Bento Making Class in Kyoto
Bento Making Class in Kyoto
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Enjoy cooking a number of different Japanese dishes! Learn how to put together a delicious bento box lunch during this Bento Making Class in Kyoto.
Highlights
Enjoy a warm welcome with complimentary green tea
Prepare six Japanese dishes to fill your handmade bento box
Learn about essential Japanese ingredients and condiments, including dashi, soy sauce, and sake
Practice key techniques like frying tempura, rolling a Japanese omelet, and making sushi
Create and enjoy a beautifully prepared bento box for lunch
10 meals
+Experience Details
Step inside a cozy studio in Kyoto and learn how to create your own well-balanced Japanese lunch from scratch. Guided by a friendly, English-speaking instructor, you’ll prepare six popular dishes using a variety of cooking techniques. These include goma-ae (a sesame-dressed vegetable salad), teriyaki chicken, dashimaki tamago (a rolled Japanese omelet), crisp tempura, neatly rolled sushi, and miso soup, with vegetarian options available upon request. Along the way, you’ll also learn how everyday Japanese cooking relies on simple seasonings and foundational stocks like dashi.
Once everything is ready, you’ll pack your dishes into a beautiful bento box and sit down to enjoy your handmade meal, a delicious snapshot of everyday Japanese food culture.
Wholesome, practical, and full of flavor, bento boxes are a staple of everyday life in Japan. Made up of small portions packed neatly into a lunch box, bento are enjoyed at school, at work, on picnics, or picked up from convenience stores and department counters. They’re designed to taste great even when eaten cold, making them both healthy and satisfying on the go.
What You Get
Good To Know
- For vegetarian customers, fish can be replaced with vegetables and other ingredients
- Other dietary requirements can be accommodated for; please let us know
- Halal guests: We don't use Halal meat; however, we can remove the alcohol components/ingredients
- Children under 5 are free of charge
- Upon booking, you can expect confirmation within 24 hours. Once confirmed, present your booking information at the experience location
- Please be reminded to come to the experience on time.
Meeting Point and Meeting Time
Please meet your host in Downtown Kyoto. The exact location and a guide for accessing the cooking class location will be provided upon booking.
Cancellation Policy
Cancel your booking at least 48 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund.
Experience Location
The bustling Downtown area of Kyoto is the heart of the city, loaded with hotels, artisanal shopfronts, specialty restaurants, and hidden bars. With pleasant surprises around every corner and alleyway, before the Kamo-gawa River to the east lies the beautiful old town architecture of Pontocho, nestled in alongside the local izakaya and lively club scene. The enormous Teramachi and Shinkyogoku shopping arcades run north to south, intersected by the famous Nishiki Markets (“Kyoto’s Kitchen”), while delicious department store basements bubble below with tasty regional samples.
It was fun to create dishes that were new to me such as sushi and tempura shrimp. The master chefs show us how to cook in many different ways.
The whole cooking experience was fabulous from start to finish. It was extremely professional but they supported us through every step. The Bento provided a wonderful experience of Japanese flavour...read more
We had a great time and we are really happy to have learnt recipes that we can do at home. Our teachers were very nice and helpful.
Simple yet enjoyable. Location difficult to find. Teachers very amenable.
Really enjoyed this class in Kyoto, The instructor was very friendly and spoke English very well. She answered all our questions and made the class super fun. Would definitely recommend this activi...read more
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