Private Filipino cooking class in a local Manila Home




Private Filipino cooking class in a local Manila Home
Join Isi for a delightful cooking experience. Harvest calamansi, cook Filipino family recipes, and savor dishes like ensaladang pako and machado in her cozy Taguig home.
Experience Details
This authentic cooking class experience is a true glimpse into the Filipino culture and cuisine with a warm and friendly local, in her home in Taguig, Metro Manila. In her home kitchen learn to prepare Filipino family recipes that have been passed down through generations. After cooking, you will sit down and share the meal you helped prepare at Isi's dining table in her home. Your meal will include dishes such as ensaladang pako (local fern salad in a calamansi and raw honey dressing), grilled shrimp in a cilantro chimichurri (an Isi creation), ginataang kalabasa at sitaw (squash and green beans in a coconut milk stew), mechado (soy marinated beef, cooked in an onion and tomato sauce) or inihaw na baboy (grilled pork chops) followed by homemade calamansi pie for dessert.
Sample Menu
What You Get
Good To Know
- Please note this is not a professional cooking class, rather an insider glimpse into Filipino culture and cuisine with a local expert cook in her home
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Dress code is smart casual
- Service animals allowed
What You’ll Experience
Meeting & Pickup
Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines, PH
Open in Google MapsThis 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.
We were warmly welcome by Isi in her home in the central part of BGC. She told us all we needed to know about Filipino staple ingredients to have in our cupboards, the typical ingredients used in e...read more









What a fabulous experience this was. Isi was super friendly and had us cook three different Filipino dishes which were all incredibly flavoursome. It wasn’t just a cooking class, but an experience ...read more








Chef Isi was awesome & generous! Had a great time and even made an surprising “small-world” bonus connection with her. Food tours are really best with more guests, I think. Unfortunately, it was ju...read more

Isi was very kind and knowledgeable about Filipino cuisine! The lesson was hands on and fun! She was also very welcoming and friendly. Would highly recommend.
Isi is such a sweet woman! She was so hospitable and a great hostess. She emailed me in advance to find out what some of my favorite ingredients were - I said avocado and mushrooms :) Sure enoug...read more
