Cooking Class Koh Samui with Bung, Mong and Tony!

Great experience We booked this while visiting Samui and it was a great family experience. We are not new to Thailand but Khun Bung taught us a lot of new information about Thai ingredients and cooking. She made the class very relaxed and pleasant and we all felt we had a delicious product at the end!

Very helpful and fun cooking class The tour at the local market was very interesting. Afterwards we prepared green curry (selfmade paste), pad thai and papaya salad. Everything was delicious and we definitely cook it at home again.

Excellent Quality & Value Really enjoyed every aspect from the market visit to ingredient prep to finally putting it all together. The mix of ingredients you prep yourselves versus the ingredients they prep for you is perfect. Just the right mix of hands on without becoming tedious. Would reccomend for any type of group as I can see kids being able to participate to a degree though our group for the day was only couples. Great half-day activity on Samui, but beware, you will leave very full and satisfied.

Great!! Great experience Great shef Great hospitality Very tasty food Nice breakout from the usual activities

A truly amazing experience This was such a lovely experience! The chef and his brohter collected us from our hotel and took us to the local market to go through the local produce and spices which we found so insightful and authentic, Then we made our way to the their home where we were to cook the dishes in their outside cooking space. Our chef and guide was amazing! So knowledgeable and enthusiastic throughout the market experience and during the cooking. This dishes we cooked tasted incredible and fairly straight forward. Myself and my partner thoroughly enjoyed this experience and would recommend this to you! We can't wait to try these dishes at home :)

One of my best cooking class experience! (and I’ve been in more than one) Thai food is my favorite so when we booked Smiley cooking class I was sure it’s going to great, and it was! This is not my first cooking class in Thailand but by far was the best. Our day started with the crew picking us from the hotel driving to a very interesting tour in the market. Mong took the time to explain in details all the different fruits, vegetables, spices, meat, fish and all other ingredients that are commonly used in Thai cuisine, it was eye opening! Next we headed to the class where the venue was perfectly designed, spacious environment for cooking and top of the notch cooking tools. Mong has a great way for explaining the steps for cooking that every one can succeed, his knowledge is phenomenal! After preparing all 4 dishes (papaya salad, coconut soup, tofu with curry and white snapper dish with local vegetables) we enjoyed a relaxing lunch and even got a special complimentary desert of banana in coconut milk. I truly recommend this class for everyone one interested learning more about Thai food and enjoy a fun half day in Ko Samui. Thank you for a great experience! למי שאוהב אוכל תאילנדי ומעוניין ללמוד להכין אותו, ממליצה בחום על הסדנה של מונג. זו לא סדנת הבישול הראשונה שלי אבל בהחלט אחת הטובות ביותר. התחלנו בסיור נהדר בשוק כשמונג מפרט במקצועיות כל רכיב פופולרי במטבח התאי כולל ראיה היסטורית על איך הכינו אותו פעם ואיך היום. לאחר מכן המשכנו לשיעור שהיה ממוקם במרפסת קסומה ונהדרת בגינה של מונג, כל הרכיבים היו מוכנים, נקיים ושטופים ומיד התחלנו במלאכת החיתוך וההכנה. ההסברים היו נהדרים, הכל הפך פשוט יותר ונראה שמונג מנוסה ומקצועי ביותר. אחרי סיום הכנת ארבעת המנות ישבנו לאכול את פרי עמלנו שהיה טעים כל כך! איזה כיף. אני צמחונית ולכן אכלתי טופו שהיה נהדר אבל יש מגוון לכל סוג של תפריט - בשרי, דגים וטופו. בסוף קיבלנו גם קינוח תאי מסורתי של בננה בחלב קוקוס. היה נפלא! ממליצה בחום רב! תודה גם למרכז למטייל קוסמוי על החיבור עם הסדנא.

A lifetime experience, cooking the best food on earth at Smiley cooking class, Ko Samui, Thailand Smiley Cook class was one of our best experience in Ko Samui, during January 2020 vacation. Chef Mong and his brother picked us from the hotel and started our cooking journey in the market, explaining in details and with enthusiasm every vegetable and ingredient we are going to use today, it was really a fresh and wonderful start. The best part has come when we arrived to the beautiful place where Mong, Bung and Tony are performing the class, it’s a piece of heaven. Then we started cooking, and it was so easy, as he passed all of his skills to you and let you enjoy the moment. We have jungled between Papaya salad, Gorgeous Thai Soup, chicken in red curry and white snapper fish with outstanding sauce, you can’t miss it even if you try hard. In the end, a gorgeously sweet banana-coconut Thai desert was served complementary , which was a perfect end for this day. Thank you Mong, Bung and Tony! Two thumbs up!

Супер мастер класс! Взяли вечерний курс (с 16:00 до 20:00), нам повезло, на курсе были только мы в двоем (максимум 6 человек). Встретили в гостинице, поехали на местный рынок, шеф попросил нас выбрать 4 блюда которые мы хотим научится приготовить. Рассказал всё о местных продуктах, особенно о тех из которых будем готовить (ничего не покупали, всё у них уже есть на месте). Приятный бонус, угостил нас освещающими напитками (на фото). После рынка поехали на место. Это частный дом, во дворе которого устраивают курс. Всё очень красиво и чисто. Понятно всё рассказывал (на английском), показывал и давал нам за ним повторять. Оказывается готовить тайские блюда очень просто, главное знать какие продукты использовать. В конце мы всё приготовление поели, также нам на десерт дали местное блюдо из кокоса и банана. Советую всем! Цена 1800 бат на человека. Мы бронировали через израильский центр туризма на острове.

Excellent experience I've done this cooking class twice, once with Chef Bung in July and most recently with Chef Mong in December and both times were really enjoyable. The trip to the market was really interesting and informative. During the class, Chef Mong and Chef Bung give really clear instructions and practical tips so that you can recreate any dish you learn in the class, with ingredients readily available in most Western countries. The food that Smiley Cook helps you to prepare is really delicious! I'd consider going back for the third time!

Valuable and Enjoyable Experience We had an excellent experience! It was so interesting to walk around the market and learn about the different ingredients for the dishes we were making. The food we made was delicious, and our teacher was both knowledgeable and engaging as he guided us through the steps. This is an experience we will always remember and can’t wait to make our first dish at home!