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Private Sushi and Tempura Cooking Class at a Local Kyoto Home
3 h
Private
With local
Class
About this activity
From your hotel lobby in Kyoto, a guide accompanies you by taxi to a local home where your private lesson in Japanese cuisine takes place. Upon arrival at a local Japanese home (modern or traditional style), you’ll be welcomed by a family and resident instructor who share their culinary know-how as you learn to prepare an authentic home-cooked meal. Throughout the 3-hour lesson, your knowledgeable guide will also be on hand to help out as you get to know your host family in this truly memorable experience.
Watch as your instructor demonstrates how to roll rice with fillings like sashimi (thinly sliced raw fish) or Kamaboko (boiled fish paste) and egg, cucumber, pickled vegetables or instructors home-made fillings onto a sheet of nori (dried seaweed). After some practice assembling a few sushi rolls yourself, you’ll find Japan’s famous finger food is easier to prepare than it looks!
Then get ready for some sizzling fun as you learn to make tempura with your friendly hosts. Fresh vegetables, mushrooms and shrimp are typically battered in a seasoned rice flour mixture and then deep-fried in oil to create a crispy and crunchy dish — it's delicious! It's a dish that requires a lot of practice, and thankfully with your recipe (written in English) to take home, you’ll soon be a master of Japanese cuisine.
Sushi and tempura together are the main course, but miso soup (made from soy bean paste) and a seasonal salad are prepared along with it. When your meal is complete, sit down with your private party to enjoy your creations.
Your class concludes with hotel drop-off by taxi, accompanied by your guide.
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Watch as your instructor demonstrates how to roll rice with fillings like sashimi (thinly sliced raw fish) or Kamaboko (boiled fish paste) and egg, cucumber, pickled vegetables or instructors home-made fillings onto a sheet of nori (dried seaweed). After some practice assembling a few sushi rolls yourself, you’ll find Japan’s famous finger food is easier to prepare than it looks!
Then get ready for some sizzling fun as you learn to make tempura with your friendly hosts. Fresh vegetables, mushrooms and shrimp are typically battered in a seasoned rice flour mixture and then deep-fried in oil to create a crispy and crunchy dish — it's delicious! It's a dish that requires a lot of practice, and thankfully with your recipe (written in English) to take home, you’ll soon be a master of Japanese cuisine.
Sushi and tempura together are the main course, but miso soup (made from soy bean paste) and a seasonal salad are prepared along with it. When your meal is complete, sit down with your private party to enjoy your creations.
Your class concludes with hotel drop-off by taxi, accompanied by your guide.
Included
- Local English-speaking instructor
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- All ingredients for cooking
- Finished meal
- English recipe
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
Not included
- Gratuities (optional)
Additional
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements, including allergy at time of booking
- Minimum age is 4 years old
- Hotel pickup and drop-off are only provided from your Hotel in Kyoto city (except for hotels in Saga-Arashiyama area, Takao area, Fushimi area. )
Features
Tourism
95%
Food
85%
Cultural
85%
Original
25%
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We enjoyed the people involved in this class. The lady who served as our guide was excellent -- personable, excellent translation skills, kind, and did great in her role. We also enjoyed the home host who was so charming, hospitable, knew a lot about ingredients and was skilled in preparing all items that we made. Something that could be improved a little is the organization of the time that we were there. But that was a small matter and overall, we had such an enjoyable time with all involved. We would sign up for this class if we had not done it on this trip. One other thing that was so nice was the recipe book that contained all the dishes that we made. Thank you to all that were involved!
A great way to get to know a typical household and connect with the chef/teacher. This experience was more about getting to know the chef/teacher and eating an amazing home cooked meal. A recipe book and a few small gifts were given at the end to make sure I knew how to cook everything again!
The best part of the trip was the experience of Private Sushi and Tempura making in a local home. The hosts who welcomed us in their home were amazing, so sweet and gave us the best part of Japan...the people...It was a spectacular and amazing event and memory for a lifetime. It truly was worth every penny to spend time in a local home with a local of Kyoto...it is the only true way to get to know a place is in a person's home. I cannot say enough of what a blessed experience this was. Thank you Viator for making it possible. I have been on several tours of yours in several countries and you do not disappoint.
This cooking class was very well organised and highly enjoyable. Both the tour guide and the host were lovely and it was great to experience cooking in a typical Kyoto kitchen/home. We were encouraged throughout the session to participate in the preparation of every dish made. The host made us feel very welcome in her home and was more than happy for us to take pictures throughout the class and answer our questions.
Wow! This was a very personalized experience. Our interpreter/guide met us at the hotel with a car. On the drive to the home, our guide was engaging and interesting. She spoke perfect English as she had lived in Australia for eight years. Of course the best part was the lesson! Our hostess was gracious and informative. She and her nephew did a great job with all the parts of the dishes we prepared. Our 18 year old son loved everything. The food was spectacular and we enjoyed the conversation and learning customs as well as cooking. I would strongly recommend this experience!