3 Day Fun Home-style Thai Cooking and Culture Holidays in Nonthaburi, Bangkok, Thailand
Authentic Home-style Cooking Holidays in Thailand
Experience a real hands-on class with local lifestyle experiences in a Thai traditional-style teak house and real insight into Thai cooking during this home-style cooking holiday in Bangkok. The Thai House team will share with you how to make curry paste, savory salad, Tom Yum Kung, Pad Thai, and more! You will also have a chance to learn basic food and vegetable carving. Your three-night stay includes a boat trip along canals, a cooking class of 14 dishes, offering alms to monks who travel by boat, and a visit to the local market. Upgrade your cooking skills to the next level!
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Highlights
- Certificate on completion
- Learn to prepare 14 dishes
- Hands-on Thai cooking classes
- Daily home-cooked tasty typical Thai meals
- Transfers from and to the hotel in Bangkok
- Market visit
- 2 nights accommodation
- Boat trip along canals
Skill level
- Beginner
Accommodation
Facilities
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Garden
- Smoke-free property
- Terrace
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- Tour assistance
- Wedding
- Wireless internet
During this vacation, you will be staying in The Thai House. It is both unique and authentic. It embodies features representing the distinctive approaches found only in traditional Thai architecture, and at the same time, it fulfills its owners wish to be a welcoming, practical, and quiet haven for first-time guests and those who have stayed there many times over the years.
Importantly, the Thai House provides a peaceful escape from the bustle of the nation's capital, Bangkok, and is described by many visitors and guests as a calm, undisturbed oasis which allows them to relax and unwind. The three separate houses symmetrically linked together.
The first-floor layout consists of three separate houses symmetrically linked together consistent with the traditional practice of keeping extended families living and working together in the same compound to create the sense of belonging to the family. As one stands on the first-floor terrace with a view overlooking the orchard garden, the adjacent structures are no higher than the coconut palms. The tranquility and the natural beauty of the surrounding landscape are both striking and mesmerizing.
Each house has two rooms which can be partitioned into two adjoining bedrooms by an optional opening door or a family suite. Five windows which open out onto the vast lush gardens and verdant orchards provide ventilation. The height of the ceiling also promotes the constant circulation of air thus eliminating the need for air-conditioning.
To combat humidity, electric fans create the gentle breezes needed to cool off the interior. Visitors consistently note the peaceful sleep they experience as they are awakened only by birdsong the next morning. Adjacent to the sleeping quarters is a separate room which serves as the Thai-style bathhouse. The bathroom is equipped with modern western-style facilities. On the lower floor, there is ample indoor dining hall for banquet-style seating for 30 to 50 persons, and the Thai House does receive visitors for lunch.
Program
Daily schedule
Day 1
In the morning, travel to The Thai House by car and boat. Then learn how to cook five dishes.
- Introduction: Get to know local herbs and spices
- Tom Yum Goong (hot and sour prawn soup)
- Larb Moo (spicy Thai pork salad)
- Pad Thai (Thai fried noodle)
- Kaeng Kari Kai (yellow curry with chicken)
Visit local market to explore fresh ingredients and food
& Light dinner or snack then overnight at The Thai House.
Day 2
At 7:00 a.m. visit the open-air market to buy ingredients. Then come back for breakfast and continue your class.
- Tom Kha Kai (chicken in coconut and galangal soup)
- Phad Prik Khing (savory stir-fried pork with long beans)
- Kaeng Kheo Waan Neua (green curry with beef)
- Pumpkin in coconut milk (dessert)
- Making curry paste and coconut milk
Complimentary fruit and overnight at The Thai House Homestay.
Day 3
At 7:00 a.m., you may join offering alms to monks on the canal then enjoy breakfast in a relaxing atmosphere. At 10:00 a.m. cooking class starts.
- Kai Phad Khing (stir-fried chicken with ginger)
- Pad Kaprao Moo (stir-fried pork with holy basil and chili)
- Nam Prik Ong (pork and tomato chili dip)
- Tom Jeud Moo Sub (clear soup with pork balls)
- Sweet sticky rice
- Return to Bangkok.
Please note that offering alms to monks on the canal might not happen every day as this depends on the lunar calendar and the monk’s schedule.
Instructors
Pang Fargrajang
Pang acquired her cooking skills by joining her grandmothers, mom, aunt and staff when they cook. Pip - her mom and the founder of The Thai House, started the cooking class in 1991 and had been the only instructor of the class for almost 27 years. In 2018 Pang who has been helping in the class and, later, co-instructing the class took over. She has shared her passion in home-style cooking and family's recipes ever since.
Location
The Thai House Homestay & Cooking Classes is located in Bang Yai in Nonthaburi Province some 25 kilometers from central Bangkok - a short distance but a very distinctive difference from the city itself. This is a residential town that has both modern touch and greenery area where Chao Praya River acts as a divider of these totally different characteristics.
The hustle and bustle of busy life spread only until the eastern bank of Chao Praya River. Once crossing the river to the western bank, you can feel the peace and enjoy the green view. The Thai House is located on this side. It is also close to Grand Palace area. Everything guests might need is close at hand including international supermarkets, as well as typical markets.
Nearby places
- Bang Wa Sky Train station,19 kilometers
- Bangkok downtown (MBK shopping center), 25 kilometers
- Chatujak Weekend Market, 25 kilometers
- China Town, 23 kilometers
- Don Mueang International Airport (DMK), 33 kilometers
- Khao San Road, 20 kilometers
- Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK), 55 kilometers
- The Grand Palace & Emerald Buddha, 20 kilometers
Features
Activities
- Boating
- Cooking classes
- Shopping
General
- Dining area
- In-room safe
- Luggage room / storage
Services
- Free Wi-Fi
- Local market
- Room cleaning
- Wedding
Food
During this holiday, you will be served three daily meals as specified in the itinerary.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Snacks
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
- Other dietary requirements on request
Things to do (optional)
- Go on a tour to the local khlongs, it is an exotic tour to say the least, where life has not changed for centuries
- Go shopping in the city, it is wonderful, especially when you can return to the peace at the Thai House
- Participate in Thai festivals with the locals, give alms to the monks, and go to the local temples
- Take a long-tail boat to go to or return home from Bangkok (45 minutes of unique adventure)
- Visit the floating market, temples, pottery island - those that are beyond the reach of most tourists
- Visit the local plant nurseries and learn about tropical plants
- Visit the Grand Palace (most important attraction in Bangkok) which is only 20 minutes away by taxi
What's included
- 3 nights accommodation
- 9 meals: 3 lunches, 3 snacks/fruits and 3 breakfasts
- All Ingredients
- Boat trip
- Cooking recipes
- Fresh market tour
- Learn 14 dishes
- Making curry paste from scratch
- Thai herbal drinks on arrival
- The Thai House Certificate
- Transportation
- Non-cooking participant is entitled to:
- Transport (car and boat)
- 2 breakfasts
- 3 lunches
- 3 fruits/snacks
- 2 nights accommodation
- A market trip
What's not included
- Additional excursions and activities
- Transfer to/from airport
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Don Mueang International Airport
23 km
Transfer not provided
Suvarnabhumi Airport
40 km
Transfer not provided
Arrival by plane
Please book your flight to arrive at Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) or Don Mueang International Airport (DMK). Airport transfers are available for a charge. Price for 2 persons is 1,200 THB and for 3 persons and more 1,500 THB. The Thai House provides pick-up and drop-off from hotel in Bangkok downtown (Sukhumvit, Silom, Siam, Khaosarn rd.) by car and by boat.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 20% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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