Cooking Class
Sorry, we are fully booked from February 2 to February 19.
Taiwanese, Chinese and Thai Cooking Classes
Learn how to cook delicious Taiwanese, Chinese and Thai dishes with experienced chef and cookery teacher, Jodie Tsao. All classes take place at Jodie's beautiful cooking school near central Taipei. Take a look at our customer comments to see how much other students enjoyed their classes.
Sample Cooking Classes
Standard One Day Taiwanese Cooking Class 1
In this class we'll look at about four recipes for sauces based on flower pepper (Xanthoxylum) and three or four more based on sesame seed. I will tell you how you can use these as the basis of a variety of dishes such as sesame noodles (see photo), and we will cook a few of them together, and try them. This class is suitable for beginners. Please take a look at the Taiwanese Cooking Class page to learn more.
Learn to make three kinds of delicious dumpings with a variety of cooking techniques. Once you learn how to make and cook them, it's very easy for you to modify the filling to use your own favorite ingredients and flavors. Please see the Dumpling Cooking class description for more details.
The goal of this more in-depth course is to help you understand how different elements of Chinese and Taiwnese cooking fit together, so you can express your creativity instead of simply following recipes without really understanding them. You will be able to mix and match the various techniques that you learn, and make a wide variety of complete meals. This will also give you a firm basis for learning more on your own in future. Please see the Three Day Cooking Course description for more details.
Most classes are suitable for beginners
Easy! In just a few hours, you will learn to make many different dishes. The classes concentrate on dishes which are easy to prepare, even for beginners - but they look and taste great. These are all dishes you can make in your own home. You don't need a big kitchen, complicated equipment, or lots of fancy ingredients.
Healthy! There's a lot of cheap and tasty food available from Asia, but often the ingredients used aren't so great – low quality cooking oil, too much salt, and MSG aren't good for your health. Jodie will show you how you can make delicious food without harming your health. Most of the dishes are suitable for vegetarians.
Fun! Who wants to slave over a hot stove? Cooking should be fun! Learn how you can express yourself by making small variations in basic recipes to create your own dishes. Jodie will show you how to quickly prepare a delicious meal for your friends, or cook for yourself after work, without wearing yourself out.
In these classes you will quickly learn to cook a variety of dishes. As well as being delicious, quick and simple to cook, each recipe is designed to introduce you to key techniques that form the basis of many popular dishes from Chinese, Taiwanese, and Thai cuisine.
Or design your own class...
Other more advanced classes may be available on request - when time permits. Please contact us for details.
If you can read Chinese, you can also look at the Chinese section of our site for details of some other classes.
Information
Language: English (Chinese or Taiwanese if required)
Cost: Our normal price for one class is NT$4000 for one student (about US$110 or 90 Euros), or NT$6000 for two students. These classes last four to five hours. Some custom classes or classes with more expensive ingredients may cost more or last longer. Sorry, but we don't usually offer discounts.
Normal class size: 1 - 3 students
Time: Classes usually start at 10am or 1pm and last about four hours. We will try to arrange the classes to fit your schedule.
Telephone: (02) 2720-0053
Address: 2F, 29-1 Zi Yun St, Taipei, Taiwan 台北市信義區110紫雲街29-1號2樓
Website: kitchen.j321.com
