Taguig Trip Overview
Enjoy a private and authentic cooking class in a local home with host April who learned to cook from her father and is passionate about serving northern Mindanaoan dishes that have been passed down to her from her ancestors. Mindanao is an island in the country’s south with a distinctive regional cuisine that incorporates a variety of exotic spices and draws on influences from its Malay neighbors like Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Your cooking class will take place in a local home kitchen where April will teach you how to make traditional Filipino dishes from her family recipes. After cooking, you will enjoy your meal together in your host’s apartment.
• Filipino cooking lesson in a local BGC home
• Introduction to Filipino culture and cuisine
• 100% private activity
• Experience Filipino hospitality in a residential Filipino neighborhood
• Vegetarian options available
Additional Info
* Duration: 3 hours
* Starts: Taguig, Philippines
* Trip Category: Food, Wine & Nightlife >> Cooking Classes
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What to Expect When Visiting Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
Enjoy a private and authentic cooking class in a local home with host April who learned to cook from her father and is passionate about serving northern Mindanaoan dishes that have been passed down to her from her ancestors. Mindanao is an island in the country’s south with a distinctive regional cuisine that incorporates a variety of exotic spices and draws on influences from its Malay neighbors like Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Your cooking class will take place in a local home kitchen where April will teach you how to make traditional Filipino dishes from her family recipes. After cooking, you will enjoy your meal together in your host’s apartment.
• Filipino cooking lesson in a local BGC home
• Introduction to Filipino culture and cuisine
• 100% private activity
• Experience Filipino hospitality in a residential Filipino neighborhood
• Vegetarian options available
This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Meet your host April at her small, modest, high-rise apartment in the Fort Bonifacio/BGC neighborhood of metro Manila. Sip on fresh calamansi or passionfruit juice as your host shares stories about life in the Philippines. Next join April in her home kitchen to learn to cook a traditional Mindanaoan meal from recipes that have been passed down through generations in her family. April learned to cook from her father and is passionate about serving northern Mindanaoan dishes that have been passed down to her from her ancestors, a rich cuisine that is not easily found in restaurants in Manila. Your Filipino cooking class involves learning to make three dishes made from scratch, and will last about 2 hours. You will learn to cook dishes such as a Filipino ceviche, a salad and a main from scratch. Enjoy learning about the tips and techniques involved in Mindanaoan cuisine cooking before you sit down at the table to share the meal you helped prepare with host April.
Sample Menu
• Welcome drink of calamansi or passionfruit juice
• Laoya, bone marrow soup
• Kinilaw – Mindanaoan ceviche of tuna, Spanish mackerel or black marlin in fermented coconut
• Pomelo, bamboo shoot or banana blossom
• Coconut infused crab, salted egg shrimp or sinanlag baka (stir fry beef) –
• Ube flavored palitaw (sticky rice with coconut and purple yam)