The Peninsula Bangkok Thai Cooking Class

An Introduction to Thai Cuisine at The Peninsula Bangkok Thai Cooking Class

Cooking classes in Bangkok are a common offering for tourists and food lovers. While there are many choices, some of the best lessons and experiences come from the finest hotels in the city.

The Peninsula Bangkok presents The Joy of Thai Cooking: An Introduction to Thai Cuisine.

The Class Experience

Guests are first introduced to Thai ingredients in a local market via an authentic tuk tuk ride – Thailand’s famous three-wheeled taxi decorated in the Peninsula green and upgraded with Wi-Fi, cold bottled water, and a cold towel to cool off.

Back in the cooking class, located above the Thiptara kitchen (the hotel’s Thai restaurant), the chef demonstrates and guides guests with each of the four courses. Every person makes their own dishes, which are tasted and approved by the chef. After the courses are cooked, you then enjoy the fruits of your labor.

Information about The Peninsula Bangkok Thai Cooking Class

Prior to the class, which are arranged through advanced reservations with the hotel, you can choose your four courses of salad, soup, a main dish, and dessert (the selection can be found here). Classes are 3 hours, with an additional hour with the market visit, starting at 9:00am.
THB 4,000 per person without the market visit
THB 5,000 per person with the market visit

The local market. A specialty Peninsula tuk tuk takes you to the local market for a morning visit prior to the cooking class

The freshest local produce. Bitter melon, a common vegetable in Asia, which can be an acquired taste with the strength of its bitterness

Chilies of various sizes and potencies

Cooked poultry, like duck and chicken, ready to be chopped and sold

Fried pork belly, perfect with spicy sauces or topped on salads

Gigantic prawns almost as large as fish

Ready made foods for take away are also quite popular with the locals

Local fruits which look so perfect, clean, and shiny

Papayas, star fruit and rose apples

Thiptara and the cooking class above

Open-air cooking class overlooking the Chao Phraya river the hotel’s property

Fresh fruit carving as decoration for the day’s class

All set up for the first courses to cook

Tom yum goong. Spicy and sour soup with river prawns

Cooking another soup as a special request to learn an additional recipe

Tom kha gai. Chicken soup with coconut milk

Chef Chamnam, your chef-teacher from the Thiptara restaurant, plating the fish course

Pla sam ros. Deep fried snow fish with sweet and sour sauce

Chef preparing the dessert course

Mixing the sticky rice with coconut milk

Peeling the mangoes with precision

Khao nhiew ma-muang. Fresh mango with coconut infused sticky rice

Hands-on cooking for every course. Chef Chamnam tastes everything you make and approves of it according to his satisfaction. By the end of the class, you can go home with the confidence, and a certificate, of being able to replicate the meal in your own kitchen

The Peninsula Bangkok
333 Charoennakorn Rd
Bangkok
+66-2-626-1849
6pm to 10:30pm
Book your stay via Agoda
Book your stay via Booking.com
Book your stay via Hotels.com
Book your stay via TripAdvisor

Disclaimer: This article contains affiliate links to hotel booking sites. With no additional cost to you, your bookings earn me a commission if you click on the links via my website – Thank you!

Sign up for my newsletter on the sidebar for blog updates and my travel insider tips! And, check out my vlogs on YouTube!

Angela

Next The Peninsula Bangkok’s Thai Restaurant: Thiptara »

Previous « The Peninsula Bangkok: Luxury Hotel Review

Published by

Angela

Tags BangkokFood ChroniclesFood MarketsHotel ReviewThailand

8 years ago

Melbourne and Sydney Hotel Recommendations
Where to Stay in Melbourne and Sydney Melbourne and Sydney are two of Australia’s top…
Sydney Bar Recommendations
Where to Drink in Sydney With its metropolitan appeal, Sydney is undoubtedly great bar scene.…
Things to Do in Sydney
Sights, Museums, Tours, Shopping, & More Things to Do in Sydney Tours Museum of…