Private Traditional Balinese Cooking Experience and Garden Tour in Ubud

Highlights

Create authentic home-cooked Balinese dishes
Private cooking class: adapt the menu to suit your preferences
Hassle-free hotel pickup and drop-off in a private vehicle

Summary

After hotel pickup, meet your hosts Dewa, Jero, and their family in a village north of Ubud. Explore, meet the locals, and visit orchards with exotic Balinese fruit and gardens growing herbs and spices, such as galangal, cloves, cacao, and nutmeg, used for both cooking and in traditional medicine. At Dewa’s family home, create an array of typical Balinese dishes using a traditional wood-fired oven. Get to see how real Balinese food is cooked and learn its importance to family life and celebrations. Make dishes, such as grilled tuna in banana leaves (pepes Ikan), chicken in a fresh turmeric and coconut milk sauce (bumbu kuning), and hand-ground corn fritters (bregedel), and pick up plenty of tips and tricks from Dewa and Jero. Finally, sit down to enjoy your home-cooked lunch or dinner with the family and experience the famous Balinese hospitality for yourself. End the tour with drop-off at your Ubud hotel.

Tour info

Duration

4 hours

Why take this tour?

Bali is renowned for its distinctive cuisine, and a cooking class is the ideal way to sample traditional Balinese dishes. Taking place in a local home, this private cooking class teaches you the secrets of Balinese home cooking and how to create a delicious lunch or dinner with your host, and a chance to sit down to enjoy a meal with the family.

What’s included?

Gratuities
Beverages
Local beer
Bottled water
In-home meal
Hotel pickup and drop-off from Ubud hotels only
Private tour and cooking class with your host Dewa
You will be hosted by Dewa or an equally lovely family member who hosts along with Dewa's wife Jero
Visit a local home to meet a family who are expert cooks to share Balinese culture and cuisine
If your hotel is not in Ubud, please meet Dewa at Alam Sari Resort, Jl. Raya Keliki, Keliki
Hotel pickup and drop-off outside Ubud region

Things to know

Before you book

Duration: 4h
Mobile tickets accepted

Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 3 days in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.

Operator Website

Operated by:

Traveling Spoon

About operator:

Traveling Spoon provides travelers with private, authentic food experiences, from homemade meals to cooking classes and market tours, with local hosts in their homes.