Bangkok Cooking Class & Suan Phlu Market Tour

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Duration3h 30m

GroupUp to 18

LanguagesEN · TH

Mobile ticketAccepted

Four Dishes, One Market, Two Hours in Bangkok's Kitchen

You tour the Suan Phlu market with your instructor, select fresh ingredients, then spend two hours cooking four Thai dishes from scratch—including making curry paste by hand. You eat each dish while it's still hot, take home the recipes, and leave with the skills to recreate the meal in your own kitchen. The market tour and bottled water are included; vegetarian and dietary substitutions are available with advance notice.

3h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Market tour and Thai cooking class

Meet at school in Suan Phlu
Walk to Suan Phlu fresh market
Guided market tour and ingredient selection
Learn about Thai ingredients and curry paste
Make curry paste from scratch
Cook four authentic Thai dishes
Enjoy freshly cooked dishes
Receive recipes to take home

The Experience

You walk into a cooking school in Suan Phlu, Sathon, and within a minute you're standing in the fresh market next door—the same one where the school sources everything. No bus ride, no detour. The market tour is built into every class, morning through evening, which means you're not just learning recipes; you're learning where the ingredients come from and how to pick them yourself. The instructor walks you through the stalls, pointing out the difference between Thai basil and regular basil, showing you which chilies go into which curry, and you're already thinking about flavor before you step back into the kitchen.

Then you cook. Four dishes in two hours—something like green curry with chicken, pad thai with shrimp, a soup (tom yum or tom kha depending on the day), and mango sticky rice. You make curry paste from scratch, which means grinding and pounding, not opening a jar. The recipes go home with you in writing, so the whole thing doesn't disappear the moment you leave Bangkok. Water is included, and you eat everything hot, right after you finish cooking it. The class runs every day of the week with a different menu rotation, so if you're there Monday you get papaya salad and pad thai; Thursday brings larb gai and panang curry instead.

The school sits near Silom—close enough to BTS Saint Louise (Exit 1), Chongnonsi (Exit 2), or Sala Daeng (Exit 2) that you can get there by public transport or a quick taxi ride. Vegetarian swaps, halal, kosher, and allergy substitutions are all possible if you mention them when you book. The space is wheelchair accessible, and the walking involved is minimal. You don't need cooking experience, and children can come as long as an adult is with them.

What’s included

Your class includes a guided tour of Suan Phlu fresh market, where you select ingredients with the instructor, two hours of hands-on cooking for four Thai dishes, bottled water throughout, and all the food you prepare and eat while it's still hot.
Written recipes for each dish go home with you.
Vegetarian, halal, kosher, and allergy substitutions are available with advance notice at booking.

Good to know

Wheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePublic transport nearby

Operated by House of Taste Thai Cooking School

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to learn Thai cooking without arranging transport to a market or sourcing ingredients yourself—the market tour and ingredient selection are built into the class, which is what makes the whole experience happen in one place in two hours.