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Asia is a food-lover’s heaven, and there are as many ways to experience it as there are things to try.

In fact, there's a recipe to the perfect foodie vacation — and it all starts (and potentially ends) with a guided food tour. Once that’s under your belt, and you’re fully armed with knowledge of all those local delicacies, you can graze with confidence in the destinations to come. And wherever you go, be sure to take in a little drinks culture, too; whether you wind up at a hipster coffee café in Saigon or delving into Korea's 24-hour bar culture, you’ll soon find that Southeast Asia is home to some of the best people watching places there are.

To truly understand a cuisine, we’ll sing the praises of taking a cookery class to anyone who will listen. Plus, the classes we've handpicked (many of them community or charitable initiatives) are run by some of the best people we know. Tasty and memorable!

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Gastronomic Adventure

$3,978

Classic

Food & Drink

Call us biased, but Japan has the best food in the world — and this trip has the best food in Japan.

Taste of Thailand

$4,182

Classic

Culture

Food & Drink

A gastronomic adventure through one of the world’s great cuisines — from curry to coffee, and from street food to Michelin stars.

Food-lover's Vietnam

$4,091

Activity

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Culture

Food & Drink

Go far beyond pho on this gastronomic adventure – covering Vietnam’s classic destinations with a focus on fabulous food.

Culinary Cambodia

$3,229

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Classic

Food & Drink

From beach BBQs to high-end fusion: this itinerary proves that Cambodia has the culinary clout to take on the world.

Two traditional folk dancers wearing masks dance in front of hanok houses in South Korea

South Korea Family Adventure

$3,779

Family

Culture

Food & Drink

South Korea is a terrific place for visitors to pursue their active hobbies. Whether it’s hiking, cycling, or even ziplining, the country offers up a plethora of outdoor activities that will appeal to every member of the family, along with loads of fun and enriching cultural experiences.

Experiential Malaysia

$3,113

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Culture & History

Food & Drink

Hands on

This action-packed itinerary is all about full immersion: getting to grips with Malaysian culture by experiencing it first-hand.

Hanoi

Northern Vietnam

Combining canary-yellow French palaces with colorful and chaotic market streets dating back to the imperial dynasties, Hanoi is the place to soak up the atmosphere of old Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh City

Southern Vietnam

The yin to Hanoi’s yang, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon to its friends) offers a more internationally minded counterpoint to that northern bastion of tradition — not to mention an exciting base from which to explore Vietnam’s most interesting war sites.

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur is a true cultural melting pot, where jade-topped Chinese gates open out onto palm-lined squares, Indian restaurants serve banana leaf curries in marigold-scented alleyways, and old-fashioned Malay villages lie squeezed between the skyscrapers.

Kuching

Borneo

A wide variety of indigenous and immigrant cultures combine to form Kuching’s unmistakable cultural mélange, expressed not only in its historic architecture and ethnic diversity, but in its legendary laksa, multicolored cakes and freshly blended gourmet coffee.

Penang

Malaysia

World Heritage architecture, 130-million-year-old rainforest, world-class street art and a countryside peppered with spice gardens and durian groves: the island of Penang is an intoxicating medley of natural and cultural treasures.

Kampot

Cambodia

World-famous for its tongue-tingling pepper, sleepy Kampot is the jumping-off point for adventures in Bokor National Park, and a wonderfully chilled-out place to relax for a few days.

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Aerial view of night market in middle of street in Hong Kong

Hong Kong nightlife

Hong Kong

Food & Drink

Hong Kong’s irrepressible energy doesn’t slow when the sun goes down — it just gets brighter, buzzier and infinitely more fun.

Bangkok after dark

Bangkok

Food & Drink

Bangkok is the city that never stops eating, as you’ll discover on this late-night tuk-tuk tour of the city’s finest street-food spots and drinking holes.

People queuing at food stalls in Singapore Hawker Centre

Hawker stalls and food tour

Singapore

Culture

Food & Drink

Each specializing in a single, meticulously prepared dish honed over generations, Singapore’s hawker stalls are so unique they’ve been given heritage status by UNESCO.

Organic Farm Cooking Class

Hoi An

Food & Drink

Hands on

Insider

We've road tested our fair share of cooking classes in Vietnam, and this is one of our favorites.

Lanterns outside izakaya in backstreet of Tokyo

Izakaya experience

Japan

Culture

Food & Drink

Can you be a professional at bar-hopping? Some of our Japan team have dedicated years to the art, and this insider’s eating-and-drinking extravaganza is the result.

Insider Experience: Tour Hanoi with a street-food blogger

Hanoi

Food & Drink

Insider

Whether it’s a steaming bowl of pho or sizzling char siu pork, food is never just food in Vietnam.

Bright pink doors and colourful trim on Peranakan building in Singapore

Peranakan culture with cookery experience

Singapore

Culture

Food & Drink

Insider

Melding ancient Chinese and local Malay traditions since the 15th century, Peranakan culture is totally unique, and food is the way to its heart.

Farming with buffalo in Triem Tay village, near Hoi An

Going Green in Hoi An

Hoi An

Active

Culture

Food & Drink

Triem Tay, on the rural fringes of Hoi An, is home to nearly 150 families whose livelihoods still revolve around traditional activities such as farming and sedge-weaving.

Two people preparing food on kitchen table

Kanazawa cooking class

Japan

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No sooner have you stepped inside Moe and Chikako’s front door than you’ll be seated at the kitchen table, chatting away and sipping the latest batch of their home-made plum wine.