Thai cuisine in a traditional teak home
Host offerings
Meet Pea
Pea lives with her son, Jah, in a beautiful teak home surrounded by gardens in Chiang Mai. Pea started cooking when she was 12. As the first daughter and fourth child in the family she remembers her mom waking her up early in the morning to buy food from the market, teaching her about the best ingredients and how freshness can influence a dish. Pea is such a good and creative cook that she can even get her sons to eat and enjoy bitter gourd, a vegetable that is renowned for people, especially children, despising!
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“In our family as soon as we finish one meal, we think of the menu for the next meal. Cooking is a big part of my life, I love to work in the kitchen.”
What to expect
Please note menu might vary. If there are particular dishes you are interested in trying, please include your request in the booking form.
In-home meal (1 - 20 guests) Start your adventure with a pick-up from your hotel and drive to Pea’s home where she will give you a tour of her beautiful vegetable garden. Discover how essential Thai herbs such as lemongrass and holy basil are grown. You will then be treated to miang kham (a local snack of fresh betel leaves with lime, coconut, and peanuts) before beginning your meal. Pea's mother was Chinese and her father was Thai, and her cuisine is influenced by the culinary traditions of both cultures. Enjoy dishes such as beef noodle soup, kaeng khiao wan (chicken green curry), kai kraphrao khai dao (stir fried chicken with holy basil), nam prik ong (typical Northern Thai pork and tomato dip) before you end your meal with a dessert of sweet coconut ice cream or mango sticky rice (when in season).
Cooking experience (1 - 20 guests) Join Pea in her kitchen to chop, pound and grind as you learn to make an authentic Northern Thai-Chinese meal from scratch. You might expect your hands-on cooking class class to last about 1.5 hours before you share the meal you helped prepare with Pea at her dining table.
Notes: Please be sure to include your Chiang Mai hotel name on the reservation form so your host can arrange for your pick-up. Please note that a portion of Pea's teak home is under construction.
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Sample menu
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.
- Namprig Ong (tomato Paste dip)
- Kaeng som (Hot and sour soup)
- Green or red curry
- Pad Thai
- Som Tam
- Larb (North Eastern meat salad)
GOOD REVIEWS
{ "trip_advisor" : [{"author_name" : "Nithia1605", "rating" : 5, "body" : "We visited Pea’s lovely home and garden recently. She was very welcoming and made us feel at home. We really enjoyed the cooking experience - learning about Northern Thai cuisine and ingredients. We cooked each dish and ate it before moving on to the next. Pea explained everything clearly and her recipes are easy to replicate. I would recommend booking a cooking and meal with Pea if you are visiting Chiang Mai!"}, {"author_name" : "chuckmoberg", "rating" : 5, "body" : "We were a group of 8 that just was with Pea on 26 Dec. The youngest in the group was 7. Pea was very accommodating for everyone in our group. We were picked up by her son and driven to her house to the SE of Old City. Upon arrival we did a short tour of her garden where she grows the produce used for her class. We started with a quick intro to the basics of Thai cooking and then began preparing our 5 dishes. Pea’s instructions were great and she’s very willing to assist or answer any questions along the way. She does basically all of the prep work which allows you to just focus on the actual preparation. At the outset she explains she doesn’t want you to focus on worrying about what ingredients, how much, etc. because she sends you everything electronically after the fact. All in all, it was a great 2.5 hours and very useful class in that we learned how to make manageable, authentic, reproducible Thai dishes. I would highly recommend, we all loved it!"}, {"author_name" : "lizzibethc", "rating" : 5, "body" : "Cooking with Pea was an incredible experience which I highly recommend to anyone with an interest in Thai cuisine or cooking regardless of skill level. It was fun, informative, and the highlight of our stay Chiang Mai.After being picked up by Pea, we were treated to a tour of the garden where she grows all of the herbs and vegetables for her meals. We followed with a refreshing traditional snack and discussion on fundamental Thai flavors before launching into cooking ourselves. Pea’s instructions are clear, easy to follow, and she’s happy to answer questions along the way. She explained each step of the process and together we made five dishes from three regions of Thailand for the best meal of our trip! As a side note, we are both vegetarian and Pea was completely accommodating of our diet. She even sent us home with extra plant based substitutes to try."}, {"author_name" : "MattK831", "rating" : 5, "body" : "My wife and I absolutely loved our cooking class and Pea! She taught us a handful of memorable and useful memories and tailored the evening to our needs (we had another cooking class and didn’t want to overlap). Her home is so gorgeous and we loved every minute of it. It was just the two of us so we got a very hands on and intimate class!"}, {"author_name" : "rachelbrowning444", "rating" : 5, "body" : "We had the most fantastic time learning to cook Thai food with Pea. She made us feel welcome in her home and really took the time to guide us through each dish, letting us take pictures and giving feedback. After we finished cooking, she sat with us for quite some time talking about the culture of Thai's and how food fits into that. It was so great spending time with her, a big highlight of our trip! She is clearly passionate about what she is doing. We would recommend anyone to her class."}] }
