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Cook Traditional Dominican Cuisine with a Charming Grandmother in Santo Domingo

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Summary
Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
Where to Meet
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Location
Santo Domingo
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Duration
3 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 6 guests
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Language
English, Spanish
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Private Experience
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Immerse in Dominican culture with Rossy, cooking sancocho, mangu, and more in her Santo Domingo home. Share history, stories, and meals, finishing with dessert and coffee in a cozy setting.

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

Experience Details

Join your host Rossy and learn to cook 2-3 traditional Dominican dishes such as sancocho and platano frito (fried plantains) in her cozy kitchen. You can expect to cook for about 1-2 hours before enjoying the meal with Rossy at her dining table.


Rossy mixes up the menu so you can get anything from asopao (a rice-based soup), mangu (mashed plantains), arroz con pollo (one-pot chicken and rice), habichuelas (beans) and platano frito (fried plantains). End the meal with homemade dulce de leche or dulce de coco and coffee.


Rossy is passionate about nature, people, reading, photography, art, dance, and growing orchids. She loves being a host and teaching other people about Dominican culture and the country's cuisine. Since restaurants in the city rarely have Dominican food, Rossy loves to serve it to her guests to introduce them to the delicious local dishes!

Sample Menu

STARTER
casabe (yuca bread with a garlic, cilantro and cream cheese sauce)
MAIN
an authentic sancocho
(an exquisite stew of chicken, pork and a medley of root vegetables including the native Dominican tubers, ñame and yautia)
DESSERT
de leche or dulce
DESSERT
dulce de coco or coffee
(You can also email her in advance for her special hot chocolate made from her farm-grown cacao)

What You Get

All taxes, fees and handling charges
Alcoholic beverages
Alcoholic Beverages
Private cooking class + meal with your host Rossy
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Good To Know

  • Please note, this is not a commercial cooking class, rather this experience is a visit into a Santo Domingo home to meet a local who is an expert cook, and share Dominican culture and cuisine together.
  • If any travelers in your party have any allergies, dietary restrictions or cooking preferences please advise at time of booking
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Menu may vary depending on the season

What You’ll Experience

This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Venture 10 minutes outside the Zona Colonial into the beautiful residential neighborhood of Gascue and dine with a charming local. Rossy lives in an apartment constructed by her grandfather, a lovely home whose walls are lined with her daughter's art as well as traditional Dominican plates featuring the works of famous Dominican artists. Learn to cook 2-3 traditional Dominican dishes such as sancocho and platano frito (fried plantains) in Rossy's kitchen. You can expect to cook for about 1-2 hours before enjoying the meal with Rossy at her dining table.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Santo Domingo, Los Alcarrizos Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic, DO

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End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 48 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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Please note: The price varies based on group size. The time is in Atlantic Standard Time.
Free cancellation (48 hours notice)
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