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Quito Cooking Class: Traditional Dishes in Colonial House with Market Tour
Immerse yourself in the vibrant culinary culture of Quito with a cooking class led by Andres. Explore the local market, learn to make traditional dishes with a gourmet twist, and enjoy a delicious meal in a beautiful Colonial house. Book now!
Immerse yourself in the vibrant culinary culture of Quito with a cooking class led by Andres. Explore the local market, learn to make traditional dishes with a gourmet twist, and enjoy a delicious meal in a beautiful Colonial house. Book now!
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Venezuela & Rocafuerte - Market Tour
Visiting the market in Ecuador is a one-of-a-kind experience!
You´ll discover the best smells, tastes, and colors of fruits, vegetables, and spices that will help you create the perfect Ecuadorian meal. Andres will take you on a tour of the Central Market and the surrounding area. Here you will meet the best…
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Venezuela & Rocafuerte - Market Tour
Visiting the market in Ecuador is a one-of-a-kind experience!
You´ll discover the best smells, tastes, and colors of fruits, vegetables, and spices that will help you create the perfect Ecuadorian meal. Andres will take you on a tour of the Central Market and the surrounding area. Here you will meet the best specialty vendors, the stand that has the freshest vegetables, yesteryear meat vendors, the lady who always has the best fruits, the medicinal herb stand, the mote vendor, the flower girl and an exotic fruit juice stand. The experience starts off by shopping for fresh ingredients and local products, some of which you will not be able to find anywhere else in the world.
Cooking Class
At the Cooking Class you will meet the Chef, my best friend’s mom who will teach you all the local secrets and will tell you the best stories of yesteryear Quito. You will make everything from scratch, chopping, dicing, and cooking like a true local.
Time to Eat
Once finished in the kitchen, the chef sets a beautiful table and all the hard work pays off. It´s time to enjoy your meal in a Colonial house in the heart of Old Town Quito.
Highly recommended experience!
What's Included
- Apron and chef hat for use during cooking class
- Recipes
- Lunch
- Tour of Central Market and Cooking Class
- Carbonated beverages
- Apron and chef hat for use during cooking class
- Recipes
- Lunch
- Tour of Central Market and Cooking Class
- Carbonated beverages
What's Not Included
- Extra food and drinks not mentioned on itinerary
- Tips for the chef/guide
- Extra food and drinks not mentioned on itinerary
- Tips for the chef/guide
Meal Options
- Locro de Papa (Potato Cheese Soup) - The Locro de Papa is a classic dish from Quito. It is a savory dish, with tons of cheese, potatoes and decorated with an avocado rose.
- Quinoa Soup - For those that are lactose intolerant a Quinoa Soup is right up their alley.
- Traditional Quito Shrimp Ceviche - Served with shrimp cooked to perfection, onions,…
- Locro de Papa (Potato Cheese Soup) - The Locro de Papa is a classic dish from Quito. It is a savory dish, with tons of cheese, potatoes and decorated with an avocado rose.
- Quinoa Soup - For those that are lactose intolerant a Quinoa Soup is right up their alley.
- Traditional Quito Shrimp Ceviche - Served with shrimp cooked to perfection, onions, various tomato textures, and orange juice. (The starter dish can be modified to your requests)
- Chicken or Veggie Tamales - Tamales are made in an achira leaf and cooked in a special pot for tamales. They are fun to make and very tasty.
- Empanadas - Empanadas are such a tasty treat. We can make cheese filled, cheese and onion filled or chicken stew filled empanadas.
- Encocado de Pescado (Coconut Fish Dish) - You will cook the fish with a delicious coconut sauce. The fish is served with yellow rice, plantain chips, and a garden salad.
- Chocolate Soup - The dish includes a variety of Ecuadorian fresh fruits and a chocolate sauce made with real Ecuadorian cocoa and a bit of liquor.
- Quimbolito Quiteño (Fluffy cake in a leaf) - Quimbolitos are awesome, they are a traditional dessert in Quito, a fluffy cake steamed inside an achira leaf.
Additional Information
Andres (the owner) will meet you at your hotel, if your hotel is close to the market we will walk there, if not we will take my comfy SUV. Andres will first take you for a tour in the traditional Central Market and surroundings to hunt for fresh local products that you will use during your cooking class. Then you will head to the restaurant which is…
Andres (the owner) will meet you at your hotel, if your hotel is close to the market we will walk there, if not we will take my comfy SUV. Andres will first take you for a tour in the traditional Central Market and surroundings to hunt for fresh local products that you will use during your cooking class. Then you will head to the restaurant which is located in a beautiful Colonial house in the heart of Old Town Quito. During this tour, you will experience life as a local and will learn how to make 3 traditional dishes, which you can replicate back home. Get ready for a packed day filled with incredible sights, tastes, and smells. And at the end of it all, you will be able to enjoy the delicious meal you cooked. Highly recommended experience!
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Bigwhalebelly
Nov 7, 2024
A real authentic local culinary cooking experience ! - Fantastic experience with pick up by the boss from our hotel followed by shopping for ingredients for our lunch at the center city market, sampling the many different fruits and other possible menu items and mingling with all the locals at there daily market spot (no other tourists in sight!) followed by a few blocks ride to the cooking class site in a private courtyard residence in old town. All hands on deck helping with the prep (including a home made Equadoran cocktail) and then enjoying the delicious local dishes we helped make and learn to prepare. Warm and friendly pair of chefs who are really great teachers of genuine local recipes. By the end it felt like a meal with relatives while home for the holidays! We had a wonderful time!
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Inspire25832465310
Nov 7, 2024
Unforgettable experience - What an amazing experience - just the perfect way to start our travels. Andres picked us up at our hotel and showed us a market in Quito with all its beautiful fruits, vegetables and many more. He then brought us to this beautiful building,more than 200 years old. It's just by a main street but once you enter the building it's very quiet and calm there. We were welcomed by his beautiful wife Silvia and her friend who taught us how to cook traditional Ecuadorian dishes. We were also served this delicious warm cocktail with some sort of local cane sugar "rum". Silvia even organized our taxi that brought us back to the hotel. Thank you so much for the unforgettable experience. I can recommend this cooking class to anyone who's interested in learning more about Ecuadorian food culture and people.
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David_b
Oct 22, 2024
Great fun and experience - We loved this experience. Andre's tour of the food market was fun and informative. Sophia and Magala were wonderful in the cooking part of the tour. They gave us some great tips on food prep and storage. The ceviche and potato soup we made was very tasty.
I highly recommend this tour.
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Jessica_m
Oct 14, 2024
Great activity - I did this with my husband and it was great! We went to a market and learned about various fruits and veggies and then off to our class. We started with a cocktail and the recipes were easy to follow along. I liked learning about Ecuduarian Culture through food
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Kristen_c
Sep 4, 2024
The cooks / instructors... - The cooks / instructors were so nice and informative! Enjoyed the market tour and got to try so many new to me fruits!
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Taxlady711
Jul 28, 2024
Amazing authentic Ecuadorian cooking experience - We had a chance to visit and taste from the the local market. We then met a local chef and sous chef who helped us prepare a 3 course meal and 2 different drinks. The experience was fabulous and we walked away with the recipes and full bellies. They made the experience very easy by picking us up at the hotel and delivering us back. Highly recommend this tour!
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Sharon_m
Jul 28, 2024
Great class with Magolo. - The market tour was really interesting and tasty! Our class with Magolo was a lot of fun and we learned (and ate) a lot. Beautiful food and great flavors.
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Andrew_n
Jul 15, 2024
Terrific cooking class filled with love Ecuadorian style - Awesome time.
1. They picked us up by car at our hotel and then we drove to the market
2. At the market a fresh juice drink and a tour. Beautiful stands of fruit, vegetables and meat. We tried many exotic fruits.
3. Off to a beautiful courtyard with a small kitchen where the two chefs spent alot of time explaining everything we were making. We had potato soup, shrimp cervice, and fried plaintains with chocolate sauce for lunch...All yummy and all with ingredients fresh from the market earlier.
There was so much love in everything they did. The experience could not have been better.
It was just the two of us..I suppose they could handle 4-6, but no large crowds. Truly a wonderful day.
The day was a little over 4 hours. We were stuffed and couldnt have dinner that night.
When we were done we all took the Metro back to our hotel since car traffic was bad at 5pm. They wanted to walk us back to our hotel, but it was right across the street so no need. BTW..the metro is 7 months old and beautiful. We used it often..45 cents a ride...22 cents for seniors.
A great day...
I recommend this highly
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Staceyc485
Jul 9, 2024
Great cooking experience! - We try to immerse ourselves a bit in the culture of a new place and what better way than their cooking! Andres was very friendly and informative on our drive to the old town. We learned a bit at the local food market before heading to our class. Silvia and margola were great. We learned simple but tasty dishes we can make at home. Enjoyable day!
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Karin_n
Jul 31, 2024
Fun, but not really a cooking lesson - At the beginning, we had a fun trip I the market to pick out ingredients for the lesson. The guide told us a lo of interesting information about the different plants and fruits, and let us sample a few things. The class want very hands on though- the chef was extremely nice, bu she did all of the cooking, excepts for occasionally giving on of us something to peel or chop. W had a nice time talking, and eating the dishes, but I wouldn’t b able to make any of them
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