Farm-to-Table Cooking Class Ride, Harvest, Cook & Feast

No. The route is flat, short and on quiet village roads with very little traffic, and the pace is deliberately gentle — we stop often. If you’d rather not cycle at all, say so in your booking notes and we’ll confirm what we can arrange for you.

Completely. There’s a full vegetarian menu — spring rolls, a vegetarian Vietnamese pancake (bánh xèo), tofu in tomato sauce, sweetcorn, rice and stir-fried bean sprouts with luffa — not a reduced version of the meat menu. We genuinely recommend it, and mixed groups of meat eaters and vegetarians cook side by side without any problem. Allergies and other dietary preferences can be accommodated too; just tell us when you book.

Both cover exactly the same flow. The morning session is flexible — start any half hour between 8:30 and 11:00 AM (last start 10:30 if you add hotel pickup) — and it’s cooler for cycling with the market at its liveliest. The afternoon session runs at 2:30 PM only; it’s quieter, suits late risers, and finishes with dinner in the golden light over the fields.

Comfortable clothes you can cycle in, closed shoes, sun protection and a hat. In the wetter months, a light rain layer is worth packing. You’ll be in a garden and a kitchen, so nothing you’d mind getting a little soil or kitchen splash on.

With the meeting point rate you make your own way to Quán Tình Pagoda (Chùa Quán Tình) in Long Biên — open it on Google Maps, for the start time you picked. With hotel pickup we collect you from your hotel and bring you back afterwards. Pickup is free for hotels in the Old Quarter; staying elsewhere in Hanoi, message us first to check whether a small extra applies.

Yes — families are very welcome, and harvesting corn tends to be a hit with children. Add their ages in the booking notes and we’ll confirm bike sizing and a reduced child rate when we reply.

Light rain rarely stops anything — the market, harvest, cooking and meal all go ahead. Only the ride depends on conditions. If the weather looks genuinely unsafe we’ll contact you beforehand to adjust the plan, move your date, or cancel at no cost.

About 10 hours’ notice is usually enough — book by the evening before for a morning session, or first thing in the morning for the afternoon one. We can often arrange something sooner too; message us on WhatsApp and we’ll check. Booking earlier helps most in peak season and for private groups, since the hosts prepare the garden and the market list around your session.