Laos · Cooking

1-Day Luang Prabang Cooking Class with Market Tour and 7 Dishes

1 Day Round trip from Sakkaline Rd Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Join a small cooking class of up to 12 people in Luang Prabang
  • 02 Tour a local market and pick up the freshest ingredients with your chef
  • 03 Learn to prepare up to 7 traditional Laos dishes at Tamnak Lao
  • 04 Cook 2 of your favorite dishes at your own workstation
  • 05 Take home a cookbook to recreate authentic Laos cuisines

Discover the flavors of Laos in Luang Prabang with a hands-on cooking class at a renowned local school. Learn from local chefs, visit a local market to select fresh ingredients, and prepare traditional Laos cuisines in a small class setting. During the experience, you will be introduced to dishes such as Luang Prabang Salad, Chicken Larb, Kheu Sen Lon, and more, then recreate your favorite recipes to enjoy for lunch or dinner.

In a small class of 12 people, pick up new skills in the kitchen of a renowned local chef as you watch and help prepare 7 traditional dishes that you can feast on for lunch or dinner.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 1 Day
Tour type Private
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Not included
Transport Included
Wheelchair access Not applicable
City Luang Prabang
Languages English, Thai

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

Luang Prabang Market Visit and Traditional Cooking Class

  • In a small class of 12 people, pick up new skills in the kitchen of a renowned local chef as you watch and help prepare 7 traditional dishes that you can feast on for lunch or dinner.

  • Get transferred to Tamnak Lao restaurant in the city center, where your culinary adventure begins.

  • Meet your classmates and embark on a 1-hour tour of a local market. Experience local daily life, meet vendors, and pick up the freshest ingredients.

  • Back at the restaurant's catering school, your traditional cooking lesson begins with a demonstration of preparing up to 7 renowned dishes, which you can indulge in for lunch. Dishes include:

  • Luang Prabang Salad - an egg salad flavored with coriander, watercress, and fried garlic

  • Feu Kua - sticky rice noodles with chicken and vegetables

  • Chicken Larb - a famed Lao cold meat salad

  • Kheu Sen Lon - soy vermicelli noodle dish

  • Oh Paedak - succulent pork dish seasoned with delicate Lao aromas

  • Kheu Muk Kua Guo Moo - pork served with eggplant

  • Gaeng Phet - a chicken red curry served with coconut milk, beans, and basil leaves

  • At your own workstation, put what you learned to the test. Follow instructions from a cookbook, which you can take home, and with the help of the chef, make 2 of your favorite dishes.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Sakkaline Rd 1 city · 1 Day

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Hotel pickup and drop-off, with transfer by car

  • English-speaking Laos tour guide

  • All necessary ingredients and equipment

  • Professional chef and cooking instructor

  • Complimentary drink upon arrival

  • Lunch or dinner

What's Not Included

  • Alcoholic beverages and soft drinks

  • Gratuities (optional)

Know before you go

  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at the time of booking.

  • A vegetarian option is available. Please advise at the time of booking if required.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Sakkaline Rd, Luang Prabang, Laos
Tour start
Sakkaline Rd, Luang Prabang, Laos
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 1 day finishes where it began, in Sakkaline Rd.

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