6-Hour Akha Tribe Culture and Cooking Class in Chiang Mai

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6 hours
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1 - 10 guests
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Immerse in Akha culture with a market tour and cooking class in Chiang Mai. Learn from locals, explore traditional recipes, and savor the joy of creating authentic Thai and Akha dishes.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Part of the rich culture of Thailand is ingrained in all its delicious traditional dishes. In this activity, join a fun and informative tour that will take you on a local market trip where you'll source all your ingredients for your scheduled cooking class! Choose either a morning or evening course and embark on a journey that will introduce you to the Akha people - a community that immigrated to Thailand in the 1900's - as well as their traditions and a combination of both Thai and Akha cuisine. In the cooking course, you'll create 10 delicious dishes that you will get to eat after the session. During your meal, stuff yourself silly with the soup, spring rolls, stir fry dishes, and more, straight from your kitchen station.

Sample Menu

MAIN
Appetizers
Papaya Salad, Spring Roll
DESSERT
Desserts
Mango with Sticky Rice, Pumpkin in Coconut Milk
MAIN
Akha dishes
Sapi Thong (tomato dipping sauce), Akha Salad, Akha Soup
MAIN
Stir fry
Sweet & Sour Vegetables, Cashew Nut with Chicken, Chicken with Hot Basil, Pad Thai
MAIN
Soup
Chicken in Coconut Milk, Hot & Sour Prawn Soup, Clear Soup with Egg Tofu
MAIN
Curry Paste and Curry
Chicken Green Curry, Chicken Red Curry, Panaeng Curry, Massaman Curry

What You Get

Pick up and drop at your hotel
Local market tour (Morning Cooking Class)
Free CookBook + Extra Gift

Good To Know

  • In any case, if your booking isn't matched with reality when you show upfront (such as child's age, child's height, the number of people and etc.), you are responsible to pay the additional charge upfront for the show/tour.
  • On the rare occasion that we should be required to cancel a tour, we will inform you in advance and offer a different tour date, an alternative tour or provide a full refund.
  • The activity is able to accommodate special dietary requirements (allergies, gluten intolerance, vegetarian diets, or other dietary needs)
  • Stir fry: Sweet & Sour Vegetables, Cashew Nut with Chicken, Chicken with Hot Basil, Pad Thai
  • Curry Paste and Curry: Chicken Green Curry, Chicken Red Curry, Panaeng Curry, Massaman Curry
  • Soup: Chicken in Coconut Milk, Hot & Sour Prawn Soup, Clear Soup with Egg Tofu

What You’ll Experience

Besides learning how to cook Thai Food and Akha Food, you will learn and experience the different culture of Thai and Akha, also learn the history of Thailand through food. In our Morning Class we will take you to the Local Market to see the real lifestyle of local people where you can all the same produce, at all different prices. We call this “same same, but different”! At the Local Market, you will be treated like a local person, no special treatment to gain profit for tourists here! Thai markets are very different from western markets, so get ready for some interesting experiences. Why choose the Evening Cooking Class? Fits around a busy day schedule. First home cooked Thai dinner in Thailand. No need to worry or plan where or what do eat for dinner just come and cook! It’s cooler in the evening, actually a much better time to be cooking. The kitchen is an outdoor set up with a mix of Thai-Akha culture atmosphere. The dining room with air-conditioning. Relaxing and easy chill-out place.

Meeting & Pickup

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• You can also get picked up from your hotel in Chiang Mai town. • The exact pick-up time will be confirmed by email after you have made the booking. • Please plan to meet your driver at your hotel lobby at least 10 minutes prior to the scheduled pick-up time • If you arrive more than 10 minutes late or after we have moved from your hotel, you may be considered a no-shows
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Meeting Point

Tha Phae Gate, Tha Phae Road, Amphoe Mueang Chiang Mai Chang Wat Chiang Mai, Thailand, TH, 50200

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Or, you can also get picked up from your hotel in Chiang Mai town.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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