Amazing family and food. Also booked the tour via Smokin’ Pot’s website. Would definitely recommend this. His son of 7 y/o joined the whole day and was an amazing tour guide!

Smokin pot is a great Cambodian restaurant with a nice owner who also gives good cooking classes. A lot of the food at the restaurant is local food from the Cambodian cuisine, like Amok, Khmer curry, sour soup or Lok Lak. I tasted all of these dishes from my friends plates and all would have been a great choice for dinner or lunch. The fresh one dollar shakes are also a good choice. The cooking class is also great fun. You get to go to the market to get the ingredients which you will use for cooking. And then everyone gets to make their own Cambodian dish at the house of the owner. The owner knows a lot and has a lot of passion for cooking, so he gives good information about the dishes and tells you what the ingredients are useful for. You will make fresh curry and sauces to use for your meal. In total we had three dishes during the cooking class and we also got the recipes so that we could make the dishes at home. Overall a great place to do a cooking class and have dinner! Definitely recommend!

The cooking class of mr vannak was amazing! It was so nice to see his house and family where the cooking class took place. You can choose what you want to eat and cook. The food was delicious and it was fun to buy all ingredients together with him on the market! He can answer all your questions about the food but also give you information about Cambodia :) Kind regards, Romy and Marlies

My son and I did Vannak’s cooking class this morning. We were looking for something authentic and gosh, did we find it! A brilliant Khmer culinary experience. This is not Michelin-type dining; look somewhere else for that. Instead, this is sourcing, preparing, cooking and eating delicious food in a traditional way. I gave it 5 stars and would have given it 6 if I could. Vannak was a wonderful host, and to prepare a meal in his humble home in the countryside will long live in our memories. Highly recommended.

I highly recommend Vannak's cooking classes. His English is top notch, the market segment was excellent as he has a great relationship with the stall holders which allowed us to try anything we wanted. We cooked some delicious food and learnt some great techniques. I couldn't believe how good my dishes tasted! A key reason for choosing smokin' pot was we got to pick the dishes as opposed to the other classes on offer who all do the same thing. This allowed us to tailor it to things we could actually cook back home in Australia. He was quick with the comms and on time for the pickup so it was 10/10 experience all round.

Cooking Class The whole experience was excellent from start to finish. We were promptly picked up at our hotel at 3 pm and taken to an outlying food stall Market where we shopped for our ingredients needed to make 3 Khmer dishes. We had one other person in our group which made for getting to know each other easy. We prepared the dishes step by step with instructions from Vannak. My husband made Fish Amok, Beef Lok Lak and Mango Salad and I made Chicken Amok, Beef Stirfry and Mango Salad. We finished cooking by 6 pm and we had our wonderful creations for dinner. Our mouths had an explosion of flavor as we ate our meal. Thank you Vannak for teaching us the history of Khmer food. I hope more people come enjoy your cooking lessons. Greg & Cindy Johnston 3btraveler

Vanaks cooking class was one of the highlights of my trip to Battambang. He is a passionate, expressive man who cares deeply about retaining and promoting his culture and traditional Khmer food. He happily shared his story with us which provided more meaning for me while we were preparing and cooking the delicious fresh foods he had purchased at the market. The market experience was another element enjoyed immensely as part of what he offers with his class. Highly recommend

We just used the restaurant and so glad we did. Food was amazing and manager/owner and his family so lovely. If you are in Battambang I would definitely recommend you seek out this restaurant. We ate here on both our nights and will miss the food when we move onto our next destination. If you see the tables are empty when you walk pass grab one quick

This cooking class was very insightful and very fun! We went to a local market where we got our ingredients, we were told lots of facts about each ingredient, things that I didn’t know and I found very interesting. We also saw meats that you wouldn’t get in a regular shop, it was a real eye opener! We did the cooking class at Van’s lovely home, it was very well set up outside and it was well shaded, so you wasn’t burning up in the heat! Vannack was very easy to chat to as his English was very good and you can tell he loves his job as he had a lot of passion. He was clear at explaining each step in detail. The food we made was delicious! Best Cambodian food I’ve had so far - we made the lok lak, amok and mango salad! 10/10!! I would 100% recommend this cooking class, the whole experience felt very authentic too.

Most amazing, authentic, personalised cooking class I have ever done! Vannak took us to the local markets, where we got to pick out all the ingredients for our chosen meals we wanted to cook. He let us try numerous fruits, and explained in detail what each thing was and how to find the best produce. Then we went back to his lovely family home where we cooked our delicious Khmer food, whilst learning more about Khmer culture, Vannak and his journey in life. It was thoroughly incredible and I truly recommend to everyone. Thank you Vannak for sharing your knowledge, wisdom and experience. Hopefully will see you sometime again.