Cooking Class Colombo: Learn Sri Lankan Cuisine with Local Market Tour

128 Ratings

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

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Immerse yourself in the vibrant flavors of Sri Lankan cuisine with a hands-on cooking class in Colombo. Explore the local market, learn traditional recipes, and bring the taste of Sri Lanka to your kitchen.

Duration: 5 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

TRANSPORT • Airport Pick up: We will greet you upon arrival (With Fully Air-Conditioned Car: Suitable for 2/3 people, Welcome Board, Expressway Entrance) 38USD. • Hotel Pick Up: The cost depends on the distance. Please contact us for assistance. KEY DETAILS • CITY: Colombo • MEETING POINT: Villa Ivy Crest • RECOMMENDED FOR: Couples/Families/Friends •…

What's Included

Light refreshments
Lunch
Professional guide
Bottled water
All taxes, fees and handling charges

What's Not Included

Alcoholic drinks (Beers)
Drinks
Gratuities
Hotel drop-off
Hotel pickup

Additional Information

Rustic Cooking Class holds the distinction of being Sri Lanka’s initial interactive culinary course with the highest number of reviews. It includes an immersive Local Market tour to ensure a comprehensive cultural and culinary journey in Sri Lanka. Participants will enjoy a delightful session and carry home valuable cooking insights to enhance their…

Location

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Our base is in Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. However, the meeting point for the market tour may vary based on the date. Please Contact us via Whatsapp to get the direction and more information

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Deborah

Dec 1, 2024

From market to table … - A full day cultural experience - collected by taxi and taken to local market where we met with our host, Nim. Explored every inch of the market and learnt about the huge variety of tropical fruits & vegetables. Tastes of several then taxi onto Nim’s home and a hands on cooking class. In a relaxed class of 4 guests we made 3 different curries, a coconut sambal and some coconut rotis, then sat down to eat it all!!! Great way to spend a day in the real Sri Lanka, not tourist haunts.

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Debbie

Oct 29, 2024

Wonderful cooking tour, highly recommended - Hi Nim, thank you so much for a fantastic cooking experience, I loved every minute of it! You were a great host and teacher, so generous with your time and I particularly enjoyed our chats on your deck with a beer between cooking. The dishes we created were beyond amazing and I can only hope I make something close to their taste st home….at least I now have a suitcase full of spices to help! I highly recommend this tour, it’s a wonderful experience.

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Anastasiadc3991br

Oct 19, 2024

Cooking class - Nim was an amazing host, the whole experience was incredible. We loved going to the market with the locals, and choosing the ingredients for our meals. He was super knowledgeable, and answered every question we had. We can’t wait to recreate these meals at home. Thanks Nim!

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Anne_s

Oct 15, 2024

The perfect Colombo experience! - We loved our market tour and cooking class with Nim! The market tour was so interesting but our absolute highlight was the cooking class and chats with Nim. Because there were only 2 of us taking the class, we were in a beautiful house in the suburbs of Colombo, with a beautiful rainforest outside we could enjoy watching during thoughtfully placed cold beer breaks. Nim is not just a great guide, but a qualified and experienced culinary professional and was so knowledgeable and so lovely and helped us make some of the best food we enjoyed during our time in Sri Lanka. After the hustle and bustle of Colombo, this was such a refreshing experience to enjoy - we left feeling so relaxed and so happy (and full!). Highly recommend, particularly as a nice ending to your trip to leave on a lovely relaxed note.

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Robyn_b

Sep 7, 2024

An excellent hands on introduction to Sri Lankan cuisine - Nim organised transport from our Colombo hotel to his local market .That worked seamlessly! Market shopping was fun,with Nim being most informative about a whole range of fruit and vegetables that were unfamiliar to us. Upon arrival at his home we were provided with a delicious wood apple drink made by Nim and then began our cooking adventure.Nim is an excellent instructor.Well organised,skilled,patient and passionate about Sri Lankan food. We highly recommend this cooking experience.

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D2860umsusanw

Sep 2, 2024

Learning cooking skills from Sri Lanker just before the flight home. - I managed to book a cooking class at the last minute with Rustic Cooking Class. Nim was extremely helpful he managed to fit 4 of us in for the next day. We started with the market tour where we had different produce explained to us. We were also able to try some of the fruits that we had not previously tasted. Then onto cooking. We all selected a fruit or vegetable that we could make a curry with. Nim was able to work on our choices. I found this to be more interesting than a prepared menu plan. So, we had 4 curries made from beetroot, jackfruit, banana flower and eggplant. Great expedience I would strongly recommend this while you are in Colombo

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Sharontoronto98

Aug 13, 2024

Wonderful experience. - We did the market shopping and cooking tour with Nimh. It was fantastic. We met him at a community market where he toured us around and explained the many products that we had not seen before. We then purchased some things for dinner and took a tuk tuk with him to prepare the meal. It was my husband and me and he took such lovely care of us. He walked us carefully through the preparation of chicken curry, pineapple curry, coconut sambal and coconut roti. We learned how to cut, cook and spice all of these things and finally enjoyed the delicious meal. Nimh then helped us get a tuk tuk back to our hotel. He is a lovely person and we very much enjoyed the experience.

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W1509oilauraa

Aug 9, 2024

For anyone curious about unfamiliar foods - Going to the market in a new country is always intimidating and baffling, but not with Nim as a guide! I got to ask all the questions I wanted, and then we cooked with the ingredients we bought. The cooking class took place a little bit away from the hustle of the city, which was a nice break from a business trip that had me downtown the rest of the week. We saw some great wildlife from the balcony as we enjoyed a refreshing drink before prepping the food for cooking. Nim is very knowledgeable about food, agriculture, cooking, and the culture and history of food in Sri Lanka. This experience was a real foodie's delight!

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Stephen_t

Mar 24, 2024

Shopping, cooking, eating - perfect! - Nim, our guide and teacher, showed us round the market and explained how many vegetables are used in Sri Lankan cooking. We then went back to his lovely home and he showed us how to cook several dishes. Finally, we had a delicious meal together. We learned a lot about food and Sri Lankan life in general.

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Christy_d

Mar 9, 2024

Wonderful cooking class and market tour - We had a wonderful day with Nim touring the market and then creating our delicious Sri Lankan lunch at a private house outside the city. The market walk was fun and informative, and the setting for our cooking class was perfect next to a forested area with monkeys in the trees and lots of other wildlife to see on our breaks. Nim was the perfect host and was very friendly, engaging and knowledgeable about local cooking. We made coconut roti, coconut sambal, chicken curry and beetroot curry, and it was all amazingly tasty. We really loved the experience and highly recommend it.

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