Private Tour

Private Taiwanese Cooking Demonstration of Family Recipes in Taipei

Overview

Available languages

English

Chinese (China)

3 hours 30 minutes

Mobile ticket

Enjoy a private and authentic cooking class in a local home with host Catherine who learned to cook by watching her mother who is a wonderful cook. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. The cooking demonstration will take place in a local home kitchen where Catherine will show you how to make 2-3 traditional Taiwanese dishes from family recipes. After the cooking demonstration, you will enjoy your meal together in your host's Taiwanese home.

• Cooking demonstration in a local home

• Introduction to Taiwan's heritage and cuisine

• 100% private activity

• Experience Taiwanese hospitality in a residential Neihu neighborhood

• Vegetarian and gluten free options available

If you choose the market tour grade option, your experience will include a visit to the local Taipei street market. Catherine will introduce you to her favored vendors, local produce and together you will purchase a few ingredients for your Taiwanese cooking class.

Additional Info

Service animals allowed

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Cancellation Policy

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

What‘s Included

Private cooking lesson with your host Catherine

If you choose the "market + cooking" tour grade option, your experience includes a market tour

Gratuities

Hotel pickup and drop-off

What To Expect

This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Catherine lives in a modest, cozy apartment in a residential Taiwanese suburban neighborhood. She has a huge repertoire of traditional Taiwanese dishes, and she takes the trouble to select the dishes to cook based on what’s fresh in the market that day and her guests' food preferences. After a warm welcome into her apartment, Catherine will take you to her kitchen to being your cooking demonstration. As is typical in most Taipei homes, Catherine’s kitchen is very small, so she will be doing most of the cooking but you will help her whenever possible. Due to space constraints, this will be more of a cooking demonstration. Catherine will introduce you to the dishes that you be eating and during this one-hour demonstration, you will watch as she prepares 2-3 authentic Taiwanese dishes from scratch. Catherine will walk you through the entire cooking process giving you very clear instructions, and sharing many useful tips along the way. You will then enjoy your meal with Catherine at her dining table.

Sample Menu

starter

Smashed cucumbers

starter

Vermicelli with clams and luffa soup

main

Xiansuji, crispy chicken with a spicy tomato sauce

main

Pork fried rice

main

Stir-fried white water snowflakes with fresh shiitake mushrooms

Options

Cooking class and lunch

Market tour, cooking and lunch

Private market tour: Explore on foot a local street market with your host as she introduces you to vendors she typically shops from.
Duration: 4 hours: Your market tour will last about 45 minutes. Walk 5 minutes to your host's home for your cooking class.

Cooking class and dinner

Reviews

5.00

2 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

An amazing introduction to Taiwanese cuisine
286lucah,
Dec 21, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Ivy has an incredible amount of knowledge and expertise with taiwanese products and cuisine. Her cooking class with market visit was fun and instructive. Her expertise also allows her to suggest modifications to her recipes depending on dietary reason or based on different ingredients that might be available to you once you leave Taiwan.
Cooking & tea experience with a very welcoming host
OnAir22133035803,
Nov 5, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We like to book these cooking experiences when traveling and again weren't disappointed. Catherine is a very friendly host and showed us all the important ingredients (specific vinegars, herbs...) she would use. Beforehand, she offered to pick us up at the metro station and also kept giving us recommendations for our Taiwan Trip. We had a really great evening together. After having dinner she also held an informal tea ceremony so we could learn how the Taiwanese like to Drink their tea. We can definetely recommend booking the cooking class and dinner experience with her.