Join Apple for an immersive guided market tour at Ta Lad Min, a bustling local market in Bangkok. Apple will pick you up from a café near Minburi Monorail Station and take you on a journey to explore this vibrant indoor market, known for its fresh meats, vegetables, fruits, seasonings, flowers, and local products. As you wander through the market, Apple will introduce you to friendly vendors, teach you how to choose the freshest ingredients, and share her knowledge of essential Thai seasonings and produce. After shopping for a few ingredients, Apple will drive you to her home, just 20 minutes away, for a fun and educational cooking class where you'll learn to prepare a traditional Thai meal. This is the perfect experience for anyone looking to dive deeper into Thai food culture, from market to table!
A meal at Apple’s home offers a unique and delightful culinary experience in Bangkok, where guests can enjoy both Thai and Chinese-inspired dishes while soaking in the charm of her rustic yet vibrant surroundings. After you've been picked up from the monorail station, enjoy the scenic ride to Apple's home through the countryside, passing rice fields and occasionally spotting cows and buffalos along the way. Then at Apple’s dining table, you’ll share a home-cooked Thai meal that features authentic dishes rarely found in restaurants, showcasing family favorites passed down through generations. The meal begins with refreshing drinks like pandan juice or lemongrass juice. For appetizers, you’ll taste morning glory salad with shrimp and pork. The main course is served with fragrant jasmine rice or vibrant butterfly pea rice (with its striking purple hue), and may include chicken green curry with winter melon or stir-fried pork with garlic and pepper or fried boiled egg with tamarind sauce. To finish the meal, indulge in a comforting poached banana in sweet coconut milk with coconut meat. This experience at Apple’s home combines delicious flavors, traditional family recipes, warm hospitality and introduction to Thai food and culture.
Join Apple and her family for a small group, hands-on cooking class in Bangkok, where you'll learn to create delicious Thai dishes in a fun and welcoming atmosphere. Before you start cooking, discover fresh Thai herbs in Apple's patio garden. During your 2-hour class, Apple will guide you step-by-step through the process of making a Thai main dish, side and dessert from scratch. For example, learn to cook chicken green curry with winter melon, stir-fried morning glory and poached banana in sweet coconut milk in your Bangkok cooking class. After cooking you will share the meal you helped prepare with Apple.
Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced cook, Apple’s easy-to-follow instructions ensure you’ll be able to recreate these flavorful dishes in your own kitchen. Perfect for food lovers, travelers and those eager to learn authentic Thai cooking in Bangkok!
1. Unlike most Traveling Spoon experiences, this experience is not private.
2. Pick up and drop off from MRT Pink Line Min Buri Station is included in the cost of your experience.
3. Apple can offer a vegetarian meal, if informed in advance.
4. If you choose optional alcohol at an additional cost you will be served a glass of local beer such as Chang or Singha or Leo.
This is just a sample menu to give you an idea of the types of dishes the host cooks. Your menu will vary according to seasonal availability.
Jasmine rice or butterfly pea ricePoached banana in sweet coconut milk with coconut meat (Kluay buat chi)Green curry chicken with winter melon (Gaeng keow wan kai) or Stir fried pork garlic and pepper (Moo tod kra-tiem) or Fried boiled egg with tamarind sauceCrispy morning glory salad with shrimp and pork (Yum pak bung kob)Pandan or Lemongrass juiceApple is a passionate food lover based in Bangkok, offering unique food experiences in her home, not far from the international airport. She lives with her older sister, her sister’s girlfriend, and their housekeeper, while her own girlfriend, joins them on weekends. Raised in a big Chinese-Thai family, Apple grew up in a home where family meals were an essential part of daily life. From a young age, Apple spent time helping her mother in the kitchen, fostering a deep connection to food and a lifelong passion for cooking. She was an exchange student in the USA and later completed a degree in Hotel Management and worked with Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure and Ibis. Through her travels and experiences, Apple has developed an understanding and appreciation of diverse cultures. In addition to her love for cooking, Apple is an avid gardener and baker. She honed her skills in baking by completing a one-year patisserie course at the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu institute in Bangkok. Together, Apple and her family create memorable culinary experiences that celebrate both Thai and Chinese flavors.
"We had an amazing experience! Apple took us to the market. It was very nice for us to be able to ask a lot of questions about local food and products. She even translated when we wanted to communicate with local people. She bought us several food items to try later. Her home and family welcome us very warmly and also they were super funny! We had a very nice time cooking. My husband loves to cook and he enjoyed every second of it. We made two dishes but there were several desserts. She even offered ice cream to me ( I’m not so much into thai desserts). Everything was extremely clean and organised! The house looks beautiful. If you’re looking to know more about thai’s food and their culture this is the perfect experience for you!!"
"Once in a lifetime. Great experience! Was a lot of fun and everything went super smooth."
