Cooking Class: The Perfect Bento Box

Learn how to create all the components of a traditional bento box in this hands-on cooking class. Your experienced chef will help you along the way as you carefully craft each dish, developing new kitchen skills as you go. First, you will assemble a traditional crab salad with crabsticks, cucumber and Japanese mayonnaise. Next, you will learn how to carefully fry chicken from egg to oil to make karaage to serve with Japanese fried rice. And finally, you will make an iconic dessert featuring red bean paste.  

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Kani Salad (Crab Salad)

With crabsticks, English cucumber and Japanese mayonnaise


Karaage (Japanese Fried Chicken)

With chicken, cornstarch, egg and soy sauce


Japanese Fried Rice

With rice, eggs, soy sauce, scallions and mirin


Dorayaki (Japanese Sweet Red Bean Pancakes)

With red bean paste, eggs, vanilla, honey, baking powder and all-purpose flour

  • Minimum Guests 2
  • Maximum Guests 25
  • Event Duration 2.5 hours
  • Activity Level
    Activity Level
  • LabelsAdult, Beginner, Fun, Asian, Japanese

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Eysan Y.

16 Apr 2024

That was very fun! You can learn a lot!!

$ 149 Per person

all-inclusive: 2.5-hour class, meal and taxes.


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This world-class chef brings her childhood fare and a passion for cooking to the Western world. As the owner of a cooking school specializing in Filipino and Asian cuisine and over 30 years spent mastering the culinary arts, Chef Maria is just the person to elevate a student's culinary skills. Under her expert tutelage, students will discover and learn to discern among the diverse flavors and spices in these delectable recipes.

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