PRIVATE Bangkok Market Tour, Boat Ride & Cooking Class with Aoy
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Overview
Tour at a glance
What's included
- Pick up from Bang Wa BTS Station or optional hotel transfers
- Private Thai cooking class in Aoy's riverside home
- Scenic ride down the Tha Chin river on a private boat
- Guided tour of Don Wai Market with a local host
Not included
- Alcoholic beverages
Itinerary
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1
Traveling Spoon
Discover Bangkok like a local as you explore a neighborhood market with Aoy, shop for fresh ingredients, and travel by boat to her home for a private Thai cooking class. Meet your host, an Iron Chef Thailand winner, at Bang Wa BTS Station at 8am for pickup and a short drive to Don Wai Market, famous for its vibrant produce and local snacks. Stroll through the market together as your host introduces you to regional fruits, vegetables, and Thai ingredients. Then, enjoy a scenic 30-minute boat ride along the Tha Chin River to your host’s peaceful riverside home surrounded by lush gardens. This private boat ride on this serene river is a truly unique experience in Bangkok.
2h Admission free -
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Bangkok
Sip a refreshing drink before stepping into your host's professional kitchen studio for a hands-on Thai cooking class. Learn to prepare two authentic Thai dishes from scratch as your host shares her deep knowledge of local herbs, spices, and culinary traditions. After cooking, savor your meal overlooking the river — dishes may include Pad Thai, red curry with roasted duck, or her signature Somtam lood. Enjoy your creations with a glass of local beer before returning to Bang Wa Station. Your host is not only passionate about cooking but also presenting dishes artfully with flowers and herbs from her garden. She lives on a lush, beautiful property on the banks of the Tha Chin River which is in the Nakhon Sathom Province - it is a wonderful stop en route back from the Damnoen Saduak floating market into the city. Please note that your host runs a restaurant out of her home so there may be a few patrons of the restaurant in the dining room during the lunch hour.
3h Admission free -
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Bangkok
If you choose the optional transfers option, you will be picked up from and dropped off at your Bangkok hotel.
1h Admission free
Meeting & pickup
Hotel pickup is offered, or you can meet at the start point.
If you choose the transfers tour option, you will be picked up in a car from your hotel and dropped off at the end of your culinary experience.
Schedule
Good to know
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required; your host can accommodate dietary restrictions and food allergies.
- On days that Aoy is not available one of her equally wonderful chefs on her team will be your host
- If you choose the transfers option, you will be picked up from your hotel in Bangkok and dropped off after. Please include your hotel name and address when booking.
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Traveller reviews
Excellent Cooking class !! This is one of the Best cooking classes Ever ! Experienced the visit to the market with the chef , ride in a boat drived by her , beautiful table setting, and wonderfull taste of the food prepared with her ! Sorry that I could not repeat the experience because she is booked for every day I am in Bangkok . Highly recommended ! This is a 100% Excellent experience . Good English explanation
Everything about this experience was absolutely incredible. Aoy was remarkably hospitable and showed us through the market, sampling everything that caught our eye and teaching us about all of the local produce and showed us an authentic snapshot of her life. Her staff was incredibly attentive and we felt generously accommodated. You can tell Aoy loves what she does and makes her guests feel remarkably welcome. If you have a free afternoon available, this is an absolute must.
Aoy’s cooking class was certainly one of the highlights of my Bangkok trip. I enjoyed walking around the local market where Aoy explained the Thai ingredients and we did some food tasting. I enjoyed jumping on a boat and Aoy drove to her riverside restaurant where the cooking class took place. I had a great cooking experience! Aoy is a very friendly and knowledgeable host. She shared her cooking knowledge and was willing to answer questions I had. She shared some tips as what to get for substitutes if I could not get the same ingredients in my home country. I look forward to attend Aoy's class again and learn to cook other Thai dishes!
It was the BEST! From start to finish Aoy made us feel so welcome. The market was an incredible place and was so beautiful with the wide variety of fruit, vegetables, fish, meats and even food vendors. We shard an unexpected light meal of local specialties and then on to another more local riverside market, with unusual local products. Off we went to her down river restaurant in a small boat, where we were greeted by her amazing staff, to cook an elevated lunch! Delish and beautifully set! A perfect day all around
Just WOW. Aoy's beaming smile greeted us as we came down the stairs from the agreed Skytrain station and her wonderful welcome set the tone for the day. And what a day it was. We visited three different markets: one wholesale, one retail and wholesale combined, and one in the grounds of Aoy's local temple Wat Hom Kret. Each stop was totally immersive and briliant for it - unlike anything you would see on the mainstream tourist track in Bangkok; we didn't just see beautiful fresh produce from all over Thailand, we tried different foods...and even found one of our chlidren behind the counter cooking! A glorious boatride down the Tha Chin river from the temple took us to the restaurant and cookery school's pontoon, where our arrival was clearly anticipated, as evidenced by the handful of so-happy staff waiting to greet us. We were also greeted with yet more delicious tidbits to try and delicious and cooling fresh drinks. Then to the cooking, that saw us all bashing ingredients together to create a mix of sumtuous dishes for lunch: green papaya salad, pad thai, tom kha kai (chicken with glangal and coconut milk, yellow fish curry and sticky rice with mango. Everything was cooked from raw ingredients and we were in heaven - I cannot think of any scenario that any foodie visitors could be anything else. This was simply one of the best days ever, all made as superb as it was by our amazing host Aoy, who was so positive and encouraging. Thank you Aoy, we cannot begin to recommend you highly enough!!
This exceeded our expectations. Aoy took us to three different markets where we shopped for ingredients as well as just checking out traditional foods and vendors. People were so kind and loved giving us samples of various fruits we had never seen. Aoy owns her own restaurant and it is staffed by her family. They were so very welcoming and fun that the cooking class was more like a party. This was a highlight of the trip.
Really enjoyed myself. Aoy is a really friendly and knowledgable host. The trip around the markets was a fantastic experience with Aoy explaining things. The boat ride to the restraunt was very relaxing after the general bussle of Bangkok. And perparing my own lunch under the guidance and help of Aoi and her staff was an amazing experience. A great way to experience the real Bangkok, would reccomend it to anyone
This was truly an extraordinary! We were picked up from our hotel and taken on a very informative tour of 2 different markets. After tasting and buying ingredients we got on the boat to Aoy’s restaurant. What a beautiful place! We had some snacks and relaxed before starting our amazing cooking class. Aoy is so knowledgeable about the food and the recipes. Everything was fresh, healthy and delicious. She is a fantastic teacher and chef! It’s not a surprise she won Iron Chef Thailand! I recommend this experience for anyone looking g to learn more about Thailand, cuisine and cooking!
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