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  • [Cooking Class] Gourmet Japanese Tapas & Salads (4 hrs: summer curriculum)

    23 Reviews
    "Learned so much to craft awesome salads and loved it! Even hardcore meat lovers will dig these." - Andrew F -
    • Why Join: Ladies and wine-lovers' favourite / Rany's exclusive creation / Low GI, low gluten
    • Protein: Salmon, beef, chicken (tofu for vegetarian)
    • Can't Accomodate: Halal, Vegan, Gluten free
    • Ideal For: Healthy & wholesome eating, Easy weekday meals, Load-shedding cooking
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    Izakaya-style tapas for effortless, flavorful feasting

    Craving gourmet delights with wine after a tiring day but lacking the energy to cook? Just like you, Rany faced this dilemma during her full-time corporate job. Her solution? Japanese Izakaya-style tapas!

    Izakayas are local Japanese pubs, perfect for unwinding after work with beer and flavorful bites. Every Sunday, she crafted five lip-smacking, low-fat dressings and paired them with various proteins and vegetables found in her fridge.

    A game-changer, rated 10/10, this class became a summer sensation. Discover the secret to effortlessly crafting healthy feasts for dates, parties, and lunchboxes. It's your turn to unveil this culinary gem!

    Dress code: Comfortable clothing and shoes. Tie back long hair, and keep jewellery minimal.

    Non-halal class: due to the extensive use of cooking alcohol

        - Essential ingredients (required for all customers' consumption): Cooking alcohol, soy sauce, miso paste, wheat, egg, oyster sauce, sesame, mushroom

        - Customisable ingredients (swap or skip): Beef, chicken, salmon or tofu

        - Remarks: Excellent vegetarian & pescatarian options offered in regular class.

        1. (Theory) 10 do's and don'ts for making great salads, allowing you to improvise based on fridge finds.
        2. Soba noodle salad with grilled chicken marinated in lemon salt pesto
        3. Yuzu broccoli salad with smoked salmon
        4. Beef pancake with shallot & garlic chive salad
        5. Salmon avocado sashimi with garlic chilli sake sauce

        Teaching format: 50% demo + 50% hands-on. We cook as an interactive team (no individual cooking stations). Please scroll down to FAQs to understand the benefits of this class format.

        1. All sales are final, no refunds are given.

        2. Date changes are allowed if made more than 28 days before the class date. 28-8 days before class, R250 fee per person for changes (or send someone else). 7-4 days before class, R350 fee per person for changes (or send someone else). Within 3 days of class. changes incur 50% of the class fee per person, including for attending immediate family funerals (or sending someone else). Clients have 3 months to book replacement class before the credit expires.

        3. Review dietary information for suitability, especially for groups. No cancellations due to dietary misalignment. Please read the full T&Cs here.

        FAQs

        We are situated in Waterfall Estate in Midrand, Johannesburg: just 5 minutes from The Mall of Africa, and 30 minutes from Johannesburg, Pretoria, and the Airport. Scroll down to view the Google Map in this page.

        Our goal is to boost your home cooking confidence with engaging culinary education, structured into three phases:

        • Reception (15 mins before class): Welcome with our signature drink and potstickers.
        • Preparation & Knowledge Transfer (2.5 hours): Learn ingredient sourcing, prep, and key techniques with lots of tasting and laughters. NO DRINKING during this time.
        • Cooking & Dining (1.5 hours): After the hard work, cook, enjoy the meal, and share laughter.

        We don't have individual cooking stations where all clients get to cook their own, but we cook communally as a team. Your involvement in the class is up to you, depending on whether you prefer to observe, take notes, or get in on the action. Certain classes are way more hands-on than others. Dumpling 101 classes, for example, requires all clients to fold their own dumplings. Each class typically has 12-14 clients, so we are big enough to have fun but small enough to stay intimate.

        For three reasons:

        • Better Learning Experience: We often handle unfamiliar dishes, new ingredients, and new cooking techniques. When clients are fully occupied with hands-on cooking, their ability to absorb new information may diminish, resulting in reduced knowledge retention. With our approach, which combines 50% demonstration and 50% hands-on cooking by volunteers, you benefit from multiple sources of knowledge. You receive instruction from the chef, engage in Q&A sessions with other participants, and learn from volunteers' mistakes. Additionally, experiencing the superbly cooked original recipe provides a reliable reference for your future home cooking endeavors.
        • Catering to Different Learning Styles: We recognize that people learn differently. Some prefer hands-on experience, others prefer observation, and some simply enjoy the meal. Our communal approach accommodates all learning styles and facilitates learning from each other's experiences.
        • Covering More Recipes: A 100% hands-on approach would require additional time for demonstration and replication, limiting class capacity to a maximum of two dishes. Our communal cooking style allows us to efficiently cover 3-4 recipes in a single class.

        Our halal classes are thoughtfully designed to meet Muslim dietary requirements:

        • Pork and Alcohol-Free: We ensure that all dishes are completely free of pork and alcohol, including the ingredients in sauces and condiments.
        • Certified Halal Meat: We exclusively source our meat from certified halal butchers, such as Faheem's Meat & Deli, Forsmay Butcher, and Chalmer Beef.
        • Authentic Flavors: Our classes primarily focus on Thai and Vietnamese cuisine, which traditionally do not use alcohol in their cooking. By substituting the protein source, we make these dishes halal without compromising their authentic flavors. We also modify classes like Korean Fried Chicken to be halal.

        Not Halal-Certified: While we take great care to provide halal options, we are not halal-certified vendor. Additionally, our regular halal classes, which are also open to the public, may include non-Muslim customers who choose to enjoy a glass of wine with their meal.

        For those seeking an entirely alcohol-free environment, we offer private classes for groups of 12-14 or semi-private events with a minimum of 6 people. To arrange a drinking-free halal class, please provide a 2-month notice to help us promote it to our halal clientele.

        Don't let the term "halal" deter you: these classes will offer the same authentic recipes, prepared without pork and alcohol. These classes primarily delve into Thai and Vietnamese cuisine, where alcohol is not typically used in cooking. By substituting the main protein source, we make these classes halal to accommodate Muslim clients without altering the integrity of the original flavors.

        Nothing but healthy appetite and humor; we handle the rest. Arrive on time in comfy clothes and shoes for 4 hours of cooking.

        Yes, but with restrictions: ½ bottle of wine or 2 cans (330ml) of beer per person and no hard liquor.

        Most red wines don't pair nicely with Asian food due to the frequent use of vinegar, acidity, and fermented ingredients. Our all-time favorite is G&T, and we run a G&T bar in the class.

        14 years old: anyone between the ages of 14 and 17 must be accompanied by an adult.

        All sales are final, and no refunds are given. Date changes are allowed if made more than 28 days from the class date. Between 28-14 days, changes will incur a R 200 fee/person. Within 14 days of the class, no date changes can be made under any circumstances. Please send someone else in your place.

        Please review the dietary information for each class to ensure its suitability, especially when booking for a group: we do not accept cancellations due to dietary misalignment. Please read the full Ts & Cs here.

        Due to potential conflicts of interest and the protection of our intellectual property (IP). In the past, our recipes were published in trade magazines, sold to restaurants and catering businesses, used to launch new cooking classes in Limpopo - all without our knowledge.

        Considering the 100 hours invested in developing each class, it is our responsibility to safeguard our IP. Clients will only receive hard copies of recipes and our classes are strictly limited to home cooks.

        Restaurant consulting and chef’s training on specific skills (e.g. stir-frying) are separate services offered, please contact us for more information.

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