What to do and see in Luang Prabang, Luang Prabang Province: The Best Food & Drink

September 8, 2021 Etsuko Causey

This UNESCO World Heritage Site is the former capital of Laos, and you'll see everything from golden-roofed temples to vestiges of colonial French architecture here. Buddhist monasteries abound in Luang Prabang, and early every morning, monks process through the streets collecting alms (their food for the day). If you want to watch or participate, though, ask your hotel for a brief etiquette lesson first—you have to distribute the food in a specific manner.
Restaurants in Luang Prabang

1. Luang Prabang Homestay

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Luang Prabang Homestay

While staying with us, with the homestay experience or not, you can be sure to be very well taken care of when it comes to dining. Kham's cooking comes from her hearth and what she will prepare with you are the same dishes she will prepared for her family and friends. So we are offering cooking lesson either in our home or in the traditional Lao Leu house of Luang Prabang. We have selected 7 dishes who will transport you to the roots of Laotian cuisine. The food tour and cooking class last 5 hours. The day will start at 9am with a quick tour to the morning market where we will choose only fresh ingredients. Then the class in our kitchen followed by the lunch. The journey will stop at around 2pm.

2. Buffalo Tours

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Buffalo Tours

Discova is your team of global destination management specialists. We’re here to put people in touch with travel - and not necessarily in the ways they might be used to. Working globally and living locally, we go the extra mile to connect people and places with a world of possibilities. We are the experts in our destinations with 95% of our people being locals. The Discova team are passionate about delivering truly amazing and innovative experiences, from simple airport transfers to multi-day high touch cultural experiences and everything else in between. Operating across 14 countries throughout Asia, Mexico, Latin America, and the Caribbean, Discova delivers a wide range of specialist services including ground transfers, accommodation, large group touring (GIT), independent traveller journeys (FIT), MICE, and educational travel.

3. Traveling Spoon

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Traveling Spoon

Traveling Spoon provides travelers with private, authentic food experiences, from homemade meals to cooking classes and market tours, with local hosts in their homes.

4. Tamarind Cooking School

Kingkitsarath Rd On The Nam Khan River, Ban Wat Sene, Luang Prabang 0600 Laos +856 71 213 128 [email protected] http://www.tamarindlaos.com/cooking-school/
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Tamarind Cooking School

Tamarind Restaurant in Luang Prabang offers day and evening cooking classes in open air pavilions overlooking lily ponds just outside of town. Participants in day classes are taken there after a visit to the fascinating main market, where they are introduced to the unusual and intriguing ingredients that are the basis of Lao cuisine. From there it is off to Tamarind Gardens to cook Lao dishes in the authentic Lao style. Evening classes are shorter. Individual work stations allow you to follow the instructions of an entertaining and informative Lao teacher, whilst a bevy of staff clean up after you. The sessions end with a sumptuous meal, where you eat the fruits of your labours! Transport to and from Tamarind Restaurant and recipe book all included. Vegetarians welcome.

Reviewed By WendyS555 - Randalstown, United Kingdom

We did the evening class, as we had visited the market many times, and didn’t need a guided tour of it. Bit of a bumpy ride to the school! We washed our hands, and started cooking straight away, making jeow, a spicy dipping sauce. It was great fun, and something I will do at home. We also cooked fish in a banana leaf, and lemongrass stuffed with chicken. I got a thumbs up from our teacher for mine! There was confusion over the drinks. I knew you had to pay for beer and wine, but most people didn’t. Don’t they check TripAdvisor before booking?? A price list was left on the end of the table, but it wasn’t pointed out. This would have been helpful. We finished by eating what we personally had cooked, everyone got their fish, and their lemongrass, so that was lovely. The staff had added some soup and salad, but it wasn’t really needed. Sig, our teacher was excellent, kept an eye on everyone. A very pleasant way to spend an evening ,

5. The Bamboo Experience

Lao-Thai friendship street Hom 01 Nasang village, Luang Prabang 0600 Laos +856 20 56 968 889 [email protected] http://www.bambooexperience.org
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The Bamboo Experience

The Bamboo Experience is a local family run workshop where you will discover Lao culture through bamboo products, activities & Lao foods using bamboo shoot as main ingredients. You will also be connected with our local community to learn about their way of life! To book the class you should contact us one day in advance or at least at 6pm the day before coming to our workshop. We offer two classes per day either daytime 8:30am - 13:30pm (lunch included) and/or evening 16:00pm - 21:00pm (dinner included). We can provide pickup from/to your hotel (to be confirmed when you make the booking).

Reviewed By Janb0211

This is a fabulous experience with many activities included. Learn about bamboo, cook sticky rice pudding, take part in Baci celebration, dinner and traditional music performance.

6. Tour Luang prabang-Mr Service

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Tour Luang prabang-Mr Service

I am Chanthy ( Mr Service ) owner of the MONK TOUR PROJECT LAO, offering services to the community by minivan for tours and transport in the whole Laos with a fair price for everyone in the world.

7. Localguides Asia Travel

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Localguides Asia Travel

Localguides Asia Travel assembled by Southeast Asia expert tour guides, we invent a new true local travel experience, Our expertise about educational trip. we offer customer for most affordable trips and travel with friendly local community whom hosts your holiday.

8. Morning Glow Laos

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Morning Glow Laos

A locally owned tourism company offering one to three day mountain trek tours. Sleep under millions of stars and wake up to a breath-taking sea of clouds!

9. Cooking School at Sofitel Luang Prabang

Ban Mano, de la Paix Sofitel Luang Prabang, Luang Prabang 0600 Laos +856 71 260 777 http://lpqhotels.com/cooking-class
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Cooking School at Sofitel Luang Prabang

Reviewed By Bouffer9 - Gold Coast, Australia

4 of us joined Chef John on a trip to the markets at 8am. Chef John was most informative, pointing out to us delicacies that were extremely foreign (like larvae). This was a wonderful snapshot of village life and Chef John was most interesting. Armed with special ingredients and fortified by a buffet breakfast, we donned aprons in the Sofitel kitchen at 10.30am, an immaculately clean, open sided space and under Chef John's guidance, chopped, diced and cooked up 4 dishes. These were then transported to the Governor's Grill, the restaurant at the Sofitel and we feasted on our efforts (which were outstanding due to Chef John's guidance and intervention) plus Chef John's desert, which he prepared for us. It was so much food we had difficulty finishing it. This was simply a most enjoyable experience from start to finish. Chef John made it FUN! Wonderful value for the market tour, the cooking class, recipe book and a sumptuous meal.

10. Luang Prabang Home Cooking Experience

Ban Nong Kham Near Kiettisack International School, Luang Prabang 0600 Laos +856 20 55 870 725 [email protected] http://m.facebook.com/luangprabangcookingclass
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Luang Prabang Home Cooking Experience

Reviewed By Alankurtz - Mullumbimby, Australia

This was exactly what we were looking for - an experience with a local Lao family who love cooking and showing their guests how to cook local dishes. We spent the whole morning with Madame Nee and her family first at the market, then in her home, chatting, laughing and cooking sticky rice and some delicious village style dishes. Then when Nee’s young husband, Si, arrived home we sat on the floor with the children and ate together. Finally, the local lao lao whisky, made by Si’s auntie, came out. Si is a former monk from the famous Wat Xiang Thong temple and full of stories of his experiences there and, before that in his village outside of Luang Prabang. It was a wonderful experience.

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