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| - Visited the restaurant on a Saturday afternoon for a surprise birthday party. There were about 20 of us in total, who were all there for the Cooking Class. At $85/per head, the experience was extremely disappointing, and I would not recommend this for a large group ever.
Alan the owner, was very nice and knowledgeable. He started off the afternoon with a (long) lesson about wine and Thai ingredients. We could've gone without the lessons about wine, but it was nice to learn about different ingredients they use.
Which brings me to the "cooking class" portion. We were separated into 3 groups, each cooking 3 different meals. I've never experience a cooking class before, but I assumed we would be prepping and cooking all of the ingredients. Instead, we were separated into different tables in the restaurant, surrounded by other customers trying to enjoy their meals. This was pretty awkward, as we felt we were intruding on their privacy, or lack there of.
The ingredients are already prepped for you. My group made fresh spring rolls, a curry, and basil beef. My 3 year old enjoyed making the spring rolls, but he was not able to partake in the other 2 dishes, as they were in the back kitchen (where the staff was cooking other people's meals....)
When it came time to cooking the curry and basil beef, this was where the entire experience fell apart for me. The kitchen staff was extremely nice and welcoming, but everything was already done for us. All we had to do was put the ingredients in the pot and mix. Voila. Some cooking class.
There was a lot of miscommunication with the staff here. When 20 people are paying $85 each, I would've expected MUCH better service. Before we were separated to cook, we were under the impression each table was getting 1 serving of EACH dish- sort of like a tasting menu. Alan then informed us there would be a winner who would receive a gift card. This never happened.
When we finally finished cooking and we're able to eat, we felt extremely rushed by the waitstaff. We were given take out containers WHILE STILL EATING. They even went as far to pack up our food- WHEN WE WERE STILL EATING! This really ruined our experience.
The restaurant started getting busy, which is why they started forcing us to leave. We were left hungry, and dissatisfied with our meal and felt for that $85 price tag we could've gone elsewhere. Oh, and drinks were not included in the $85 price tag.
I would not recommend this place to any group looking to do a cooking class.
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