Private Cooking Class With a Local Family in Lima

This was a very unfortunate choice and a waste of $160 US Pros: 1. The Brazilian tour guide (I can’t remember his name) was very good and entertaining. 2. He gave a market tour and made pisco sours with us after the class. Cons: 1. The class takes place in a small hostel kitchen with room for one person (max two) to work. 2. 99% of the class is just watching a lady as she cook. 1% is chopping up some onions. She explains to you what she is doing, but that’s it. 3. She is not a good cook. The Ceviche was average, but the 'aji de gallina' (the reason we went to the class) was terrible. 4. We didn’t get to cook anything. We would have been far better off just using Youtube and trying it in our own kitchen

Our adventure got off to a slow start because our guide, Samuel, had limited English. He is Brazilian and had only been in Lima for two months so he was a little unsure of his Spanish, too. Once we established that things got better. I was able to use my Spanish and then translate, when needed, for the rest of the group. I believe the company was short on guides since there was at least one cruise ship in port. This is not to say anything bad about Samuel. He was personable and knowledgeable and really wanted us to enjoy the day. The cooking class with Zenobia was fantastic. Again, there was a bit of a language problem but it wasn’t insurmountable. We all enjoyed participating in the prep and cooking and Samuel showed us how to make the “perfect” Pisco Sour. The tour of the Historic Center was a bit hurried because a couple of people in our small group were concerned about the traffic to get back to the ship on time. It turned out not to really be a problem. All in all, this was a unique experience and we would highly recommend it.

Essen und kochen ist socialising. Durch nichts erfährt man mehr über das Land und die Leute. Ich habe in vielen Ländern damit positive Erfahrungen gemacht. Besonders mit Lima City Tours wurde es zu einem sehr persönlichen Erlebnis. Zusammen mit einer Dolmetscherin wurden die Lebensmittel auf einem Bekannten Markt in Miraflores eingekauft. Dort sieht und erfährt man auch vieles über die angebotenen Obst- und Gemüsesorten. Das Kochen findet in einem sehr schön restauriertem Haus Nähe der Küste statt, welches der Besitzer auch als Hostel anbietet und auch durch die Lage sehr zu empfehlen ist. Zum Schluss haben wir uns alle zum Essen mit einem in Lima traditionellen Pisco Sour zusammengesetzt. Das Event kann von mir nur empfohlen werden, es war mehr als nur kochen!