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Cooking class and Traditional dinning Tour
Learn about the Ugandan cuisine from the best female guide right from shopping in the market, the traditional dinning and serving the meal to eat. This involves going to the local market for shopping, take an Uber taxi to home for preparations
The most interesting part is when we start learning how to peel the matooke, learn how to prepare it in the saucepan, cook it, make the sauce too. Make the juice and the prepare the dinning area in a traditional way. Then serve the food and enjoy our meal
Meeting Point
Gaddafi National mosque
- Gaddafi National mosque is located in the center of Kampala and you will meet your guide outside the main gate of the mosque wearing the chef's attire that is the Apron and a cap on the head to easily identify her.
Owino market
Owino market is the biggest in Kampala known as a second hand market that also sells fresh food.
We shall move to the section of food to do shopping of the food that will be cooked home like Matooke, potatoes, banana leaves onions, tomatoes, groundnuts to mention a few.After shopping. The guide will request for an Uber that will drive you home where preparations will take place.
Welcome to Guide's Home
The location of the home where preparations will be carried from in 4km away from Owino market.
You will be welcome to the guide's home as she would have informed the rest of the people at her home about the cooking class tour.
Cooking Preparation (Home)
The guide will dress up for preparations. This will be a class tour learning how to peel matooke and potatoes. There, you will have a chance to engage in the activity of peeling as you also learn how it is done.
Next is demonstrating how matooke are tied in banana leaves, add potatoes on top them, cover them with other banana leaves, put greens top of them, then add more banana leaves and food is ready to put on the charcoal stove.
Next is observing how to make fire on a charcoal stove.We then put the saucepan on the charcoal stove for food to burn.
Cooking Demonstration (Home)
We get another charcoal stove where the groundnuts will be cooked from. Demonstrate how the groundnuts are dissolved then poured in boiled water on the charcoal stove. Will be left to boil until it is ready. It should be ready at the same time the food is.
Juice Making (Home)
The next activity is juice making. We shall wash the fruits say mangoes, passions or watermelon, cut them in pieces and put into a juicer.
We then squeeze the juice and put into a jug as we are waiting for the food to get ready.
Local Games (Home)
Playing local games at home like skipping and many others. There will also be entertainment from the people at home like dances, singing and many more as we are waiting for the food to get ready.
Dining Preparation (Home)
Preparation of the traditional dinning.This involves laying mats on ground where the guest or guests will sit for dinning and a small table mat where food will be served.
Enjoy Traditional Meal (Home)
Serving food to the guest or guests to enjoy our meal.
That will mark the end of our cooking class and traditional dinning tour.
Ending Point
Home where food is prepared and served from.
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Inclusions & Exclusions
* Guide fee.
* Private transportation (take Uber taxi) from the market to home where cooking classes take place.
* Shopping fee for food items.
* Soft drinks that is the juice.
* Drop off charges to your hotel.
* Extra shopping for the fruits.
* Public transportation fees that is, motorcycle or mini vans. The prices for motorcycles are negotiable according to the distance.
Tour Important Information
* The market opens at 6:00am. So you can not visit before that time.
* The tour involves a little bit of walking. Make sure you wear comfortable shoes.
* Advised to carry some cash in case you need to buy some fruits from the market that you would want to take home.
* Please let me know in advance if you have any food allergies or other dietary restrictions.
* Every day of the week, the tour starts at 9:00AM
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
