New Malaysian Kitchen Cooking Class and Garden Tour

We were attracted to this expereinces because of its home style, Sara's Malaysian book cook series and a chance to see her organic home garden. We started our day arriving in one of the KL suburbs outside a delightful local home on a very typical Cheras street. We were really excited when we arrived because it felt so lovely to be going to a family home to learn about Malaysian cooking. My husband, myself and my two children (12 and 8 years) where greeted by Sara's Mum and Sara who were both ready to hit the local market with us. The local market tour included an amazing visit to a small backyard coconut milk producer, a large morning market and a tour through some other local shops around the market which we have visited again just recently. We were fascinated by the joss products shop which included cars, shoes and gold bars to be used as offerings to past family members. We have been to shops like this before but this one was really impressive and interesting. Sara explained many parts of the market, the produce and what is fresh. She is a wealth of local knowledge. You could tell both Sara and her Mum were passionate and proud of their culture. Home for breakfast (my children are going to make the cool 'tea' again) and to start cooking......we really did cook from scatch 5 Malaysian dishes using Sara's lovely garden. We did Chicken rendang, nasi lemak (best we have had in our many visits and living in KL), 4 Angled bean salad, onde-onde and teh tarik. Sara was highly organised and laid out everything we needed. She shared her cooking knowledge and love. The others reviews tell it all beautifully but what did set this apart from other cooking classes for us was........ 1. It's very local and very true to Malaysia. You get to see a warm and inviting Malaysian home with a delightful family going about their business. Her mum is a wonder and is part of the overall experience. She had a great story about her banana tree (we all loved it) and we got to use her grandmothers 60 year old mortal and pestle. Very special. 2. You could see Sara really wanted to give us an amazing experience to show off Malaysian products and cooking styles. It wasn't just a job. 3. Sara worked beuatifully with our two children. One very shy and one full of energy. She respected both personalities and kept them both engaged. 4. Her garden is a big part of the experience that sets it apart. We learnt, smelt and tasted all different kinds of leafy greens, herbs etc. 5. Sara and her Mum gave me confidence to shop in the morning markets every week. 6. You cook everything from scratch nothing is chopped or mixed so you really get the full experience. I'm hoping to go again as people visit from us from OS. Thank you Sara and family we walked away with a new insight into Malaysia and its food.

It was such a pleasure to visit Ms. Sara's kitchen and garden. We thoroughly enjoyed the cooking class and the wider experience. We cooked Hokkien Mee, Chicken Rendang and Fish Curry. We started with picking some of the ingredients from the vegetable garden and then moved into the kitchen. Both of us were pleassantly surprised with the taste of our own efforts! The class was extremely well-prepared. All utensils were ready and there was an excellent cookbook to help guide us. Ms. Sara was very accommodating with our dietary needs (one of us doesn't eat meat). Absolutely recommended!

I learned how to cook Hainanese Chicken Rice woohoo! with the beautiful Chef Sara. She is kind and friendly and also shared some knowledge on different varieties of special herbs in her garden. I am definitely saving some cash from now onwards coz cooking is less expensive than eating at restaurants. And of course home cooked food simply tastes better and you're in control of the ingredients. I love the calamansi juice too. Can’t wait to cook what I’ve learned at home to share with my family & friends. Thank you Sara & see you soon.