Cook and Dine with a Local Family: Discover Traditional Nepali Cuisine and Lifestyle
4.9
7 Ratings
Kathmandu
Your local guide will introduce you to the distinctive tastes of regional cuisine and impart knowledge about customary lifestyles. During this session, you’ll pay a visit to a local market, select unique ingredients, and master the art of preparing a Nepali dish.
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Naxal - Immersing yourself in Nepalese culture can be most authentically achieved by participating in a cooking workshop with a native household. The hosting family will retrieve you from your accommodation and escort you to a nearby bazaar to purchase fresh produce and seasonings. During this excursion, you’ll gain insight into the components and distinctive spice blends that give the local cuisine its signature taste. Beyond the culinary lesson, you’ll be privy to an enriching experience within their residence, observing everyday life and engaging with the household members. Preparing dal bhat, a staple dish, is straightforward: prepare the vegetables and season them with a medley of spices including turmeric, cumin, ginger, and garlic to enhance the flavor. This session will equip you with culinary techniques to take back and apply in your own kitchen.
What's Included
- Private transportation
- Dinner
- Spice shopping at local market
- English-speaking host family
What's Not Included
- Personal expenses
Meal Options
- Momo Cooking Class - Momo has become a traditional delicacy of Nepal, over the years, since decades. Learn to cook delicious Momo like a typical Nepalese.
- Dal Bhat - Along with rice, the dal and curry is all that is needed to make a good dal bhat. You are show how to prepare this, the national dish of Nepal.
Location
Royal Mountain Travel
Lal Durbar Marg
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(7 Ratings)
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Manuel
Nov 24, 2023
Great evening with nice cooking - Cooking with a local family was a very nice experience at the end of our trip through Nepal.
We started by going to the local market to buy fresh vegetables. These were then prepared with us and the family, resulting in a very tasty dal bhat. It was a very nice evening.
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Janet_s
Oct 27, 2023
Welcoming, friendly, fun and yummy! - A lovely family who welcomed us into their delightful home in Patan. The cooking was fun and eating the meal with the family was very special too.
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H8027pppeterv
Nov 16, 2022
Nice family, real experience - It was very nice to cook with this family. It was her fist time and we were very welcome.
The food was really good and came from their own garden
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Dick_s
Oct 29, 2022
Authentic Nepalese - For authentic Nepalese cooking and cross-cultural interactions with an authentic Nepalese family this is the experience you’re looking for!
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Marbfk
Dec 6, 2019
Best Dal Bhat experience - It was an amazing experience meeting this lovely nepali family in their own home for homemade food! We went to the market to buy the vegetables and got the opportunity to experience a real local market before hitting towards the house to share a moment together in the kitchen. The hosts were super friendly and we spent a great evening togheter. Best Dal Bhat in town!
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786didinel
Dec 6, 2019
Amazing experience with locals. - We spent half a day in this beautiful family. Before to reach the house, we have been to the market with our host. We could discover with him many vegetables we didn't know, and we could also taste it ! After the food shopping, we went to the house : the two women in charge of the cooking class were his wife and sister in law : two beautiful and smiling women. We helped them to cook for 2 hours : we pilled, cut, and tried to learn how to make the curry and de dhal.
At the end, we ate with the family : it was one of my better dal bath I ave ever eaten in Nepal.
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Michaelbp3647yh
Nov 21, 2022
Nepali Cooking with friends - It was an great experience. But all we did was cut vegetables.
We where the first group so she was nervous. But maybe a list with ingredients and a detailed recipe should be great so that you know how to make it yourself.
But the girl next door Darshana was great to have around.
Food was great and I enjoyed it every second
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