Half Day Morning Thai Cooking Class - i-Like Thai Cooking School

i-Like Thai Cooking School cooks by the lake at Grand Canyon Chiang Mai in Hang Dong, 20 to 30 minutes south of the Old City. The morning session is a hands-on class of seven dishes with a market visit first and time by the water afterwards. It suits beginners, couples, families and friends, with bookings for 2 people or more; the school keeps classes to around 3 to 12 people, and anyone who would rather watch can come as a visitor and share the food.

Pickup is between 8:00 and 8:30 from your accommodation, then straight to a local market, where your instructor shows you the herbs, vegetables and spices Thai cooking depends on and you pick the ingredients for your dishes. A short drive brings you to the lakeside kitchen, where you look round the school's small organic herb garden and then cook at your own station. The seven dishes cover an appetizer, a stir-fry, a soup, a curry paste pounded by hand and the curry made from it, a Thai drink and a dessert. Each person chooses their own options, so a table of four can cook four different curries. You eat as you go and take home what you cannot finish.

After the last dish there is free access to the lake: swim, kayak, float around or just sit with the view. Life jackets are provided and there are towels and changing areas. You are back at your accommodation around 13:30, with an e-recipe book to keep. Transport is included within 5 km of the Old City. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and allergy-friendly versions of every dish are available if you tell us when booking.