We’re doing a morning market walk, followed by a Lao cooking course on an organic farm in the Luang Prabang countryside, with sous-chef Anousith from the beautiful Amantaka resort. When I ask Anousith where he’s from, he responds “Luang Prabang,” and grins. “But my home is the morning market.” It’s early morning in Luang Prabang and while the … Read more
Tamarind Lao Cooking Course in Luang Prabang, Laos, is a must if learning to cook some of the local cuisine of the places you travel to is important to you. One of the best cooking classes in Southeast Asia, it begins with a wonderful market walk. Luang Prabang‘s Tamarind Lao Cooking Course followed our Phousi … Read more
Learning about Lao cuisine in Luang Prabang was a priority for us on our first trip to the charming Mekong River town in Laos. So one of the first things that we did when we arrived in the UNESCO World Heritage listed town was to book a market walk and cooking class with chef Joy … Read more
From Klong Toey markets in Bangkok it’s a quick drive and a short stroll through Klong Toey slum to Saiyuud Diwong’s modest kitchen where we’re going to try our hand at, um, Cooking with Poo at the Helping Hands Thai Cooking School. Our walking tour through Klong Toey markets to purchase produce for the cooking … Read more
Add a Thai cooking class at the Mandarin Oriental Cooking School in Bangkok to your Thailand itinerary if you’re like us and believe that discovering the food of a destination is a way into the heart of a place and learning to cook the cuisine is the route into its soul – via the stomach! … Read more