Bophut Trip Overview
The 5h “Private Cooking Workshop” offers an intensive and very personal Thai culinary experience.
With the help of your native host, you’ll discover the unique flavors of local cooking while learning about traditional ways of life. As part of this private class you’ll visit a local market, sample exotic ingredients from an organic garden and learn to cook 4 typical dishes.
Additional Info
Duration: 5 hours
Starts: Bophut, Thailand
Trip Category: Food, Wine & Nightlife >> Cooking Classes
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What to Expect When Visiting Bophut, Surat Thani Province, Thailand
The 5h “Private Cooking Workshop” offers an intensive and very personal Thai culinary experience.
With the help of your native host, you’ll discover the unique flavors of local cooking while learning about traditional ways of life. As part of this private class you’ll visit a local market, sample exotic ingredients from an organic garden and learn to cook 4 typical dishes.
Between 9 AM and 9:30 AM (depending on location), be picked-up at your hotel, villa or cruise ship by our friendly and English speaking driver.
At 10 AM : Start the tour at the fresh market where you’ll get to taste seasonal fruits or authentic dishes prepared right in front of you, at the street stalls. You’ll be given plenty of information about the culinary traditions but feel free to ask any question as the tour will be customized for you.
Around 10:45 AM : be transferred at the cooking school (located only 1 minute away !) with our tuk-tuk, enjoy a selection of welcome drinks, then start preparing healthy and colorful herbal drinks with local flowers, and the 4 dishes you’ve selected in the extensive menu (nearly 200 dishes available !). Whether you’re a novice or a cooking maestro, you’ll receive one-on-one advice to prepare a great tasting meal.
Around 1:30 PM : Enjoy the beautiful food you’ve prepared with your choice of rice, herbal drinks, Thai tea and coffee.
Around 2 PM : Receive a surprise parcel at the end of the workshop.
Be transferred back to your hotel, villa or cruise ship.
Sample Menu
• Spring rolls – There are 15 different starters and snacks on the menu.
• Young mango salad, roasted coconut and peanuts – A delicious salad! But there are about 20 salads to choose from.
• Spicy and sour prawn soup, or “Tom Yam” – Prepare a Tom Yam or select a little know soup from an extensive menu. There are 30 soups on the menu.
• Massaman curry – You’ll pound your own curry paste.
There are more than 20 curries to choose from. All of them can be made vegetarian.
• Chiang Mai chicken curry with cripsy noodles, or Khaw Soi – This fragrant curry is a must-try!
• Pad Thai – Served with prawns, chicken or vegetarian
• Red snapper with fresh chili, garlic and coriander – One of the most delicious Thai dish.
There are many other options with fresh fish and beautiful seafood on the menu
• Sweet and sour prawns – Do you like prawns? Prawns can be substituted to meat in any dish on the menu.
• Chicken satay – Pound a red curry paste for your marinated chicken stay. You’ll then prepare a sweet and sour cucumber relish and a peanut-coconut sauce
• Mango and sticky rice – Make sure you have room left for dessert!
