Bangkok: Silom Thai Cooking Class & Fresh Market Tour

Bangkok food adventure with hands-on cooking and market stroll

You’ll step into Bangkok’s morning buzz with a guided market walk, picking out fresh ingredients before learning real Thai recipes at Silom Thai Cooking School. Expect laughter over curry paste pounding, honest tips from your local chef, and a feast of Tom Yum Soup, Pad Thai noodles, Som Tum salad, and mango sticky rice you’ll actually cook yourself.

Options for this experience

2 options

From US$ 54 per person, depending on the option and date you choose. See options & prices

Include Market Visit 09:00 Guide in English or Thai Class at 08:45 am with market tour

No Market Visit 13:40 Guide in English or Thai

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Step-by-step itinerary

Market tour and Thai cooking class

• Visit local market for ingredients
• Learn to select fresh ingredients
• Return to cooking school
• Cook five traditional Thai dishes
• Prepare Tom Yum Soup and Pad Thai
• Make Som Tum Salad and Mango Sticky Rice
• Receive hands-on cooking guidance

What’s included

Your day covers all ingredients for five classic Thai dishes at Silom School, hands-on lessons with your local chef after a guided fresh market visit (for morning sessions), plus every meal you cook shared around the table, and you’ll leave with their recipe book tucked under your arm.

Times

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• Every day 09:00 13:40

Information

Start your Bangkok morning with a lively local market tour, learn hands-on Thai cooking at Silom, and enjoy every dish you make. Includes all ingredients and recipes.

Group Up to 30

Live guide English and Thai

Meeting point and pickup No hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point. See the exact address

Book up to 4h before

Ages Adult (7 and older) · Child (under 7): free

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

Good to know

Low physical effort Public transport nearby Not recommended with heart problems

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The experience

We shuffled out of the BTS at Chong Nonsi, still half-asleep, and found our group already gathering near Silom Road. Our guide, Noi, waved us over with a big grin. I could smell the street food carts firing up nearby. “Ready for the market?” she asked, and off we went. The wet tiles were a little slippery (I almost lost a flip-flop), but the colors in that fresh market woke me right up: piles of tiny green limes, chilies so red they looked fake, fish flapping in buckets. Noi handed me a bunch of lemongrass to sniff: honestly, it smelled like summer after rain.

I tried to say “galangal” properly (Li laughed when I tried to say it in Mandarin, probably butchered it), and then we picked out everything for our Thai cooking class. It was loud in there: vendors shouting prices, someone chopping something fast behind us. Back at the Silom Thai Cooking School, we washed up and got aprons on. The kitchen was bright but not fancy. Fans spinning overhead and windows cracked open to let in city sounds. We started with Tom Yum Soup. I never realized how much lime leaf goes into that until today.

Noi showed us how to pound curry paste by hand (my arm’s still tired). Pad Thai noodles sizzled on the wok while someone’s green curry turned out way too spicy. She just shrugged and laughed it off. There was sticky rice steaming in little baskets by the window. Mangoes waiting on the counter. We all ate what we cooked around one long table, trading stories about home. I kept thinking about that first bite of mango sticky rice (sweet, salty coconut cream on top), and how different it tasted because I made it myself. Maybe that’s why I remember this day more than most tours.

Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and Thai.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (under 7): free.

How long does the Silom Thai Cooking School class last?

The class runs for several hours in the morning session. Arrive between 8:30–8:45 a.m., grouping starts at 8:45 a.m., latest join is 9:05 a.m.

Is pickup included for this Bangkok cooking class?

No hotel pickup is included. Public transportation options are available nearby.

What dishes do you cook during the class?

The menu includes Tom Yum Soup, Pad Thai noodles, Som Tum Salad, Green Curry or similar curry dish, and Mango Sticky Rice.

Can vegetarians join this Thai cooking class?

Yes, vegetarian options are available. Just notify when booking.

Does the tour include a local market visit?

Yes, the morning session includes a guided fresh market visit before cooking begins.

What is included with my booking?

You get all ingredients needed for five dishes plus a recipe book to take home.

How many people are in each class?

The maximum is 10 participants per class for a small-group experience.

Operated by I Asia Thailand. Explorevia does not run this tour: we compare it with similar options, and you book it with our booking partner.

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