Now don’t get me wrong, I do like cooking, it just wasn’t at the forefront of my mind when thinking of things to do on a recent trip to Thailand. Despite that I gladly agreed to the suggested 1 day cooking course at Apple’s Guesthouse in Kanchanaburi. With Thai food getting more and more popular in Europe I can see these courses becoming a staple thing to do on a trip to Thailand.
The cooking course started off with a trip to the local Kanchanaburi market where Noi took us through the huge array of eye opening foods and produces the market and on the road side stalls had to offer. We’ve been around a fair few markets in Asia but being talked through all the strange produce was probably the highlight of the day for me, despite feeling a bit in the way we were welcomed by the vendors and were able to be a bit nosier than we might usually be alone.
After we’d had a good look around the market we returned to the Apples Retreat kitchen where we cooked 5 dishes, 1 of which was a steamed fish demonstration, the other 4 we all got our hands dirty and made our own versions from careful notes taken during a previous demonstration. The setup was pretty professional and the kitchen equipment impressive, Noi was really helpful giving tips and advice throughout as we did out best, coughing with eyes watering as the curry pastes ( pre made by Noi as it took too long) sizzled away.
After each dish we all sat down as a group to compare dishes, some better than others! During the 5 hour course we cooked Pad Thai, Green and Yellow Curry and Cashew Stir Fry, all of which were very good. We also made sure that after we got the details of how to cook a Tom Kha as its a favourite of ours. A Thai cooking course comes highly recommended, although the only course I’ve ever done, I can’t see one being much better than Noi’s cooking course at Apple’s.
Course costs 1,250 Baht per person.
Find out more: http://www.applenoi-kanchanaburi.com/cooking.html
Benedict Adam
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Thanks for posting the very wonderful fotos of Thai cooking. I am absolutely a fan of Thai foods. It is a great cookery course by the way.
I would love to be able to cook Thai food but I can not even scramble an egg!!
Great cooking classes and videos posted here. i love Thai food, so delicious and tasty it is
Thai cooking is always exciting with its fresh ingredients and colorful presentation. thanks for the information and happy new year.
Pippa
Hi Ben, nice post and pictures! We also did a Thai Cooking Course in Ko Lanta and loved the fresh stuff and were surprised how fast every dish was finished. And how delicious it was of course 😉
Their curry is one of the best in the whole world. All I know is that there’s a way of preparing Thai food that it would brings out the flavor of the meat with all those spice and coconut milk.
Thai food is like a better way of living. The food is fresh, unbelievably tasty, full of colour and is healthy! Truly amazing!
Thai food is tasty and good for health and to learn cooking thai food is also a great experience!
Sure! Thai food is really nice to test, I love it!
The first time I’ve ever had Thai food believe it or not was when I visited Hawaii. I fell in love with the stuff. Sure some of it was funky, but when you’re overwhelmed in a cultural diverse environment, every dives in to try new things. Great article!
There are near 100 cooking schools in Thailand all of which are listed on Chef LeeZ Thailand cooking schools directory page made for your cookery lesson research convenience.