Cook with Wasantha: Discover Local Sri Lankan Cuisine and Traditional Market Tour
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133 Ratings
Unawatuna
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:
1 day
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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, we will visit to the fish market and buy our fish fresh, then we ride back to the the kitchen where you will learn how to cook traditional sri lankan curries. at the kitchen you will learn how the spices are made, how to perfect the rice, how to make your own coconut milk, and how to make five different curries, at the end of the class you will be also learning how to eat like a true sri lankan using your fingers, and there will be your own personal buffet where you’ll get to eat as much as you like with the curries that you just learnt to make
Thank you,
Wasantha
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
5.0
(133 Ratings)
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Anna_h
Apr 24, 2024
Best local cooking class available! - Such an amazing day, I can't recommend this highly enough!
We met at the restaurant then were taken to the market to select the vegetables for our dishes then onto the fish market to pick up some tuna. We returned to Wasantha where she made the magic happen! We learned so many great techniques and tips throughout the day. Every dish we made was so delicious! I couldn't eat dinner that night after such a big lunch. Definitely select this course, not one of the copy cat courses around! You won't be disappointed!
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Jaxndave
Apr 21, 2024
Amazing cookery tips and excellent food! - Such a great cookery class! We learned so much … many top tips and little insights handed down through the generations that you would never get from a cookery book. This is how to cook authentically but using a mix of ingredients so you can try (!) to recreate many of the dishes at home. Come hungry … there are lots of opportunities to try the many dishes as they are being cooked and the resulting lunch is huge! All in all excellent value for money!
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Sabrina_w
Apr 9, 2024
Just Book it! - Ist was the best cooking class we ever did. The trip to the market was amazing and Wasantha teached us real slow and good to understand. She is really kind and made it interesting. The Food was incredible delicious.
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Jennifer_g
Apr 7, 2024
Amazing - Amazing day experiencing how to cook authentic Sri Lankan cuisine with Wasantha and her family. A definite highlight of my trip
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Markjq5487rg
Apr 7, 2024
Sri Lankan cooking experience - Booked a cooking class with Wasantha to experience authentic cooking in Sri Lanka. We first went to the local vegetable and fish markets buying the ingredients to cook. The class was incredible showing us different styles of cooking both modern and old methods. The end result was a feast of Sri Lankan curries served to us and leaving us feeling like family. Thoroughly recommend Wasantha, her cooking classes and restaurant.
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Amyju3967jx
Apr 6, 2024
A day well spent - A day well spent in Sri Lanka, learning to cook traditional curries with Wasantha and her family. First, a trip to the markets with Sam to select the fresh ingredients. Wasantha’s knowledge and personal approach were exceptional as she showed us some family recipes, while catering to our individual tastes and needs. The end feast was amazing, and this was certainly a day that we will remember.
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559paulid
Mar 26, 2024
Perfect experience - We had a wonderful experience that exceeded all our expectations! Wasantha was able to teach us so much, her cooking skills are outstanding and the food was phenomenal!
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Michaelabr7197do
Mar 24, 2024
On the bucket list again for next year! - We have been visiting Sri Lanka for many times over the years and never skipped eating Sri Lanka curry for a least once every week. This time we choose to "Cook with Wasantha" in Unnawatuna, it included shopping ingredients at the local marked and helping cooking the different curries at Wasanthas and eat together with other participants at the end of the day.
Meeting other people, "working" and eating together is always a nice experience!
Next year we'll visiting Sri Lanka again and I'm sure we'll be eating (and cooking) at Wasantha again.
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Tworunners61
Mar 22, 2024
The benefit of 35 years of experience in cooking - Incredible experience with a true master of Sri Lankan cooking. From the shopping for ingredients through to the preparation of six absolutely delicious curries this was a delight. Gain the benefit of 35 years of experience and feel the warmth of her family as you help prepare the best meal you will ever eat in Sri Lanka!
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Two_r
Mar 22, 2024
An authentic taste of Sri Lanka prepared by a master! - Absolutely fantastic. From the markets through the cooking to the eating of the final products it was a brilliant experience. All members of the family are wonderful. We were so lucky to get the benefit of 35 years experience cooking. Fully recommend as 10/10
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