Authentic Southern Thai Cuisine with a Culinary Expert in Her Cooking Studio - Day Trip

Pat learned to cook from her family and has been teaching cooking classes from her home for a couple of decades now. She was born in Bangkok and lived in California for eight years, where she worked at a Thai restaurant. She then moved back to Thailand, to Phuket, where she married her husband and started teaching Thai cooking classes in her traditional Thai garden house. Pat will welcome you into her traditional Thai home with a warm smile. Her house is very conveniently located near the city and the beach. It is colorful and beautifully decorated with family photos, plants, ceramics and a koi fish pond. While you sip on your homemade lemongrass tea, Pat will share cooking stories and inform you about Thai culinary traditions. Later you will join her at the dining table for an authentic Southern Thai everyday meal that might include dishes such as yum puk (her signature salad made with white fern or asparagus, prawns and chicken), spring rolls and tom kha kai (Thai coconut soup). Your meal will end with a sweet dessert like kluai buat chi (banana in coconut milk). If you book a cooking experience, enjoy a hands-on lesson just outside Pat’s home, where long counters are set up for cooking. During the two hour class, you will learn to make a Thai appetizer, entree and dessert along with Pat. After cooking three dishes, you will move inside the house and join Pat at the dining table to enjoy your creations. She will also give you printed copies of her recipes so you can recreate these dishes back home! Pat also offers an optional market tour add-on.