Iloilo City Trip Overview
Enjoy a private and authentic cooking class in a local Iloilo home with host Justine, an expert local cook who learned to cook from his family and is also a beekeeper. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Your cooking class will take place in a local, modest home kitchen where Justine will teach you how to make 2-3 traditional Filipino dishes from his family recipes. After cooking, you will enjoy your meal together in your host’s home.
• Cooking lesson in a local Iloilo home
• Learn about beekeeping and taste real honey from Justine’s backyard apiary!
• Introduction to Filipino culture and cuisine
• 100% private activity
• Experience Filipino hospitality in a residential neighborhood of Iloilo
Additional Info
* Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
* Starts: Iloilo City, Philippines
* Trip Category: Food, Wine & Nightlife >> Cooking Classes
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What to Expect When Visiting Iloilo City, Western Visayas, Philippines
Enjoy a private and authentic cooking class in a local Iloilo home with host Justine, an expert local cook who learned to cook from his family and is also a beekeeper. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Your cooking class will take place in a local, modest home kitchen where Justine will teach you how to make 2-3 traditional Filipino dishes from his family recipes. After cooking, you will enjoy your meal together in your host’s home.
• Cooking lesson in a local Iloilo home
• Learn about beekeeping and taste real honey from Justine’s backyard apiary!
• Introduction to Filipino culture and cuisine
• 100% private activity
• Experience Filipino hospitality in a residential neighborhood of Iloilo
This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Justine and his parents have lived in their traditional home for the last 30 years. They will serve you traditional Ilonggo dishes created from heritage recipes handed down from their ancestors. Justine creates his dishes in a traditional, modest kitchen – this is where you will cook together during your 1-hour hands-on cooking class. You will prep for the meal in the indoor kitchen and actually cook the dishes in the outdoor kitchen. For the cooking experience, you’ll learn to grill seafood, make pancit molo (pork dumpling soup) and rice cakes. After cooking, enjoy the meal you helped prepare with Justine. Your menu might include dishes like pancit molo (Filipino pork dumpling soup), panga ng tuna (grilled tuna) or chicken inasal (grilled chicken) and aligue rice (fried rice with crab fat) or la paz batchoy (an Ilonggo delicacy typically made with miki noodles, pork meat and innards, beef loin, crushed chicharon, and toasted garlic). Justine also loves to bake, so you will end your meal with one of his specialty desserts, pecan pie or mango torte.
Sample Menu
• Pancit molo (Filipino pork dumpling soup)
• Grilled seafood or chicken, served with vegetables
• Aligue rice (fried rice with crab fat)
• Pecan pie or mango torte
