Cook with Wasantha: Discover Local Sri Lankan Cuisine and Traditional Market Tour

With Wasantha guiding you, uncover the distinctive tastes of local cuisine while gaining insight into cultural customs. This class includes a trip to a community market, selection of unusual components, and instruction on how to prepare 5 traditional meals.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Wasantha’s Sri Lanka Cuisine - Hello! I’m wasantha,
    you will meet me at my restaurant where you will be greeted with a hot cup of ginger tea, and from there we will take a tuk tuk ride to explore the Dutch market and learn the history of the market, there you will be explained about the vegetables, the health benefits and how to choose them fresh,…
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Lunch included
Meal Options
  • Rice and curry - rice with four different vegetables of your choice and fish or chicken curry
Location
Wasantha's Sri Lanka Cuisine
Yaddehimulla Road
we are located on the way to the jungle beach, just below villa thawthisa, if any confusions finding our place please contact the given number (Whatsapp) Sam's place unawatuna 0094772886761
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Ade_p
Dec 7, 2024
Definitely worth a visit - Went to market and chose dishes , bought fresh produce. We then helped prepare 5 curry dishes and rice. Pineapple, dahl, aubergine & onion, pumpkin and tuna. Learnt how to do rice properly (fluffy) We then had the dishes for lunch. Yum yum yum. We were also given 21 recipes. Can't wait to try at home 😋
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Annemariecv7443wk
Dec 1, 2024
Excellent cookery session - Fabulous experience - we visited the markets to get the ingredients then took these back to make various meals. A excellent experience!! I would defo recommend this.
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76mrsu
Nov 28, 2024
A real Sri Lankan experience - This was a very special Sri Lankan experience. We started at the fresh produce market choosing our vegetables to eating a delicious meal. We not only participated in preparing the meal, but learnt about herbs and spices. Do not miss this wonderful opportunity.
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Jesskl684ig
Nov 15, 2024
YUM - We thoroughly enjoyed our cooking class. We made 5 curries which all tasted amazing! To top it off we were sent 22 recipes that we can’t wait to try once we are home!
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Olivia_b
Nov 13, 2024
Walk to Wasantha’s... - Walk to Wasantha’s restaurant in Unawatuna. Tuk tuk to the market outside of Galle to collect ingredients. Tuk tuk back to Wasantha’s and cook five delicious curries. All transport accounted for in price. We had Sasa (Wasantha’s daughter) lead our class who was great.
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Hennerj
Nov 10, 2024
Highly recommended! - It was a beautiful experience. The cooking class was great, nice people participated and very dear people taught us and explained everything. The food we cooked together was fantastic.
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Koshalaf2024
Nov 8, 2024
Food - I recently dined here and was absolutely blown away by the experience! The food was a masterpiece, with every dish bursting with flavor and cooked to perfection. From the appetizers to the desserts, each bite was a delight. The ambiance and service were equally impressive, making for a truly
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Navigate65057865204
Oct 27, 2024
Excellent curry - and how to make it yourself - We like curries a lot, but we have never really managed to cook a good curry ourselves. At Wasantha we learned in one afternoon how to make an excellent curry. Wasanath gave us many tips on what to consider. Also our son (teenager) was well guided and had a nice experience. We were limited in time, but Wasantha still allowed us to do this cooking class. Thank you for the flexibility. So that we can cook something ourselves at home, we got numerous recipes. In the future, we will certainly also prepare our own curries at home, which will then be better than what is offered there in most restaurants.
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Heyslimm
Oct 16, 2024
Amazing experience learning how to cook authentic Sri Lankan food - Started with the hustle and bustle of the markets in the morning. Sasa went in great details about what fruits / veggies we would be choosing for our curries. After that, we went to the fish market and picked out the tuna, it was such a lively experience! We then spent a majority of the afternoon learning the techniques of authentic Sri Lankan cuisine and time flew by as we were having fun! After that, we feasted upon the food that we helped cooked and it was a pretty proud and accomplished feeling :) They sent us home with a plethora of recipes and which I am so excited to try once I go back to the states. Thanks Sasa your the hospitality and for sharing your beautiful culture through food
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Oliver_r
Jan 1, 2025
Great food but disappointing course - If you're looking for a cooking course where its hands on then this isn't for you. Aside from some veg preparation it was more of a demonstration which was disappointing. From the beginning we weren't made to feel welcome and if I'm honest it felt like it was a chore for them us being there. We were taken to the local market and if i had not asked questions, the daughter who ran the course would not have spoken to my wife and I in the tuk tuk. Through the actual course the daughter wasn't overly friendly. The food tasted fantastic, but we left disappointed. Lastly although they shared the recipes these were photos of a hand written cook book which is hard to follow. All other courses we have been on we've either been given print outs or proper electronic versions.
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