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What to do and see in Malaysia, Malaysia: The Best Cooking Classes
Coordinates: 2°30′N 112°30′E / 2.500°N 112.500°E / 2.500; 112.500
Restaurants in Malaysia
1. LaZat Malaysian Cooking Class
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 543 reviews
Come and visit Lazat Malaysian Cooking School and bring back an authentic taste of Malaysia! Our hands-on cooking classes are held Monday to Saturday and presented in English by entertaining Malaysian instructors. We are located just outside Kuala Lumpur city centre and our school is furnished with purpose made demonstration tables and individual cooking stations. Each day of the week we teach a different ethnic menu and provide detailed explanations of ingredients and cooking methods. Students individually prepare their own 4-course lunch, usually consisting of an appetizer, main course, side dish and dessert. Malaysian cuisine is a unique fusion of Malay, Chinese, Indian and Baba-Nonya flavors, drawing upon our country's rich history as an historical crossroads for explorers and traders from around the globe. At LaZat our goal is to bring Malaysian cooking to the world by sharing with you our family recipes, which we have savored and perfected over generations.
Reviewed By LauraF0991
I absolutely loved this cooking class. We got a transfer from our hotel in KL in a very comfortable mink bus (which I recommend) and were taken to the market. The market tour was very interesting and we ate delicious roti canai, as well as saw it being made. The cooking class itself is excellent value. We did the Malaysian classic. The ladies who run the place are so friendly and spent time chatting to us about the country, giving us recommendations and were incredibly hospitable. We cooked in the most incredible setting and were even given cold towels to keep us cool. This class is well worth every penny and I highly recommend it. You even get a recipe book to take home.
2. Traveling Spoon
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
Traveling Spoon provides travelers with private, authentic food experiences, from homemade meals to cooking classes and market tours, with local hosts in their homes.
3. Traveling Spoon
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
Traveling Spoon provides travelers with private, authentic food experiences, from homemade meals to cooking classes and market tours, with local hosts in their homes.
4. UM Stores
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
The biggest Indian supermarket for visitor to buy anything indian (from authentic indian spices, groceries and cooking utensils imported directly from India. You can get everything from India without visiting India
5. Penang Homecooking School
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 689 reviews
Sign up for my cooking classes and learn secrets and tips for authentic Malaysian cooking. Daily classes except Sunday is in my home. Visit the market and learn to use fresh produce. You prepare and eat together with other food obsessed people! . Please leave message in my mobile if you need too and i will reply the message after class. Difficult to handle calls duirng cooking class.
Reviewed By MartinaMatti
Fantastic cooking class hosted by Pearly, an enthusiastic, friendly and extremely talented teacher (who also happens to teach internationally renown chefs!!) The whole experience was fantastic; Pearly accommodated my friend and I at the last minute and booked us on to the next day's class. We were picked up from our hostel by Pearly and made our way to the market where we met the other eager cooks. Around the market we learnt about local produce and met the locals. Pearly and her lovely husband, Chandra then took us back to their home to teach us how to cook three very different and delicious traditional Malaysian meals. After cooking, you then sit down as a class to eat, swallowed down with refreshing nutmeg cordial made by Chandra. We would do the whole class again and can't recommend it anymore to anyone who enjoys cooking and tasting local cuisine. Thank you Pearly and Chandra for having us and welcoming us into your home for an unforgettable experience :D
6. Jen's Underground Formerly Known As Jen's Homegrown Cooking Academy
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 17 reviews
What do you do when guests ask where the best place to eat is? Why, the best local food is always home cooked. Our homegrown Tourist Cooking Classes can now be held everyday with prior advance bookings. We have two cooking slots : Morning (10.00 am with lunch) and Evening (5.00 pm with dinner). Show your guests the best in culinary hospitality; bring them home to Jen’s Underground.
7. Tropical Spice Garden Cooking School
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 179 reviews
A first of it’s kind in Penang, the school is custom-made with individual purpose-built workstations that allows for a memorable hands-on cooking experience.As classes are limited to 10 persons, chefs are able to provide a personalised approach. Though the menus follow authentic and traditional methods they are taught in such a way that you are able to recreate the delicious dishes at home.
Reviewed By happytraveller40
My daughter and I booked a half day cookery course at TSG. Booking online was easy. It was a wonderful experience. The morning started with a tour of the spice terraces in the garden which was really interesting. Our guide, Elaine, was extremely knowledgeable and informative and the setting is just beautiful. Then came the cooking. The cookery school is in its own building, very clean and well equipped. All our ingredients had been laid out beside our places and basically we then spent the morning preparing a three course lunch: the steps were demonstrated by the lovely chef in charge and then we did it for ourselves. There were 6 of us in the class which felt ideal (but the max is 8 so it will never be overcrowded). We had asked in advance to cook vegetarian and this caused no problems at all - recipes were slightly adapted but were absolutely delicious. It was all thoroughly constructive and well organised and, at the end, we all sat round a table in the open air and enjoyed the fruits of our labours. If you enjoy cooking and enjoy exploring different flavours this is a brilliant thing to do in Penang. Tip for getting there: the bus 101 from Georgetown stops right outside TSG.
8. Cook With Shuk
9. Sarang Cookery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 36 reviews
Learn how to cook Malaysian local cuisines in an old colonial house in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. This is a four hours hands on session, have fun, make new friends, share your experiences and bring back the joy and learnings back to your country.
Reviewed By puchka - Bengaluru, India
This restaurant serves only Malay cuisine as the hostess Christina informed us as we took our seats. The food is absolutely delicious and the spices were toned down on our request. The Nasi Goreng Paprik was soothing...fried rice with a chicken stew with veggies, very light on the stomach. Serving sizes are large so we had to pack the second dish Lobak...fried tofu and veggies wrapped in bean curd sheets. Christina also runs cooking classes in the restaurant. A friendly person, she shared her travels to India. The ambience is unique resembling the interiors of an orthodox Malay residence. Full Mark's for food, ambience, hospitality and very reasonably priced dishes. A must visit restaurant in KL.
10. Mypintu Plate
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 63 reviews
Mypintu Plate Cooking Class is hands-on original recipe and fun for tourists and foodies alike to Georgetown, Penang. Besides our chief instructor, our guest instructors include English-speaking cooks from popular eateries and stalls. Our 3-hour class will teach not less than 4 famous Penang street food dishes with 2 desserts and delicacies. Our classes are fully equipped for 6 students. We teach some of the most popular street food and local dishes. They include Char Kway Teow, Nasi Lemak, Penang Laksa, Mee Goreng, Roti Canai, Roti Jala, Chicken Curry, Dhal Curry, Masala Wadeh, Teh Tarik, Prawn Noodle, Chicken and Beef Rendang.
Reviewed By magsw_7
We are foodies and have been to several classes around the world and like to pick up a few tips along the way. This was a great 5 hours delivered by a guy with passion and patience and a great sense of humour!! After the first hour of learning about spices the cooking began..., and then the eating!! Most of the dishes we will cook again, some we will modify as we are not lovers of shrimp paste. As this is a part of Malaysian food we can not moan. Overall a fab day with the lovely Khalid who can not do enough for you, lots of humour, history and laughs, and his wonderful assistant. Highly recommend this class. Thanks Khalid... Mags and Shashi x
