Asia Scenic Cooking School

ASIA SCENIC COOKING SCHOOL

http://www.asiascenic.com/

Another WOW experience!!!!!!!!!!!

This is my second time going to cooking school in the few weeks that I have been here and I have to say each school has their own special way of presenting the recipes and with the students interactions. The first school was really cool just outside of Chiang Mai in a country setting and a wonderful kitchen. That instructor was a nice guy, kinda of serious but he would say frequently at the end of instructions......."Smile"! I did take away great things from that experience. After today's course I see it is great that I am taking cooking courses at different schools. I would not take the course at the Organic Thai Farm Cooking School again, however I would recommend to try it out. The Asia Scenic Cooking School I would take again and strongly encourage anyone who is interested in studying Thai cooking to go here. The teacher, Liu was incredible. She is fun loving and made the experience very personable. Her passion is obvious and her love of people was apparent.

This is a well organized school that offers all day, half day, and evening courses. The school has a variety of courses you can choose from to prepare.

They picked me up promptly this morning to take me to the school. We had a welcoming drink where our wonderful host spent a moment to learn our names and where we where from. Then we proceeded to the local market where she explained the noodle and rice section. She also talked some about tofu. Some of you knew how I felt about tofu but since I've been in Thailand I have actually starting to eat tofu (I would have never thought that would have been possible and believe me I have tried it many ways). We came back to the school where we learned about a variety of ingredients and had a tasty Thai thing where we folded a variety of things into some sort of leaf. The first one I made I put toooooooo much chili. I made a second one without.

I really like the process in the way we prepared the various dishes. It was really fun thanks to Liu. She was extremely patient and informative. We began to "Shake, Rattle, and Roll"! I feel like a master chef now....just teasing (I don't want any of you that I will be cooking for get your hopes up to much).

The wonderful people at Asia Scenic Cooking School where efficient in clearing things away as we prepared the next dish and was extremely friendly too. They made the cooking experience fun and very interesting. Thank you team, you are awesome. My friends here also took these photos for me which made it easier for me to focus on the cooking aspect. I am grateful and appreciative to them and the whole experience.
The dishes that I had a pleasure to prepare today was extensive. "Plat du Jour" consisted of Pad Thai, Spring Rolls, Hot Basil Stir Fry, and Tom Yum Soup. I also made a delicious local curry paste called Khaw Soi (I was very interested in this curry because I did not see it on other schools menus) and made the sauce then added the chicken (Yummy). My host tells me this is a Northern Thailand Curry and I should be able to find the ingredients at local Asian markets in my community. Finally, for dessert I prepared Deep Fried Bananas.

To top of the experience they gave us a really nice cookbook. The other school gave us a cookbook which was good but this one they really did a fantastic job and it really adds another level of Class.

I understand there are at least 20 cooking schools in the area but I believe you will be hard press to find one better. Thank you very much Asia Scenic. I strongly endorse and will encourage anyone to attend this wonderful course. A Five Star experience!!!!!!