New Malaysian Kitchen Cooking Class and Garden Tour

Overview

Available languages

English

4 hours

Mobile ticket

You get to visit a local's family home just 20 minutes away from the city. Start your day with a traditional Malaysian breakfast before cooking.

Unlike other cooking classes, you get to cook in a typical Malaysian kitchen. The class will have maximum of 6 people, so you get full attention from your teacher.

Before cooking, you will visit a garden with over 50 species of edible plants. You will cook from scratch 5 recipes and receive a recipe booklet.

Then have lunch and chit-chat with a local family.

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Public transportation options are available nearby

Cancellation Policy

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

What‘s Included

We will have traditional Malaysian breakfast before cooking. We will then eat what we cooked for lunch

What To Expect

Learn how to cook your favourite Malaysian street food at a friendly neighbourhood in KL just 20 minutes away from the city. Sara Khong, a professional cook and author of four Malaysian cookbooks, welcomes you to her family home to make Malaysian cuisine together. Start your morning with a glass of flower tea before exploring our organic edible garden with over 50 herbs, spices, and flowers used in everyday cooking. See, touch, smell, and taste a variety of local plants like turmeric and curry leaves. You will make, hands-on, five Malaysian food of your choice in a real Malaysian kitchen. You will also get a recipe booklet so that you can cook the dishes for your family and friends back home. Lastly, enjoy a delicious meal together and chit-chat with a local family about Malaysian food, culture, and lifestyle.

Options

Malaysia's National Meal Class

Malaysia Street Food

Reviews

4.93

54 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Great way to start our time here and gleaned a lot of local food information
Arthur R,
Aug 8, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
This is a true cooking class and Sara was very knowledgeable patient and attentive !! Cooking was Malaysian cuisine with herbs right from her garden. Highly recommended
Must do experience for all who love to cook!
388courtneym,
Mar 20, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
This was a fantastic experience! Sara was such a patient and excellent teacher and so welcoming ! She really knows how to cook, has written cookbooks, and explains it in a way that makes it interesting and fun. The garden tour was a learning experience as well. I highly recommend this tour to anyone that wants to learn more about Malaysian cuisine and who loves to cook!
Highly recommend for anyone wanting to learn how to cook Malaysian food at home
N7074NElaurenw,
Mar 8, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
This was such an amazing experience! Sara is a fantastic host and teacher - she was easy to talk to and made all the dishes we were cooking very approachable. My husband and I had a great time and are excited to be able to cook our own Nasi Lemak at home now!
Highlight of our KL stay
mikikot594,
Dec 18, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
I attended Sara’s cooking class during a trip with 3 friends to Kuala Lumpur. Sara and her mother were so welcoming and made us feel right at home.Sara’s explanations during the cooking class were very clear and informative and all of the dishes (Nasi Lemak, Ayam goreng berempah, Sambal, Kerabu kacang botol, teh tarik, Ondeh ondeh) were very delicious. My personal favorite was the ondeh ondeh, a sweet desert we made with the pandan leaves Sara allowed us to pick right from her garden! Sara also gave us many helpful recommendations on where to go/what to eat and what to avoid for the rest of our stay in Kuala Lumpur. Would absolutely recommend to anybody looking for an interactive and fun cultural experience during their travels.
Wonderful cooking class experience
200claudinee,
Oct 13, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
My husband, mother in law, father in law, and I did a market tour and cooking class with Sara and thoroughly enjoyed it. The wet market was a must do and we were able to see typical ingredients used in Malaysian dishes and also learn the history of these dishes. We had a light breakfast consisting of an assortment of foods we’d seen earlier at the wet market. Then we learnt about various herbs and even collected some in the garden in preparation for our cooking. We cooked char koay teow (fried flat rice noodles), char siu pork (roasted caramelised pork), kerabu kacang botol (four angled beans salad), sago gula melaka (sago pudding with coconut milk and palm sugar) and teh tarik (pulled tea). We loved everything we cooked and will make these recipes again at home, especially the char siu pork. Sara was very patient with us and the class ran smoothly but also felt personalised as we cooked in her family home. We all had a lot of fun. I would do another cooking class again to learn to cook new Malaysian dishes and would definitely recommend to others.
Hands-on learning experience.
Mobile33163537771,
Mar 21, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
It was fun and amazing hands-on experience. I was joined with a couple from Poland with their daughter. We get to make Four Angled bean salad, Nasi Lemak, Chicken Rendang, Teh Tarik (Pulled Tea), Ondeh-Ondeh. The cooking class was held at Sara’s mother house. Her mother was friendly and welcomes all visitors with opened arms. All the ingredients were prepared and ready in the kitchen. We just do the cutting, slicing, cooking and finally eat our self-made delicious meal. Sara provides easy cooking guides, gives lots of tips how to get good ingredients, and instructions how to cook. At the end of the day, not only you leave with a filled stomach, and comes with a cooking booklet with step-by-step instructions.
Wonderful, hands on cooking experience
CarlmontScots,
Feb 23, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
My wife and I really enjoyed learning about and preparing examples of Malaysian cuisine with Sara at her family home. Sara had everything well organized and was very friendly, encouraging, and patient while she guided us through the ingredient selection and preparation. An added benefit was learning about Malaysian family and food culture.
Home cooking experience at it‘s best
Steffl79,
Feb 1, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
It was so much fun cooking with Sarah and here mom and I especially liked that we where invited to cook in their actual family home and kitchen. It was hands on, practically from scratch so we walked away with not only a nice lunch of homemade Laksa and Yong tau fu but also the ability of cook these delicious treats at home for our family and friends. Thank you Sarah for a wonderful morning!
Nice
yang278,
Jan 24, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Very good experience. Sara's explanations are very clear, and every step of the teaching is very careful, and the dishes she teaches us to cook are also very delicious.
The surest way to experience Malay culture.
danielheesungl2024,
Jan 19, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
I took this cooking class with a friend. Even though I had rarely cooked before, I was able to complete a wonderful dish with her kindness. It was an amazing experience to look around the garden in her house, listen to the instructions, and harvest some of the ingredients. While cooking, she also gave me explanations about the ingredients, which helped me understand. Sharing the dishes together allowed me to get to know about the different Malay cultures, and also got good information about tourism and restaurants. Unless you feel heavily burdened by the price of the cooking class, surely this will be one of the best experiences. (btw, my friend enjoyed her advice about durian ice cream :) )