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I'm looking for One day Thai Cooking class during Sept 24 -25, 2010
Any Recommendations ?
I'd asked some info from those resorts and hotels ... which are too costy ... we have budget around 600-800Baht... per person ...
we have two people to join ...
Have anyone tried any of cooking class organized other than from those hotels ??? are they good ? tasty ?
what do those cooking class include ?
1. Trip to local market?
2. Tranportation ?
3. Locations ?
4. No. of courses included ? any good dishes recommanded ??? we love thai food alot !
There's also some benefit just going to the market and watching how they cook different dishes. The basics on how to make popular standard dishes is not that difficult to pick up. Pete
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My missus would help out when available as would other we know who can cook Thia food and speak English
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We are in the UK now but coming back soon but not to do Thai cooking again. She is going to open a couple of cake shops in HH and BKK as they already have the properties.
She is also going to teach cake, pastry and bread baking at home to the BKK set, which she did before. That will keep her busy and is very lucrative, without the need for all the running around and I get to do the washing up.
Thanks for the offer tho.
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I attended a cooking-class summer 2009. Just loved it! Was free pick-up,market-shopping,cooking 4 dishes,free eating! and free transportation back home. Name of the lady who gave classes ; Ratthreeya Bunchabun. Adress; 22 Dechanuchit rd, 77110 HH. E mail; bunchabun@hotmail.com
or www.bunchabun.com
or www.Thai-cookingcourse.com or phone;081-5723805.
Name of business; Bunchabun cooking course.
She spoke good English and was a very good teacher. Can really give her my best recommendation!
I second the Buchabun recommendation. Not sure about the price either, but I think it is THB 1,500. She organizes the cooking class in her own house. Very relaxed atmosphere sitting around the partly in-house koy carp pond.
Her name is Ratthreeya but everone knows her as Nathalee.
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I did a cooking class at Buchabun about six years ago and would thoroughly recommend anybody to go there, Nathalee is excellent with her pupils and it was all done in a friendly home setting. The fact that she is still running the courses today must say something positive about what she does!!
My wife and I have just returned having taken this class with another couple we were on holiday with. It is fair to describe our cooking skills as basic.
Cost was 1500 baht per person and arrangements are still as previously mentioned above. Nathalee was very pleasant, helpful, informative and professional.
We felt that the class did not fully cater for our needs as the meals to be cooked were mostly "very Thai" and not easily transferred to a dinner table in the West. We started with a green curry and then we moved onto a seafood soufle followed by coconut soup with shrimp and a strange tapioca/coconut milk/crushed ice dessert. The curry and the soup were OK but the others were not to our taste particularly as the seafood soufle was made to be taken away and eaten at room temperature.
We appreciate that it is difficult to cater for all needs, skill levels and interests but as the course is aimed primarily at visiting falangs we think it should be adapted to more mainstream dishes.
Tend to agree with that DanDan. I've considered a cooking course before, and a couple of weeks ago in ChiangMai seemed the place to do it at last.
Prices were much the same as in HuaHIn with also a 4 hour evening course for 800, as well as the full day courses.
Problem was the options of dishes to learn. Soups - popular I know but I'm not keen and wouldn't make them at home. Phad Thai - fine - that's in my Thai cookery book anyway and isn't difficult. Thai omelette - well maybe. Mango and sticky rice - great - but a Thai friend explained that. Again - easy.
So to be honest, apart from learning some knife skills maybe I didn't really think it was worth it.
For new tourists though - great. They get to see the markets and learn the ingredients.
For people who don't have time to do a course there is a range of good little cookery books in Bookazine and other local book shops which give you an excellent start.
2dandan wrote:We felt that the class did not fully cater for our needs as the meals to be cooked were mostly "very Thai"...............We started with a green curry
2dandan wrote:we think it should be adapted to more mainstream dishes.
Like what?
I've never eaten with a Thai that's ordered a green curry, ever, that's about as "mainstream" as you're going to get!
The national dish in Thailand IMHO is "Grapoa Moo, Kai Dao"
Every man and his dog pulls up for that, not green or red curry or pad thai or Tom Yam Goong.
Fried Pork with Holy Basil, Rice and and an Egg on top=tasty and typical Thai food!
"Fried Pork with Holy Basil, Rice and and an Egg on top, tasty and typical Thai food!"
Bloody tasty IMHO
When my wife has her circle of friends over (too often in my opinion ) for a cook off here in the UK, nothing they cook bears any resemblance to what they teach in the cookery schools in Thailand. I have never seen her cook a green or red curry, as served in many restaurants there.
Jungle curries, Southern style curries (very hot), fish tummy soup, Ga Pao Pla, ka prao and Northern style curries etc. I leave the house when these are cooked.
Forgot to mention those bloody chicken feet.
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