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Learn about the history and culture of the area while shopping for ingredients and preparing a variety of dishes to be savored at the end of the day.
Asian cuisine covers a wide territory, and a wide variety of flavors, spices, and cooking techniques. Choose your favorite, or try one that's new to you!
Thailand
- Peregrin Adventures
offers a 12 day tour of Thailand, from Bangkok to Chaing Mai and back. Part of the trip takes place on a rice barge!
You will learn techniques of Thai cooking, see temples and monuments, and spend the night with a Thai family.
- If cooking is only a part of your vacation,Thai Country Escape and Cooking Class Tour from Bangkok, is a full day trip to a nearby village that brings you to a local market and lets you cook your own lunch. The day trip includes a brief ride on a river boat, and tours to a wicker factory.
Vietnam
- Peregrin Adventures offers a 10 day tour from Saigon to Hanoi, sampling the flavors of Vietnam. Along the way, you'll take a brief cruise on the Perfume River and visit the Chu Chi tunnels.
- Shermay's Cooking School
offers day classes in Pan-Asian cuisine, as well as pastries and chocolate. Classes are both demonstration and hands-on, and include treats to take home.
- Learn about Singapore cuisine without cooking on a Singapore Shop and Eat Heartlands Trail Tour. With a private guide, you'll explore the neighborhoods of Singapore and sample the cuisine along the way (this is not a cooking tour or class; it's a tasting tour).
Indonesia
- Try your hand at Indonesian cooking in Bali. The Rural Charm of Bali with Balinese Cooking Demonstration visits the countryside, where you can walk through rural villages or fish in a local pond. Then you will be taught some of the secrets of Indonesian cooking, and enjoy the meal you prepared.