“Great value for great knowledge. ” Review #314. Over 300 reviews in under 3 Years!
Reviewed March 17, 2014 NEW
We did a day course, and were lucky enough to be the only two students.
One of us is a vegetarian and the other loves super spicy food.
Chef Leez had no problem in accommodating these and showed us both how to alter each recipe to suit our needs.
Her English was great and the team were happy and helpful.
The food tasted AMAZING.
The structure is simple and straightforward: we started with a visit to the local market, guided by chef leez. She introduced us to her philosophies on food, and showed is how to prudently acquire good clean and chemical free food from a busy Bangkok market. Worth it just for this experience. Here we (rather chef) got extra ingredients needed for our special requests (vegetarian & super spicy).
One of us is a vegetarian and the other loves super spicy food.
Chef Leez had no problem in accommodating these and showed us both how to alter each recipe to suit our needs.
Her English was great and the team were happy and helpful.
The food tasted AMAZING.
The structure is simple and straightforward: we started with a visit to the local market, guided by chef leez. She introduced us to her philosophies on food, and showed is how to prudently acquire good clean and chemical free food from a busy Bangkok market. Worth it just for this experience. Here we (rather chef) got extra ingredients needed for our special requests (vegetarian & super spicy).
The lesson: for each dish we started with the base ingredient and prep, making coconut cream and milk, tamarind paste, and a chilli paste for the soups, curry paste for the curries. From these basics of Thai food we learnt kinetically how to mix and combine them into pretty much all Thai foods. We made and sampled three soups, four curries, two noodle dishes a salad and desert. Even though the basics were so similar we were surprised at how different the final products were.
DO NOT EAT BREAKFAST, you'll be nearly full after the soups, with many more dishes to come, and they are that good that you will want to finish every drop.
DO NOT EAT BREAKFAST, you'll be nearly full after the soups, with many more dishes to come, and they are that good that you will want to finish every drop.
We left with the knowledge of how to expand and adapt these basics into many more. Five stars.
The cost of 1500 Thai baht is very reasonable. Considering in other (more touristy) places like Koh Samui you can expect to pay between 1500-2000 baht and learn only two dishes, and they're not this good.
The cost of 1500 Thai baht is very reasonable. Considering in other (more touristy) places like Koh Samui you can expect to pay between 1500-2000 baht and learn only two dishes, and they're not this good.
Getting there: was easier than expected, LTS provided us with very simple and direct instructions in both English and Thai. We managed to get a tuk tuk to the door from our hotel in Chinatown for 100 baht, which we and the driver were happy with.
The lesson took four hours and we needed a nap afterward as we were so full. Highly recommended to both advanced and novice cooks.
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