Myanmar Cooking Class with Min and May in Chiang Mai | Viajera en Tailandia
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Experience

Cooking with Min and May

  • 4 hours
  • San Kamphaeng, Chiang Mai
  • Food and Nature
  • Your hotel in Chiang Mai

Starting at $70 USD per person

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  • Direct payment to the host
  • Experience subject to availability

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The Essentials

Discover Myanmar’s home-style cuisine with Min & May, two hosts from Myanmar who share family recipes from the Inle Lake area while living in northern Thailand. Through fresh ingredients, local herbs, and everyday cooking methods passed down through generations, you’ll discover the flavors, techniques, and stories that are part of their culinary heritage. An intimate experience where cooking becomes a way to connect with the culture, traditions, and daily life of Myanmar.

What's included?

  • Welcome drink.
  • Harvesting vegetables from the garden.
  • Cooking Class with Min & May.
  • All the ingredients needed for the recipe
  • Final group meal.
  • Cookbook with the recipes.
  • One-way transportation from your accommodations in Chiang Mai

What can you expect from this experience?

The experience begins with a welcome in the Min & May kitchen, where you'll enjoy a drink before the session begins.

Together, you'll walk through the garden to gather some of the ingredients that will be used in the meal. Then you'll take part in a step-by-step guided cooking class, learning traditional Myanmar recipes that have been passed down in their families for years.

Between the preparation and the conversation, the dishes come together until they reach the table, where the final meal is shared in a warm and peaceful atmosphere surrounded by the area’s natural beauty.

What are you supporting through this experience?

Learn about the regenerative practices promoted by the host

Community and Local Livelihoods

They share their culture, knowledge, and produce from their gardens, generating a livelihood based on their own expertise.

Cultural Heritage and Living Wisdom

Recipes, techniques, and family stories keep Myanmar's culinary tradition alive through its cuisine.

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About the host

Min and May grew up near Inle Lake in Myanmar’s Shan State, a place where life revolves around the water, morning markets, and floating gardens. There, they learned to cook alongside their mothers and grandmothers, preparing the dishes that are part of everyday life, celebrations, and family gatherings.

A few years ago, they arrived in Chiang Mai and built a new home here. Although they now cook far from the lake, many of the recipes, ingredients, and cooking methods remain the same. At Bamboo Nest at Sanggadee, they open the doors to their kitchen to share those flavors and the stories behind them, creating a space where food becomes a way to get to know Myanmar through the people who cook it.

Perhaps that's why the experience feels so personal. More than just learning a recipe, it's an invitation to sit around the table and share a piece of the history and memories that Min and May brought with them from Inle Lake.

Specialties

  • Home-style cooking and traditional recipes from Myanmar

Their legacy

  • Family recipes passed down through the generations

Book this experience now on Viajera en Tailandia. The host will contact you within 48 hours of your booking. 

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Starting and ending point

  • Starting Point From your hotel in Chiang Mai
  • Closing Point Bamboo Nest in Sanggadee

Why experience this in San Kamphaeng?

Located in the San Kamphaeng district, this experience takes place at Bamboo Nest in Sanggadee, a space surrounded by nature on the outskirts of Chiang Mai.

The setting combines vegetable and fruit gardens, a small pond with fish, and open areas that invite people to socialize and work at a leisurely pace. It is a place designed for everyday life in harmony with the environment, where the rhythms of the day are dictated by the surrounding nature.

This is where the experience with Min & May takes place, using fresh ingredients from the garden and the surrounding area to prepare traditional Burmese recipes. The space becomes an open kitchen where the landscape, the food, and the conversation are all part of the same process.

FAQ

We answer your frequently asked questions

No. The experience is designed for people of all skill levels, including those who have never taken a cooking class. Min and May will guide you step by step through the entire process, explaining the techniques, ingredients, and preparation methods in a simple and approachable way.

You'll learn how to prepare traditional Myanmar recipes inspired by the cuisine of the Inle Lake region. The dishes may vary depending on the season and the availability of fresh ingredients, but they always reflect the culinary traditions that Min and May inherited from their families.

Yes. Round-trip transportation from your accommodations in Chiang Mai is included. This allows you to enjoy the experience with peace of mind and focus on the cooking, the conversation, and the natural surroundings where the activity takes place.

Yes. Families are welcome. Children under 5 can participate for free, while children under 12 receive a 50% discount. The experience takes place in a relaxed, family-friendly atmosphere, suitable for travelers of all ages.

More than just a cooking class, this is an opportunity to learn about the history and culture of a family from Inle Lake in Myanmar. In addition to cooking, you’ll tour the vegetable garden, discover local ingredients, and share a meal with your hosts, fostering an authentic cultural exchange through food and conversation.

Send your reservation request to Viajera en Tailandia , and the host will check availability for the selected date. Once confirmed, the host will contact you to explain the next steps. Payment is made directly to the host, with no additional fees for booking through Viajera en Tailandia.

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Community and Local Livelihoods

Min and May are originally from Myanmar and have now built a life for themselves in Chiang Mai. Through this experience, they share their culture, their culinary expertise, and the produce they grow in their garden, creating a source of income rooted in their knowledge and strengthening the community ties they have built far from their home country.

Cultural Heritage and Living Wisdom

The recipes prepared during the experience are part of a culinary tradition passed down through generations. Each dish preserves techniques, ingredients, and family stories that help keep Myanmar's cuisine alive and share it with new people through cooking.