Thai Street Food: Tom Yum, Lemongrass BBQ Chicken & Salmon Laab (4.5 hrs)

"Every recipe's a winner. Stunning results. Learned more (in this class) than a week in Bangkok!" - Kim D. -
• Why Join: Experience authentic Thai flavors as locals do, made easy for you / Rany's exclusive creations
• Protein: Salmon sashimi, chicken, prawns (optional)
• Can't Accomodate: Gluten free, vegetarian, pescatarian
• Ideal For: Home entertainment, Healthy & wholesome eating, Feeding a large group
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- Essential ingredients (required for all customers' consumption): Raw salmon, fish sauce, soy sauce, miso paste, coriander and chicken

- Customisable ingredients (skip): Prawns

1. Salmon Laab: succulent salmon sashimi* tossed in a mango coriander thai salsa

2. Tom Yum Soup: tangy and aromatic iconic Thai soup. We teach you to do this in 10 min!

3. Thai BBQ Dipping Sauces (Nam Jim Jaew): an irresistible blend of chilli, garlic, and Thai herbs adding an explosion of flavours to your braai & roasts

4. Stir-fried Morning Glory: Rany's favourite veggie dish, and soon to be yours too

5. Thai lemongrass BBQ Chicken

1. All sales are final. No refunds.

2. Date changes are free more than 28 days before class. 28–7 days before: R250 per person. Under 7 days, up to 72 hours before: R350 per person. 72–48 hours before: 50% of the fee is forfeited. Under 48 hours: 100% forfeited. Hours count back from the class start time. Choose your new date within 1 month, or the credit expires.

3. Can't make it? Send someone in your place, at no cost.

4. Check the class menu before booking, especially for groups. No cancellations or date changes due to dietary restrictions. Full details: Cooking Class T&Cs →

FAQs

About 4 hours, in three parts: a welcome drink and potstickers on arrival, 2 hours of prep and learning (no drinking yet), then 1.5 hours to cook and eat together. We cook as one team. Watch, take notes or get stuck in, it's up to you.

Waterfall Estate, Midrand. 5 minutes from Mall of Africa, 30 minutes from Johannesburg, Pretoria and the airport.

No, we cook together as a team: half demo, half hands-on. You learn from Rany, our founder and a seasoned food educator with 10+ years of experience, from questions and from each other, cover 3–4 recipes, and taste the dish done right, your reference for cooking at home.

Our halal classes use halal-certified meat, with no pork and no alcohol in the cooking. We're not halal-certified, and other guests may have wine with the meal. Non-Muslim guests are welcome too: same authentic recipes. Read the full answer →

Nothing but a healthy appetite and a good sense of humour. We prepare everything.

4 days before, we WhatsApp you directions and your gate access code.

We cook on solar.

Yes, bring your own. ½ bottle of wine (1 bottle per couple) or 2 beers per person. We keep the first 2 hours, prep and learning, alcohol-free. Sharp knives, clear heads.

10 years old. Our classes are for anyone who truly wants to learn how to cook, whatever their age. If a young guest can stay focused for around 4 hours and cook alongside adults, they're welcome. We use fire and knives, so guests aged 10–17 must attend with a paying adult. Same class, same menu, same price.

All sales are final. Change your date for free more than 28 days before; fees apply after that. Or send someone in your place at no cost, any time. Full details: Cooking Class T&Cs →

Classes run only at our studio, where the kitchen and team are set up for it. But we can bring private dining to your home: from R1,000 per person (incl. VAT), based on 10 guests. Talk to us → for details.

Yes, from 8 guests. Your own class, your own date, just your group.

Smaller group (min 6 people)?

  • Keep it private: pay the min session fee. See the 6-guest examples in our sample quotes.
  • Join a public class: book seats in any class on our calendar. Or request your chosen class on your chosen date, with at least 6 weeks' notice. We fill the remaining seats.

Book a private class →   Plan team building →

As a general rule, not our regular classes. This avoids conflicts of interest and protects our recipes, which have been copied and sold without our permission before. Now and then we run classes open to everyone, so talk to us first. Chefs and food businesses can also book our consulting or chef training.

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Customer Reviews

  • 5 stars: 11 (100%)
  • 4 stars: 0 (0%)
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Tanya Botha
Top notch culinary experience

Celebrated our anniversary and we were blown away. Rany's expertise and attention to detail made it more than just a cooking class - it was a complete culinary journey. Also best food we've had in years, and surprisingly easy to recreate at home!

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Philip Ayres
Definitely coming back

Superb, absolutely learned lots of easy tricks for lifting my cooking. Realised that quality products used in Thai food raises the bar considerably for our home cooking (especially the fish sauce). This class has raised my confidence without a doubt, Rany made it look so simple, we will definitely attend the winter Ramen class.

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Annemien van der Linde
Explore your talents

Always a great experience learning from Rany! Not only do I get to learn new recipes and flavors, but also additional cooking and kitchen tips - which makes home cooking a sheer pleasure. I've even started incorporating some of these new skills and flavors into my everyday cooking and notice huge difference. Thank you!

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Rosemary Goble-drysden
What a wonderful class

Easy to follow, hands-on teaching and delicious meals. Having attended many of the various cooking classes, highly recommend Rany. Love being able to buy ingredients used and try out the recipes given at home too.

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Vanessa Stevenson
Such a joy to participate: my 4th class

A must-attend class! A wealth of knowledge is shared, along with tips and hints to make the flavors really pop and pique your taste buds. I also learned how to present the food to showcase its vibrant colors and bold textures. Highly recommended ❤️

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Ralph Mills
Another winner!

Apart from learning new skills and delicious recipes, it just a really FUN outing! Rany's classes are extremely professional and well organised, right from the booking until the follow ups afterwards. Will do many more.

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Tracy Valadao
My 7th Class. Still loved every second

A visit to Rany's is like a foodie's dream come true. Her knowledge and skills are seriously impressive and will inspire you to get cooking. The food? Always super tasty and fresh. Her recipes are a breeze to follow, and the hands-on class teaches you some cool cooking tricks. Honestly, she's changed the way I cook, not just Asian food, but everything!

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Dominic Ribeiro
Dietary Restriction: Eat all
Thai Street Food

We loved this cooking class. It's not the first one we have done with Rany, but it is one of our favourites. We came straight home to make a big pot of the delicious tom yum soup. The classes are all informative and hands on which creates a fun vibe. You get to eat the food you have created. Don't look at the prices because the quality of ingredients definitely makes it worthwhile. What's even better is Rany has put together a pantry list that you can purchase directly from her in smaller quantities instead of having to run around and source the ingredients. We are looking forward to the next class.

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Louisa Du Toit
Delicious food (and I learned some cool things too)

I learned to make delicious food and experience flavours that I have not necessarily tasted before, so it was great overall. There isn't one stand out dish - everything was delicious. Rany is a great teacher, and her anecdotes from her trips are super inspiring.

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Vis Naidoo
Foodie's heaven

Rany is a seasoned professional teacher and her class is certainly entertaining, absolutely fun and very interactive. Her wealth of culinary knowledge and cooking techniques are shared throughout the class with her special chef flair. Highly educational and recommended. Great as gift, team building or just for you to up-skill your culinary abilities.

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Paul Parker
Every recipe is a winner. Stunning outcomes!

After a week of cooking classes in Thailand, I returned to SA feeling defeated. Recreating those dishes seemed impossible with the ingredients at hand. I almost gave up on Thai cooking. But in just one class with Rany, all my doubts vanished. I learned more with her in this class than that week in Bangkok. Now, I'm thrilled! Thanks a million.