Cooking Class: A Taste of Korean Banchan
Get a taste of a variety of Korean side dishes in this engaging cooking class. Chef Shinya will guide you through a Korean banchan menu and teach you traditional techniques to create it.
To start the class, you'll make savory pancakes filled with green onions and carrots. Next, make Galbi-Tang, a flavorful soup with tender short ribs. You'll make fluffy mixed grain rice to eat and fresh spinach namul. Cook crispy stir-fried fish cakes and a variety of dipping sauces to enjoy with them. Finish with a parfait made from fresh fruit for dessert.
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Savory Vegetable Pancakes
With green onions, carrots, yellow onions, flour and sea salt
Galbi-Tang
With grass-fed short ribs, yellow onions and carrots
Mixed Grain Rice
With sea salt and 40% milled rice
Eomuk Bokkeum
Stir-fried fish cakes with vegetables
Spinach Namul
With sesame oil, sea salt and garlic
Dipping Sauce
With green onions, sesame seeds, soy sauce and rice vinegar
Seasonal Fruit Parfait
Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated if noted prior to the event. Please mention this in the message field when you submit your booking request as adjustments to recipes cannot be made during class.
- Minimum Guests 2
- Maximum Guests 6
- Event Duration 3 hours
- Activity Level
Activity Level
- LabelsGroup, Date Night, Fun, Korean, Asian
- This is a BYOB venue and alcoholic beverages are not available for sale. You are welcome to bring beer and wine to enjoy during class.
Reviews Guests Left For Other Experiences

Matt
02 Feb 2025
Fun class. Chef Shinya is great at explaining what to do, technique and walking you through before and after tastings with different ingredients. Super fun!

Logan
13 Jul 2024
Chef Shinya was fantastic! We learned a lot and had a wonderful time.

Mary
25 Feb 2024
The class and the Chef Shinya were wonderful. It was all it was advertised as and more. The history and traditions along with the sushi instructions was excellent. And I really liked the small class size. The food was wonderful. I only wish I had had room to eat more
Event location: Seattle
Chef’s Place
Exact location is provided after booking.
Meet your chef
Chef Shinya is a Japanese chef who specializes in traditional dishes from his home country enhanced with local flavors and ingredients of the West Coast. His combination of both classic Japanese techniques and native ingredients makes for dishes that are truly unique. Chef Shinya has lots of industry experience, having worked as both a culinary instructor and chef trainer. He also formerly owned a restaurant that earned three stars from Seattle Times.Â
