Myanmar cooking class: Market shopping and four dishes

Shop the market like a local, then cook Myanmar dishes from scratch with your guide.

A hands-on cooking class in Myanmar where you shop for ingredients at Ngwe Saung Market, taste local tea culture, and cook six traditional dishes with a local chef. The class runs four hours and includes one soft drink. An English-speaking guide leads the group through both the market and the kitchen. Children from age 5 are welcome.

The experience

The morning starts at Ngwe Saung Market, where you pick up a shopping list and move through the stalls with the chef and other participants to buy vegetables, meat and spices. This is not a guided tour of the market. You are doing the shopping yourself, choosing what goes into your dishes and talking to vendors and locals. After the market run, the group stops at a local tea shop to taste Myanmar tea and learn how tea culture works here, then heads back to the kitchen.

You cook six dishes with the chef's instruction: vegetable tempura with Myanmar-style sauce, tea leaf salad (made with tea leaves, fried peas, fried garlic, dry shrimp, tomato, onion and peanut oil), chicken with potato curry, fish with salty fruit in country style, fried cauliflower, and sticky rice balls with coconut. The chef demonstrates each one, then you make it yourself. At the end you eat what you cooked, and one soft drink is included with the class.

The class runs four hours total and is led by an English-speaking guide. Public transportation options are available nearby if you need to reach the location. Alcoholic drinks can be added at checkout if you want them with your meal.

What’s included

• Market shopping with a shopping list.
• tea tasting at a local tea shop to learn Myanmar tea culture.
• instruction from a local chef in English.
• cooking of six traditional Myanmar dishes (vegetable tempura, tea leaf salad, chicken curry, fish, fried cauliflower, and sticky rice balls).
• one soft drink.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery day

AgesAdult (21 to 65 years) · Senior (66 to 80 years) · Youth (11 to 19 years) · Child (5 to 10 years) · Under 5: can't be booked

GroupUp to 5

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled due to bad weather or if the minimum number of travelers isn't reached. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

Prices and times updated 11 days ago

Good to know

Public transport nearbyNot recommended with heart problemsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Kevin Thiha Kyaw Win

Is this one for you?Book this class if you have a free morning or afternoon and want to learn Myanmar cooking by doing it, not watching a demonstration. The market visit at the start means you're not just cooking in a kitchen. You're also meeting locals and understanding where ingredients come from.

Top questions

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Youth (11 to 19 years); Child (5 to 10 years). Children under 5 can't be included in the booking.

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.

What does the market shopping part of the class involve?

You receive a shopping list and go to Ngwe Saung Market with the chef and other participants to buy the groceries and meat you'll cook with. You're shopping as a customer would, not on a tour. You interact with vendors and locals while selecting your ingredients.

How many dishes do you actually cook during the class?

You cook six dishes: vegetable tempura with Myanmar-style sauce, tea leaf salad, chicken with potato curry, fish with salty fruit, fried cauliflower, and sticky rice balls with coconut. The chef shows you how to make each one, then you prepare it yourself.

What's included in the four-hour class?

The class includes the market shopping trip, a tea tasting at a local tea shop, instruction from a local chef, and one soft drink. You eat the dishes you cook at the end of the session.