride pillion through the night food streets.
$93 per guest ≈ 2.42M ₫
Pick this route →- Free to request, nothing charged
- Confirmed by a person within 24 h
- 30% deposit only after we confirm
- Small groups, named local hosts
Experiences in Sài Gòn
- Ăn đêmBack-of-the-Bike Food NightEvening · 4 hrs · $48 per guest
Ride pillion with a local driver through District 4 and District 5. Six stops, six stools, from bánh xèo to snails to chè.
- ChợMarket-to-Wok Cooking ClassMorning · 4 hrs · $45 per guest
Shop Bến Thành's back lanes with a market auntie, then cook four southern dishes in her home kitchen.
Before you go
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- Bánh mì: what goes inside, the kinds to try, and how to order oneThe Vietnamese sandwich, from the light, crackly loaf to the pâté, pickles and chilli inside. The kinds worth…
- Cơm tấm: Sài Gòn’s broken rice, and how to order itBroken rice, a charcoal-grilled pork chop and sweet fish sauce: what comes on a plate of cơm tấm, how to eat…
- Bánh xèo: the sizzling Vietnamese pancake, and how to eat itWhat’s in a bánh xèo, why it’s named after a sizzle, how southern and central pancakes differ, and how to…
- Ốc: how to eat snails in Sài Gòn, and what to orderSài Gòn’s quán ốc serve snails, clams and scallops with cold beer. What to order, how to get them out of the…
- Bến Thành Market in Sài Gòn: what to buy and how to bargainSài Gòn’s most famous market, under its French-era clock tower: what you’ll find inside, how to bargain with…
- 30 Vietnamese dishes to try, north to southPhở, bún chả, cao lầu, bánh xèo and 26 more: the dishes worth tracking down in Việt Nam, from Hà Nội to the…
- What food costs in Việt Nam: street prices and a daily budgetRough prices for phở, bánh mì, coffee and beer in Việt Nam, what a day of eating adds up to, and how to pay:…
- Vietnamese phrases for street food: what to say at a plastic-stool tableThe Vietnamese for ordering, asking the price, skipping chilli or ice, saying it was delicious and toasting,…
- How to pick a good street food stall in Việt NamEight signs of a stall worth sitting down at, from the locals on the stools to a menu of one dish, plus what…
- How to cross the street in Việt Nam (and ride on a motorbike)Walk slowly, never run: how to cross the street through Vietnamese traffic, what all the horns mean, and how…
- Vegetarian food in Việt Nam: what to eat and what to sayEating vegetarian or vegan in Việt Nam: cơm chay restaurants, dishes that often come meat-free, where fish…
- Vietnamese herbs: a guide to the herb plateThai basil, perilla, Vietnamese balm, fish mint and six more: what each herb on a Vietnamese herb plate…
- Vietnamese fish sauce (nước mắm): how it’s made and how to choose itHow nước mắm is made from anchovies and salt, how to read the label and pick a bottle, how to mix nước chấm,…
- Chè: Vietnamese sweet soups and desserts, and how to order themBeans, jellies, tapioca and coconut milk, hot or over ice: what chè is, the kinds to try from Hà Nội to Sài…