Today I actually was planning to go to a lake some 15 km out of Chiang Mai. Ruth and I wanted to get a swimming hut there and spend the time sun bathing and swimming. However, waking up around 9 am I thought the sun is just rising, since it seemed still somewhat dark. I soon realized, that that was due to the clouds - which would obviously bring rain today - so no sunbathing for us. But I wouldn´t be I if I couldn´t come up with some other great plan (correctly assuming that Ruth did not really think about an alternative...). Only after a few minutes I found GAPs cooking school - courses started at 10 am (perfect - 45 minutes to go and still time for breakfast!) - so I made arrangements for us to participate. Best decision ever.
We were a group of two cooks, one couple from the US/Brasil, three grannys from Israel and the two of us. With one of those refurbished Pick-up trucks we went to the local market. The cooks showed us all kinds of different vegetables and fruits and bought all we needed for the class today. Then we drove a bit out of the city - to a private hide away, surrounded by trees and bushes and a really big house in the middle of the premises. There was also the outdoor kitchen area we would be using. The guy owning this must be well situated - or its damn cheap around here... but he does run a restaurant, hostel and the cooking school.
Everything was set up already - 1000 bowls, knifes, aprons, ... And then it started. In a very humorous way the two cooks explained how to make green curry paste, fish burger, soup, phad thai, ... and kept watching us, helping, explaining again, ... It was great. The stuff we cooked in the first part of the course (about 5 meals) served as lunch, afterwards we prepared another three dishes to take home. Wow. At the end, everyone got a certificate, a cooking book and a bag from GAPs cooking school.
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