Ko Samui District Trip Overview
The highlight of this tour is to indulge in the gourmet tasting with a guided tour at Bophut Market. Bophut Market is a local fresh market in Koh Samui that offers an impressive selection of meats, seafood, fruit, and groceries. There’s a food court at the front of Bophut Market where you can enjoy authentic and cheap local dishes.
• Enjoy a traditional breakfast. Dim-sum steamed right in front of you. You’ll discover some kinds of food you never heard about. Pork leg, cooked overnight with star anise and cinnamon, that melts in the mouth. Soups with glutinous and long grain rice, marinated pork, herbs, and spices. Iced tea, iced coffee, or other beverages.
• Visit an organic garden, discover the essential ingredients in Thai cuisine and learn more about eco-friendly permaculture.
• Get some exercise with this walking tour in Bophut Market, Koh Samui district.
Additional Info
Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Ko Samui District, Thailand
Trip Category: Food, Wine & Nightlife >> Cooking Classes
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What to Expect When Visiting Ko Samui District, Surat Thani, Thailand
The highlight of this tour is to indulge in the gourmet tasting with a guided tour at Bophut Market. Bophut Market is a local fresh market in Koh Samui that offers an impressive selection of meats, seafood, fruit, and groceries. There’s a food court at the front of Bophut Market where you can enjoy authentic and cheap local dishes.
• Enjoy a traditional breakfast. Dim-sum steamed right in front of you. You’ll discover some kinds of food you never heard about. Pork leg, cooked overnight with star anise and cinnamon, that melts in the mouth. Soups with glutinous and long grain rice, marinated pork, herbs, and spices. Iced tea, iced coffee, or other beverages.
• Visit an organic garden, discover the essential ingredients in Thai cuisine and learn more about eco-friendly permaculture.
• Get some exercise with this walking tour in Bophut Market, Koh Samui district.
• 09:00am Meet us at the Bophut Market.
• After a 5 – 10 minutes walk, you’ll arrive at a restaurant open only in the early morning, very popular among locals but completely unknown to tourists and you’ll enjoy a traditional breakfast: dim-sum steamed right in front of you. You’ll discover some kinds of food you never heard about! Dim-sum from Southern Thailand is very different from the Chinese dim-sum! Pork leg, cooked overnight with star anise and cinnamon, that melts in the mouth.
• Then walk another 5 to 10 minutes to an organic garden: smell and taste local herbs, vegetables, flowers, and fruits (depending on the season). Discover how the owners ensure an environmentally friendly development: compost station, aquaponics, deep well.
• Then walk to the fresh market 5 – 10 minutes further: enjoy a fruit shake while you discover how the locals buy their ingredients there. Ask all the questions that you want about pink eggs, pickled vegetables, sun-dried fish. Sample regional curries at a family-run stall are sure you’ve room left for a dessert.
• 12:00pm After 3 hours, your tour ends at the market.
Sample Menu
• Dim-sum – Street Food
