cooking class Manuel Antonio
An authentic taste of Traditional Costa Rican Cuisine and we have recently added a MEDICINAL PLANTS GARDEN to this activity.
Explore the culinary culture of Costa Rica during our cooking class in Manuel Antonio. We show you some of the lesser-known dishes this country has to offer and teach you how to cook them yourselves in a few easy steps. We will sample speciality coffees, sugacare juice and learn about medicinal plants.
A unique culinary experience Manuel Antonio
Explore the culinary culture of Costa Rica during our cooking class in Manuel Antonio. We show you some of the lesser-known dishes this country has to offer and teach you how to cook them yourselves in a few easy steps.
Tortillas plus a new dish each day of the week
Kids-friendly dishes and alternatives
Vegetarian (v) and vegan (V) dishes
In every class you will be preparing the main component of the meal yourselves and our staff will take care of the rest of the meal, so you may enjoy a wonderful authentic lunch at our place.
For dessert we will share the dripped coffee making technique used in Costa Rica to prepare coffee the typical way. This includes the principle of water temperature, ground size, roast types, water-coffee relation, filtering methods and sampling ways. And for those who do prefer tea, we will sample some of the medicinal plants in our garden, in order to create the tea of your preference.
Additionally, we will extract sugarcane juice using
the Trapiche and mixing a wonderful, refreshing drinks with it. The Medicinal Plants Garden is also included in our tour.
The Real Pura Vida Flavor!
This course includes a tour around our spices and medicinal plants garden, where we will freshly pick the seasoning for our dishes. To finish the course we all sit down together and enjoy an unforgettably authentic and delicious taste of The Real Costa Rica – The Real Pura Vida Flavor!
Complete Tour Details
Duration: 3 hours
Adults: $97
Children under 12 y/o: $75
Children under 8 y/o: $40
Card Payments +13% Processing Fee
* For numerous families and large groups request price
** Private tours available request price and availability
*** Ask about special offers when you book multiple tours with our partners: Terra Travel Costa Rica, Jungle Night Tours, Chocolate Tour & Medicinal Plants Garden Manuel Antonio, Birdwatching Manuel Antonio, Jungle Night Tour Jaco, and Cooking Class Manuel Antonio.
- A cooking class & local culture exchange
- Discover the tradition, techniques, and recipes behind Costa Rican cooking
- Skip another restaurant meal in favor of making your own Costa Rican dish
- Skip another restaurant meal in favor of making your own Costa Rican dish
- Make your own tortilla from scratch
- Take home recipes (print out) to share with family and friends
- Learn about and taste different types medicinal plants
- Arrive hungry, because delicious food is included
What's Included
- Lunch
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (Manuel Antonio & Quepos)
- Medicinal plant garden
- Herbal medicinal tea warm or cold
- Sugarcane-mill visit and juice extraction
- Learn about and taste different types medicinal plants
- Learn about and taste different types medicinal plants
- Specialty coffee sampling
- Bilingual certified ICT nature interpreter
- Request for German, Spanish or French speaking guides
- Wheelchair Accessible
- Stroller Accessible, Infant Seats Available
- Service Animals Allowed
- Alcoholic Beverages Available, But Not Included
There is so much MORE to Costa Rica than our beautiful beaches and jungles...
In addition to providing cooking classes we also offer Costa Rican recipies, other local experiences, local food & drink spots, ingredients and food/dish facts, 10 most weird foods in Costa Rica
Frequently Asked Questions
All dishes can be made without meat…..
Just make sure to let us know about your allergy and we will make sure you can participate our tour..