2 Days Northern Thai Foodie Experience Tour
Tour Overview
Our Northern Thai Foodie Experience is much more than a cooking class; you learn how to prepare traditional northern Thai dishes and beyond that you also discover local ingredients,...
Code of Tour: TAD0000028679
Length of Travel: 2 Day
Destinations of Tour:
Departure City: Chiang Mai
Price of Tour: Request
Type of Tour: Private
Features of Tour: Food tours
Our Northern Thai Foodie Experience is much more than a cooking class; you learn how to prepare traditional northern Thai dishes and beyond that you also discover local ingredients, explore how locals grow and prepare their food staples, forage for ingredients in the jungle, and cook a jungle style meal.
ITINERARY
DAY 1 Chiang Mai-Spicy Villa Eco-Lodges
We pick you up at 9.30 AM from either your accommodation or a convenient place in Chiang Mai, such as the airport or train station. On our way to Mae Win area, we first make a stop at a local market to buy ingredients for the dishes we will make during the two days. This is also a good opportunity to start learning about different spices, herbs, vegetables and fruit used in traditional northern Thai dishes.
We then drive up the mountain to Spicy Villa Eco-Lodges where you have some free time to settle in your bungalow. Before lunch, we start with first cooking class and learn to make a traditional jungle curry and other northern Thai dishes. You can tell your cooking instructor if you would like to learn to prepare one of your favourite dishes, otherwise, he will make suggestions for you.
After lunch, you have some free time before your second cooking class in the afternoon. This cooking lesson will highlight a local seasonal ingredient. For instance, during the second part of the rainy season, bamboo shoots are in season and you will learn how locals use them to prepare a variety of dishes. Some other seasonal highlight ingredients are: kaffir lime leafs, lemongrass, banana blossom, and more. After dinner you spend a night in a private bungalow.
Meals included: Lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Private bungalow at Spicy Villa
DAY 2 Spicy Villa Eco-Lodges-Chiang Mai
After breakfast, we visit a local Karen tribe village and explore it with your guide. You learn how the villagers prepare their food staples and see what handmade equipment they use. You also hike around the village over rice paddies and farmland and learn which food staples locals grow and how they grow them. Depending one the season, you could even get a chance for a hands-on experience on growing or harvesting rice.
From the village, we go on a short trek to a local waterfall where you can take a break and refresh. During the trek, your guide points out wild medicinal and edible plants. You also forage in the jungle for ingredients for lunch.
Our third cooking class takes place by the waterfall and you learn how to prepare and use bamboo for cooking. For centuries bamboo stems have been used instead of pots to cook dishes in the jungle. One popular dish we learn to make this way is sticky rice!
After the cooking class, we have lunch by the waterfall and then trek to pickup point and drive back to Chiang Mai.
Meals included: Breakfast and lunch
