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Ethnic Cooking Class

★★★★★ 4.9 · 17 Reviews Kota Kinabalu Min. Participant(s): 2

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Highlight

  • Cooking class
  • Learn Sabah traditional dish
  • Shop for ingredient is local market

Included

Return land transfer, lunch, cooking class.

Description

Cook up scrumptious traditional Sabahan cuisine with our professional chef. Pick up fresh local herbs from our garden and learn about their nutritional values along with other ingredients used to create the delicious dishes. After preparing and cooking the dishes, you will be able to enjoy the fruits of your labour with complimentary dessert and drinks prepared by D'Soka Restaurant.

Itinerary

* The itinerary is for reference only, it subjects to any necessary changes in accordance to local requirements.

  • 1

    Pick up from hotel and proceed to local Kota Kinabalu Market

  • 2

    After shopping for ingredients proceed to D Soka Restaurant

  • 3

    Arrive at the D Soka Restaurant, and have a welcome drink

  • 4

    Start the cooking class.

  • 5

    Cook a main dish Chicken Likku or Chicken Rendang and a side vegetable dish

  • 6

    After finish cooking, enjoy the lunch and coffee/tea with dessert

  • 7

    Transfer back to hotel

Breakfast N/A
Lunch Local style food
Dinner N/A
Warm Remind
  • Indoor photography is prohibited.
  • Chef teach with English language.
  • Restaurant is closed every Monday.

Pickup Time & Transport Fee

Pickup time below is for reference only, actual time will be sent to you upon booking is confirmed. Transport fee quoted is per person.

Zone Hotel Pickup Time Fee (MYR)
A Kota Kinabalu city North (Grandis, Hyatt, Gaya street area...) 9 am Free
B Kota Kinabalu city Center (Marriott, Marina Court, Horizon, ...) 9 am Free
C Kota Kinabalu city South (Sutera Harbour, KK Time Square, ...) 9 am Free
D Airport area (Shangri-La Tanjung Aru, Aeropod, ...) 9 am Free
E 1Borneo area (Tune, Grand Borneo, ...) 9:30 am 20.00
F Outskirt area (Shangri-La Rasa Ria, Nexus Karambunai, ...) 9:30 am 30.00

How to Pay

Pay on travelling day

No advance payment is required, simply pay cash in Ringgit-Malaysia to tour guide. However, you still need pay in full for any cancellation made 1 day prior to tour date.

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Pay Online

Accep Visa and MasterCard credit card, Malaysian bank transfer, Paypal, FPX, Alipay. 2.3% surcharge apply. Please be noted that 2.3% processing fee is non-refundable in case there is cancellation 3 days after the payment made.

Bank Transfer

for Malaysians:
Online banking through your Malaysia Bank Account

for International guests:
Use WISE - a Fast & convenient global transfers service, better exchange rate than conventional bank Telegraphic Transfer; No 2.3% processing fee; Generally we would receive your payment in same day.

Good to know

Min. Participant(s):  2 Persons To Go (child does not counted)
Tour location / Depart from: Kota Kinabalu
Recommend to book:  1 month(s) in advance
To book at least:  3 day(s) in advance
Insurance: Tourist transportation insurance included. Please contact your insurance agency for personal travel insurance.
Pickup Service:  Pickup service will be provided from the hotel/hostel/lodge that you are staying. Please wait at lobby while the tour guide will find you when he/she arrive. Dropoff service will be provided after travelling, please notify us upon booking if your dropoff location is differ from pickup location.
Tour Type: Sit-In-Coach basis (SIC). This tour is not private tour, you will share the trip with other guests come from different countries. Please notify us upon booking if you are looking for private tour, surcharge might be applied. Specialities: You may decide the joining date, no compulsory tips (If you are happy and satisfied with the journey and the tour guide service, it's always a nice way to express your appreciation with tipping, OR words of thanks is good enough).
Cancellation & Refund Policy:  Over 14 days (from date of departure) charge 30% of Tour fare; 7 to 14 days (from date of departure) charge 50% of tour fare; Less than 7 days (from date of departure) charge full tour fare.

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Traveller Reviews

4.9
★★★★★
Based on 17 reviews
5 ★ 15
4 ★ 2
3 ★ 0
2 ★ 0
1 ★ 0
★★★★★
DAN*** Verified Traveller 2025-09-02
★★★★★
went alone and didnt expect much but the market stop was actually really nice, smell of fresh herbs everywhere and the uncle selling spices let me try a few. cooking part after was fun too
L** Verified Traveller 2025-07-03
★★★★★
FEI*** Verified Traveller 2025-03-28
★★★★★
A really good experience that I would recommend to others.
SEA*** Verified Traveller 2025-03-21
★★★★★
T** Verified Traveller 2024-06-14
★★★★☆
JOC*** Verified Traveller 2024-06-13

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