Another pickup of 8am meant early rising and breakfast. Our driver spoke little English so we couldn’t chat much with him.
We had a 45 min drive from Seminyak to Sanur for our cooking class. A lot of it through heavy & crazy traffic so general silliness prevailed to pass the time. We were taken to Sanur market where we were met by Dewi, our lovely host for the day. She took us on a guided tour through the market at a leisurely pace. Explaining anything we pointed out and offering for us to try any fruits we hadn’t seen before. The market was not quite as we expected. It was definitely super clean with white tiling everywhere. We didn’t actually buy any of our food for the class as she had already been there at 4am to buy it at its best and freshest. Good idea when the meats we not kept refrigerated at the market.
The class was held in her home in a quiet street. These birds were eating the offerings left on the driveway earlier in the morning.
The entrance through the fence to the driveway.
Such a beautiful front to her home.
We enjoyed a tea and coffee and met Dewi’s Aussie partner Garry before donning aprons ready for 3-4 hrs of cooking and eating.
Some of our ingredients and tools.
First up was Black Soup. A delicious spicy beef soup that has a black bean that is more like a mushroom in a very hard shell. The girls cutting up onion and garlic.
Mitchell worked up a sweat grinding and breaking down the chilli and many spices into a paste.
The main class was held in a tiled room like a garage with a full wall open. Like every day, it was bloody hot and humid. Not sure what’s going on here... but Mark’s looking super sexy with his shorts rolled up. Next were his sleeves which he also rolled up!! Much glowing skin on show!
The next dish was a coconut curry with fresh tuna as the fish. Super delicious.
We all took got involved with grinding, cutting stirring etc. It was a fun relaxed environment and though Dewi's English was limited she was able to explain everything well. We marinated some chicken pieces (on the bone) with many herbs and spices before wrapping them in banana leaves for steaming. Mark as first to tackle the 'wrapping' an you can see he was taking it very serious. It became a friendly competition of whose was neatest and not leaking.
Shi Shi getting a hand to try and make hers perfect!
Last up were home-made spring roll wrappers. The thick batter was very tricky to spread evenly and the pan was very thin and flat.
Our final dish was Klepon. Rice four balls with palm sugar in the centre. I was hopeless at rolling them (apparently my hands were too hot) but the girls were great - thank goodness. Once balled they are boiled like gnocci until they float, then cooled a little before they are rolled in freshly grated coconut. Super delicious and gooey to eat!
This class was a fun thing to do together and turned out to be a great way to spend a rainy day! We were back at the hotel around 2:30 - 3.
We had a 45 min drive from Seminyak to Sanur for our cooking class. A lot of it through heavy & crazy traffic so general silliness prevailed to pass the time. We were taken to Sanur market where we were met by Dewi, our lovely host for the day. She took us on a guided tour through the market at a leisurely pace. Explaining anything we pointed out and offering for us to try any fruits we hadn’t seen before. The market was not quite as we expected. It was definitely super clean with white tiling everywhere. We didn’t actually buy any of our food for the class as she had already been there at 4am to buy it at its best and freshest. Good idea when the meats we not kept refrigerated at the market.
The class was held in her home in a quiet street. These birds were eating the offerings left on the driveway earlier in the morning.
The entrance through the fence to the driveway.
Such a beautiful front to her home.
We enjoyed a tea and coffee and met Dewi’s Aussie partner Garry before donning aprons ready for 3-4 hrs of cooking and eating.
Some of our ingredients and tools.
First up was Black Soup. A delicious spicy beef soup that has a black bean that is more like a mushroom in a very hard shell. The girls cutting up onion and garlic.
Mitchell worked up a sweat grinding and breaking down the chilli and many spices into a paste.
The main class was held in a tiled room like a garage with a full wall open. Like every day, it was bloody hot and humid. Not sure what’s going on here... but Mark’s looking super sexy with his shorts rolled up. Next were his sleeves which he also rolled up!! Much glowing skin on show!
The next dish was a coconut curry with fresh tuna as the fish. Super delicious.
We all took got involved with grinding, cutting stirring etc. It was a fun relaxed environment and though Dewi's English was limited she was able to explain everything well. We marinated some chicken pieces (on the bone) with many herbs and spices before wrapping them in banana leaves for steaming. Mark as first to tackle the 'wrapping' an you can see he was taking it very serious. It became a friendly competition of whose was neatest and not leaking.
Shi Shi getting a hand to try and make hers perfect!
Last up were home-made spring roll wrappers. The thick batter was very tricky to spread evenly and the pan was very thin and flat.
Our final dish was Klepon. Rice four balls with palm sugar in the centre. I was hopeless at rolling them (apparently my hands were too hot) but the girls were great - thank goodness. Once balled they are boiled like gnocci until they float, then cooled a little before they are rolled in freshly grated coconut. Super delicious and gooey to eat!
This class was a fun thing to do together and turned out to be a great way to spend a rainy day! We were back at the hotel around 2:30 - 3.
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