Local Market Tour & Cooking Demo with Lunch from Colombo Harbor

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6 hours
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2 - 15 guests
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Explore Colombo's vibrant market, handpick fresh produce, and master Sri Lankan recipes in a hands-on cooking class. Savor your culinary creations with a delightful homemade lunch.

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

Experience Details

Experience a local vegetable market, learn how to cook an authentic Sri Lankan meal in a countryside house and enjoy the lunch. You will be able to walk through the vegetable markets to find your own preference of vegetables, fruits. You will learn to cook a Sri Lankan meal and make your own dessert by a local woman. After the cooking demonstration you will be able to enjoy the local authentic meal. This shore excursion will enjoy your own preference of vegetables, fruits & improve your cooking skills with local women.



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Sri Lankan Rice & Curry

What You Get

Tour guide
Transportation by TukTuk
All government taxes
Expenses of personal nature
Gratuities (recommended)

Good To Know

  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers

What You’ll Experience

08.30 You will be picked-up by a Tuk-tuk from Colombo Harbor by your private tour guide and then moved to the starting point of the tour. 09.00 On arrival to the starting point, your experienced guide will brief you about the agenda. 10.00 You will be taken to a vegetable market to buy your own preference of vegetables and fruits. There you will be able to get a deep understanding how to pick vegetables; fruits; spices; other stuff. Also, your guide will give you traditional tips and ethics that you should follow when you are in a local market that you will not be able to find anywhere without experiencing. After buying the vegetables, you will be taken to a countryside house where you will be taught and experience how to cook an authentic Sri Lankan meal. Trying to cook different cuisines will be another lifetime experience during your journey in Sri Lanka. 12.30 At the end of the cooking lessons savor delicious authentic lunch basking in the glory as it’s almost your choices and what you cook you enjoy! Eat like a local; learn its own food beliefs, traditions; etiquette and manners. 13.30 After lunch you will be taken back to Colombo Harbor

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Please be ready and waiting at passenger pier 15 minutes prior to your scheduled pick-up time. Round-trip transportation is available from Colombo harbour.

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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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