Listly by Elia Mertz
Thai cooking is well known for its delicate balance of spices and herbs. Learning this art brought down from generations at one of the Thai cookery classes will certainly make you a top cook.
Silom Thai Cooking School classes are most famous for their authentic traditional home cooking styles. It is located in downtown Bangkok around Silom Road. The relaxed ambiance and friendly instructors make this a wholesome experience as you learn the art of Thai cooking, shopping for the best ingredients and combining the correct amount of spices and herbs to create each unique dish. The Silom Thai Cooking School offers a variety of 4 cooking courses to choose from; each one of these offers a comprehensive knowledge on the art of preparing a 3-course meal that consists of an appetizer, main and dessert. You will also learn how to shop for ingredients and the correct preparation of raw ingredients.
Emphasis is placed on Traditional Thai cooking techniques at the Bangkok Bai Pai Cooking School located within a modern well-equipped kitchen. Only small groups are accommodated at a time ensuring you receive full hands-on instructions for learning the delicate techniques of Thai cooking. You will learn to prepare salads, curries, starters, noodle dishes and Thai desserts as well as the art of presenting them in delicate and aesthetically pleasing settings. This cookery school is also easily reached from a hotel in Bangkok city; which offers a good location for visiting the many attractions and lures of Bangkok.
Consider cruising along the Chao Phraya River as the exotic aromas of Thai food permeates the air. Ships A H O Y and Chefs A H O Y is a tourist project that teaches you the art of Thai cooking while cruising down the Chao Phraya. Four to five Thai dishes are covered in the course utilizing ingredients that are commonly found back home. For instance, the long table dining experience of the Meta Eatery at the Maitria Hotel Sukhumvit 18 offers you an insight into a variety of Thai dishes that are given a modern twist; these delicious contemporary Thai dishes are popular amongst tourists who love recreating them with ingredients available in their homelands.
This is a restaurant that now functions as a cookery school. Morning and afternoon classes are held at the Blue Elephant which is located within a beautiful French Colonial House that is over a century old. The place is recommended for seasoned chefs as well as those new to cooking. The morning sessions are quite interesting with students being taken by bus to the Bangrak Market for ingredient shopping. The Blue elephant is popular for tackling traditional dishes such as massaman beef curry, prawn soufflé, and Thai fish cakes.
Located within a ritzy mall Bangkok is famous for this is a cooking class run by celebrity chef Ian Kittichai; owner of Issaya Siamese Club and restaurants in Bangkok, Barcelona and New York. Guest's chefs from popular Bangkok restaurants grace the classes which are conducted at modern workstations.