Yogyakarta Cooking Class and Market Tour

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Duration
5 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 15 guests
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English
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Join our Yogyakarta Cooking Class and Market Tour. Shop fresh ingredients, learn traditional recipes, and savor your handmade Java meal with aromatic teas. Unveil culinary secrets today!

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

Experience Details

Our chef will assists you discover the special spices and herbs of Indonesia, We will cook Tumpeng yellow rice , This is dishes offerings to the god at ceremony long time ago.

Our chef will share the secrets of creating a delicious java meal with you.

You’ll start off early for a morning visit to the traditional market shopping for the many ingredients . We will give little bit briefing and give hand book and the cooking fun begins.


At lunchtime, your creations are served with more insights and reviews.


Enjoy homemade hibiscus tea or traditional wedang uwuh (eucalyptus drinks).


Sample Menu

STARTER
Martabak
Local food almost look like spring roll . ( inside with spring onion, egg and beef)
MAIN
yellow rice
We will cook yellow rice for side dish, a lot of herb inside. We will create Yellow rice look like mountain for presentation.
MAIN
Javanese Chicken Galanggal
We use chicken and chicken egg for main ingredient.
MAIN
Tempe and tofu caramelize
We cook Soya bean fermentation with palm sugar and herb.
MAIN
Gudangan ( Mix Vegetable with steam coconut greeted )
( Mix Vegetable with steam coconut greeted )
DESSERT
Putu ayu
Sweet cake local java with Pandan leaves and coconut greeted.

What You Get

Market Tour
All Ingredients
Lunch
Personal expenses

Good To Know

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What You’ll Experience

We will pick-up at your hotel, and then visit a local fresh food market to choose the ingredients for your cooking class. Select from the available vegetables, herbs, meat, and spices on display and experience a little of the local life in Yogyakarta. Next, visit a rice plantation and learn how the staple crop is cultivated and prepared. Soak up the scenic views of the surroundings. Continue to the traditional village of Bantul, where you will get a warm welcome from the locals on arrival. Take part in a half-day morning or afternoon cooking class and learn all the secrets of preparing food from JAVA, while expert chefs provide guidance and assistance. You will prepare 1 starters, 4 main courses, and 1 authentic dessert. Then, sit down to a meal and savor the delicious flavors of your creations.

Meeting & Pickup

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Pickup Details
We will pick you up at lobby hotel. Traveler pickup Outside Yogyakarta City Free hotel pick-up is available for accommodations in the Yogyakarta city area. Traveler pickup Outside Yogyakarta City Free hotel pick-up is available for accommodations in the Yogyakarta city area. New Airport NYIA IDR 350 K Pick up and drop off from/to outside Yogyakarta city, it is applied additional charge per car / per tour. Outside cities : Additional IDR 150 K Area ( Klaten, Parangtritis Area, Magelang, Borobudur Area). Additional IDR 300 K Area Solo, Additional IDR 800 K Area Semarang, Temanggung and wonosobo (one way)

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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Unique experience in Indonesia
July 08, 2025
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Cooking with Desy was incredibly fun. She is very warm and has already prepared everything so we could start right away. She told us a lot about Indonesian cuisine, but even so we were able to have...read more

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Scrumptious day !
June 24, 2025
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Today is a leisurely and fun morning with Desy and Widi. Desy cooks a complete meal in multiple spices with ease. The food is delicious, the ambiance is relaxing. Widi walk us through the market, l...read more

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Best experience and BEST MEAL IN INDONESIA!
June 17, 2025
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My boyfriend and I had a lovely time cooking and learning from Desy in her home! Her husband picked us up from our accomodation as well as dropped us off which was super convenient. Desy taught us ...read more

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Great cooking class to cook intricate Java dishes.
June 13, 2025
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The best cooking class in Southeast Asia that I ever had. Our cooking class instructor taught us how to use spices like lemongrass and galangal in ways that I had never been shown before in other ...read more

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A spectacular experience
June 10, 2025
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The class was really fun and we learned a lot about Indonesian cuisine. The experience of shopping at the market impressed us and the kindness of the chef welcoming us into her home even more.

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