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Quito Cooking Class: Traditional Dishes in Colonial House with Market Tour
Immerse yourself in the vibrant culinary culture of Quito with a cooking class led by Andres. Explore the local market, learn to make traditional dishes with a gourmet twist, and enjoy a delicious meal in a beautiful Colonial house. Book now!
Immerse yourself in the vibrant culinary culture of Quito with a cooking class led by Andres. Explore the local market, learn to make traditional dishes with a gourmet twist, and enjoy a delicious meal in a beautiful Colonial house. Book now!
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Venezuela & Rocafuerte - Market Tour
Visiting the market in Ecuador is a one-of-a-kind experience!
You´ll discover the best smells, tastes, and colors of fruits, vegetables, and spices that will help you create the perfect Ecuadorian meal. Andres will take you on a tour of the Central Market and the surrounding area. Here you will meet the best…
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Venezuela & Rocafuerte - Market Tour
Visiting the market in Ecuador is a one-of-a-kind experience!
You´ll discover the best smells, tastes, and colors of fruits, vegetables, and spices that will help you create the perfect Ecuadorian meal. Andres will take you on a tour of the Central Market and the surrounding area. Here you will meet the best specialty vendors, the stand that has the freshest vegetables, yesteryear meat vendors, the lady who always has the best fruits, the medicinal herb stand, the mote vendor, the flower girl and an exotic fruit juice stand. The experience starts off by shopping for fresh ingredients and local products, some of which you will not be able to find anywhere else in the world.
Cooking Class
At the Cooking Class you will meet the Chef, my best friend’s mom who will teach you all the local secrets and will tell you the best stories of yesteryear Quito. You will make everything from scratch, chopping, dicing, and cooking like a true local.
Time to Eat
Once finished in the kitchen, the chef sets a beautiful table and all the hard work pays off. It´s time to enjoy your meal in a Colonial house in the heart of Old Town Quito.
Highly recommended experience!
What's Included
- Apron and chef hat for use during cooking class
- Recipes
- Lunch
- Tour of Central Market and Cooking Class
- Carbonated beverages
- Apron and chef hat for use during cooking class
- Recipes
- Lunch
- Tour of Central Market and Cooking Class
- Carbonated beverages
What's Not Included
- Extra food and drinks not mentioned on itinerary
- Tips for the chef/guide
- Extra food and drinks not mentioned on itinerary
- Tips for the chef/guide
Meal Options
- Locro de Papa (Potato Cheese Soup) - The Locro de Papa is a classic dish from Quito. It is a savory dish, with tons of cheese, potatoes and decorated with an avocado rose.
- Quinoa Soup - For those that are lactose intolerant a Quinoa Soup is right up their alley.
- Traditional Quito Shrimp Ceviche - Served with shrimp cooked to perfection, onions,…
- Locro de Papa (Potato Cheese Soup) - The Locro de Papa is a classic dish from Quito. It is a savory dish, with tons of cheese, potatoes and decorated with an avocado rose.
- Quinoa Soup - For those that are lactose intolerant a Quinoa Soup is right up their alley.
- Traditional Quito Shrimp Ceviche - Served with shrimp cooked to perfection, onions, various tomato textures, and orange juice. (The starter dish can be modified to your requests)
- Chicken or Veggie Tamales - Tamales are made in an achira leaf and cooked in a special pot for tamales. They are fun to make and very tasty.
- Empanadas - Empanadas are such a tasty treat. We can make cheese filled, cheese and onion filled or chicken stew filled empanadas.
- Encocado de Pescado (Coconut Fish Dish) - You will cook the fish with a delicious coconut sauce. The fish is served with yellow rice, plantain chips, and a garden salad.
- Chocolate Soup - The dish includes a variety of Ecuadorian fresh fruits and a chocolate sauce made with real Ecuadorian cocoa and a bit of liquor.
- Quimbolito Quiteño (Fluffy cake in a leaf) - Quimbolitos are awesome, they are a traditional dessert in Quito, a fluffy cake steamed inside an achira leaf.
Additional Information
Andres (the owner) will meet you at your hotel, if your hotel is close to the market we will walk there, if not we will take my comfy SUV. Andres will first take you for a tour in the traditional Central Market and surroundings to hunt for fresh local products that you will use during your cooking class. Then you will head to the restaurant which is…
Andres (the owner) will meet you at your hotel, if your hotel is close to the market we will walk there, if not we will take my comfy SUV. Andres will first take you for a tour in the traditional Central Market and surroundings to hunt for fresh local products that you will use during your cooking class. Then you will head to the restaurant which is located in a beautiful Colonial house in the heart of Old Town Quito. During this tour, you will experience life as a local and will learn how to make 3 traditional dishes, which you can replicate back home. Get ready for a packed day filled with incredible sights, tastes, and smells. And at the end of it all, you will be able to enjoy the delicious meal you cooked. Highly recommended experience!
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Kristen_c
Sep 4, 2024
The cooks / instructors... - The cooks / instructors were so nice and informative! Enjoyed the market tour and got to try so many new to me fruits!
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Taxlady711
Jul 28, 2024
Amazing authentic Ecuadorian cooking experience - We had a chance to visit and taste from the the local market. We then met a local chef and sous chef who helped us prepare a 3 course meal and 2 different drinks. The experience was fabulous and we walked away with the recipes and full bellies. They made the experience very easy by picking us up at the hotel and delivering us back. Highly recommend this tour!
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Sharon_m
Jul 28, 2024
Great class with Magolo. - The market tour was really interesting and tasty! Our class with Magolo was a lot of fun and we learned (and ate) a lot. Beautiful food and great flavors.
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Andrew_n
Jul 15, 2024
Terrific cooking class filled with love Ecuadorian style - Awesome time.
1. They picked us up by car at our hotel and then we drove to the market
2. At the market a fresh juice drink and a tour. Beautiful stands of fruit, vegetables and meat. We tried many exotic fruits.
3. Off to a beautiful courtyard with a small kitchen where the two chefs spent alot of time explaining everything we were making. We had potato soup, shrimp cervice, and fried plaintains with chocolate sauce for lunch...All yummy and all with ingredients fresh from the market earlier.
There was so much love in everything they did. The experience could not have been better.
It was just the two of us..I suppose they could handle 4-6, but no large crowds. Truly a wonderful day.
The day was a little over 4 hours. We were stuffed and couldnt have dinner that night.
When we were done we all took the Metro back to our hotel since car traffic was bad at 5pm. They wanted to walk us back to our hotel, but it was right across the street so no need. BTW..the metro is 7 months old and beautiful. We used it often..45 cents a ride...22 cents for seniors.
A great day...
I recommend this highly
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Staceyc485
Jul 9, 2024
Great cooking experience! - We try to immerse ourselves a bit in the culture of a new place and what better way than their cooking! Andres was very friendly and informative on our drive to the old town. We learned a bit at the local food market before heading to our class. Silvia and margola were great. We learned simple but tasty dishes we can make at home. Enjoyable day!
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121santinaf
Jun 10, 2024
Wish we could rate it 100 stars!! - We had the most fun and amazing experience today with Andres, Sylvia and Margola! Andres picked us up at our hotel and took us to Mercado Central to purchase items for our cooking class. We sampled delicious juice, fruits, herbs and vegetables along the way. We were then taken to the historic center for a wonderful time of cooking locro de papa, canalazo, shrimp ceviche , chocolate soup and pantconera. We participated in all aspects of cooking. And our teachers, Margola and Sylvia taught us with exceptional skill and kindness.
The meal was phenomenal and we were given all the recipes! My husband can’t wait for me to make these dishes at home!
The ladies went above and beyond by escorting us back via the new subway system. We were thrilled with this cooking experience and highly recommend it. If we could rate it 100 stars we would!! If you are in Quito, don’t miss this experience.
Gracias Margola, Sylvia and Andres! We will always think of your kindness and expertise and will think of you every time we make these dishes at home.
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Debbiebt1837wk
Jun 1, 2024
A tour with lots of extras - We had our two grandkids 15 and 17 with us and they had fun too!
Andres and Sylvia took us to a fabulous market to buy produce for our class. Margola (hope I spelled her name right) was the chef and she was very knowledgeable,informative, interesting and fun.
She and Sylvia went above and beyond for us.
It was May 24, Ecuadors Independence Day and there were parades all day and thousands of people in the streets. No way to drive us back to our hotel.
They personally navigated through throngs of people and took us on the metro back to our hotel. An experience we would have missed.
Would highly recommend their class!
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Susany163
May 14, 2024
An engaging class - We had a fabulous experience with Andres, Sylvia and Magda. I have a dinner party planned after our practice🍴 The preparations were healthy and delicious. I hope Magda puts together an Ecuadorian cookbook! The morning was delightful.
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Jackelin
May 8, 2024
Fun experience - Andrés and his wife did an amazing job of explaining everything in the food market and the cooking class was great. Easy to follow along and replicate.
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Karin_n
Jul 31, 2024
Fun, but not really a cooking lesson - At the beginning, we had a fun trip I the market to pick out ingredients for the lesson. The guide told us a lo of interesting information about the different plants and fruits, and let us sample a few things. The class want very hands on though- the chef was extremely nice, bu she did all of the cooking, excepts for occasionally giving on of us something to peel or chop. W had a nice time talking, and eating the dishes, but I wouldn’t b able to make any of them
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