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Mina's Cooking Classes

Mina's Cooking Classes

Mina's Cooking Classes
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  • Maarten Terpstra
    22 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Top experience on Koh Yao Noi
    Great experience this afternoon at Mina. What a sweetheart of a woman who can express herself well in English. Delicious dishes are prepared, she explains step by step which herbs and ingredients belong to which. Mina really makes the course a party and tells a lot about her life, which only gives more respect for this powerful woman. Don't miss this if you are on this island!
    Visited February 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written February 19, 2024
  • Travelling Trio
    York, United Kingdom18 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Fantastic Authentic Thai Cooking Class
    This was the best cooking class we have done, Mina and her team were fantastic from start to finish, the food we all cooked was amazing, highly recommend this authentic cooking class which was fun and very tasty. Mina made us feel so at ease and was great with our 17 year son, her hints and tips for cooking Thai food will make cooking when we get home so much tastier. Thank you for a fun afternoon
    Visited April 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written April 3, 2024
  • Rob C
    11 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Brilliant experience
    What a fantastic time we had . Mina is so patient and makes sure you understand everything. The kitchen is spacious and everyone were friends by the end when we sat down to enjoy our cooking. Highly recommend, we learnt a lot about traditional Thai food as there are a lot of other culture influences but this was totally Thai.
    Visited April 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written April 3, 2024
  • Chantal F
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    10/10 would recommend
    We had such a good time with Mina, she is lot‘s of fun and very patient. We learned how to cook 4 dishes from scratch, going through all ingredients and explaining the background of all dishes. The food turned out to be delicious and we took a recipe book home. Minas kitchen is spacious, clean and overlooks a lovely garden.
    Visited May 2024
    Traveled with friends
    Written May 31, 2024
  • Samantha A
    Hong Kong, China13 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    An inspiring and memorable experience!
    I’m not a natural in the kitchen and hesitated joining the class, but my friends were keen so I tagged along …. and LOVED it! Who knew cooking could be such fun! Mina’s passion for fresh ingredients, flavours and cooking is contagious! Her teaching style is super and she has a lovely sense of humour. Mina’s journey is touching and inspiring, I feel blessed to have met her. She has motivated me in more ways than she realises. Khap Khun Kha 🙏💚
    Visited September 2024
    Traveled with friends
    Written September 12, 2024
  • Julie E
    15 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    The Best Cookery Lesson in Thailand 🇹🇭
    I was transported to authentic Thailand food freshly pulled from her garden and taught about the balance of cooking and Mina had our full attention throughout. She is captivating, warm, encouraging and funny. I loved learning about all the different ingredients and how to create our own Thai menu. Most of all I thank Mina for sharing her talents with us. She is a talented teacher and a source of immense knowledge of how all the ingredients interact and balance with each other. Was a small group of 4 (2 couples ) and our afternoon was full of laughter and delight with the end result a feast fit for kings and queens . Mina you are an inspiration and I will never forget you ❤️
    Visited November 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written November 12, 2024
  • Marie E
    3 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great cooking class
    We were a group of 4 and cooked alone. In the beginning Mina and asked what our favorite foods in Thailand would be. Since one of the foods mentioned (chicken sweet sour) was not on the list of meals to be cooked, she simply added it. Just super cool! Mina first explained all the ingredients to us, which was also good, because the least you knew :) we then snipped everything small. Then we all cooked together, again with a lot of explanation. In the background were 3 assistants who did the dishes and cleaned up table etc. It was a great experience and I can only recommend the cooking class to anyone! Mina is a super dear woman who speaks really good English. Gladly again:) By the way, there was also a pick-up service from our hotel.
    Visited November 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written November 22, 2024
  • Kristine C
    2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Amazing Experience with Mina!
    We had an amazing cooking class with Mina on our honeymoon. It was so personal and we were grateful she welcomed us into her beautiful home! She allowed us to choose which meals we wanted to cook, taught us so much, and we got to enjoy a beautiful meal with another couple. Recommend to anyone traveling to Koh Yao Noi!
    Visited November 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written December 1, 2024
  • RLinkycat
    Haarlem, The Netherlands74 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    A cooking class not to be missed!
    I've had a fair few Thai cooking classes over the years but I have to say I had the best Thai cooking experience ever with Mina. You can do it in small groups or couples or families. The location is amazing, I was very jealous of the size of her kitchen with the beautiful long wooden table and the view is stunning. When booking on her website , she gives you a chioce of dishes to make. We made Spicy fish cakes, Beef with basil, Massaman curry, Sticky (blue) rice with pandan custard and a ginger drink, as a bouns wealso made a fish curry too. We had booked as part of a group but when we arrived it was just my partner and myself. Mina had all the ingredients laid out that we were going to use. She also incuded other ingredients used in Thai cooking that we didn't use that day. I was delighted as there were some I'd never heard of . She explained the ingredients and showed us the difference between making, a yellow, red green and massaman curry. She showed us how to grated a whole coconut and we made our own coconut cream, milk and the pulp was used to make the fish cakes. She explained the difference in the fish cakes from the north and south of Thailand. If you are really interested in cooking as I am, Mina's class is not to be missed. I will travel back to take another class with her. It was one of the highlights of this trip.
    Visited December 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written January 17, 2025
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mynameissophie6
Chevy Chase, MD5 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2021
My family of 4 went took a class with Mina and her sister back in January 2021. We stayed at the Paradise resort which is further away so we rented some scooters to be able to get ourselves around. It was really easy to make a booking and we were able to specify all of the things that we wanted to cook (private class). Mina speaks English very well, we learned so much from her lessons and stories! We learned about the ingredients, how to make coconut milk and cream straight from the coconut, and how to makes the pastes for yellow, green, and massaman curries from scratch. The whole experience was educational and more importantly really fun, Mina and her sister were both wonderful! This course might be a little more expensive than other cooking classes in the area, but (at the very least compared to any of the resort options) I'd have to say this is a much more authentic and fulfilling experience and 100% worth the cost (and more). As others have said, it was the best food we ate on the island.
Written April 26, 2021
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1gw
40 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020
This is as authentic and local as you can get in Minas fantastic home.
A great welcome and introduction ( with a coconut lassi) to the food you will be cooking. We had pre booked what dishes we wanted to cook and were amazed at the spread of local herbs, vegetables and produce set out on the table.
We got stuck in with prepping the dishes from shredding coconut to chopping lemons grass, galangal and making the coconut cream and milk.
We then cooked each dish under the watchful eye of Mina and the results were outstanding.
The session ends with your dishes laid out on the table for you to enjoy.
We then had a quick tour around the garden with mango trees, Kaffir Lime trees, peppercorns amongst others that looks out at a rice paddy with ( I think) water buffalo
Mina and her staff are totally professional and helpful and as nice a person as you could wish to meet.
Highly recommended 👍❤️
Written January 18, 2020
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Galina S
Mai Khao, Thailand42 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2021 • Couples
We booked Thai cooking class with Mina for the 21 of November 2021 as a private class. The communication was excellent. Mina replied to our email promptly and we planned our class via email.
We have been picked up from the hotel and brought to Mina’s place. It’s a very cozy, relaxed place. We have been greeted by Mina with warm welcome. Mina speaks very good English as her husband was from Wales. Mina introduced to us lots of the ingredients used in Thai cooking. It was very informative and easy to digest. Then we cook 4 dishes: 1 starter, 2 mains, 1 dessert. Mina answered all the questions even if questions were about completely different dish. She is super friendly, knowledgeable and professional. We left with full bellies of delicious food and now I know how I can recreate Thai curry and make all other sauces from scratch, how coconut milk is done, how to cook perfect rice. Loved it every second of class. I would highly recommend it. You won’t be disappointed. Here are some dishes we prepare together.
Written November 22, 2021
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TreeRiver
Los Angeles, CA3 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2022
My husband and I recently took a trip to Thailand and we had the good fortune to book a cooking class with Mina. We absolutely LOVED it. Not only was the class fun but we learned a lot about Thai cooking. As expected we learned to execute the recipes we pre-selected but even more she taught us about the Thai aesthetic and style of cooking. Mina cooks with care and with lots of love.

She sent a taxi to pick us up at our hotel to bring us to her classroom that was comfortably nestled in a local neighborhood. We really enjoyed the intimate and comfortable surroundings of her kitchen while it was poured rain outside. Mina runs a very professional operation. An apron is provided for you during the cooking class. The kitchen was well appointed with everything that we needed to create our own authentic Thai meal under her tutelage. It was by far one of our most favorite, and one of the most DELICIOUS, meals that we had in Thailand. At the end of class, she gave us a free cookbook. We look forward to trying to repeat our successes at home. It was, without a doubt, one of the highlights of our trip. Do yourself a favor and go cook with Mina.
Written January 8, 2023
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moromo
49 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2023 • Family
Wow, wow, wow. This was possibly the biggest highlight of a trip full of highlights. Mina is an absolute gem of a woman and an incredible cook and teacher. My husband and I have been spending a week at the KoYao Island Resort (also highly recommended!) with our two teenage boys and decided to break things up with a cooking class one afternoon. If only we had more time to do it again! We made the best Thai food we’ve eaten in Thailand so far (fresh and homemade - what could be better?), and the best part is we got a cookbook to bring home as part of it, so we can do it again and again. We made pad Thai, chicken massaman curry, chicken larb salad, beef with chili and basil, and mango with sticky rice for dessert. Mina also taught us how to make our own coconut cream and milk (first press and second press - never knew…), and we could choose a special drink, so we had Thai iced coffee. The boys (and we) not only loved the food, they loved the process and gained new confidence in the kitchen. Speaking of the kitchen, it’s in Mina’s home close to the village, and through the big windows on both sides, you can gaze out at a rubber tree field on one side and rice paddies on the other. So so beautiful. And the kitchen is immaculate. She expertly walked us through all the ingredients, how to manipulate the combos to make different types of curries (red, green, yellow, Penang and Massaman), gave us jobs to do with each dish, and allowed the boys to really take part in the cooking process. Mina sat and chatted with us while we ate, and was just a total delight. She was so warm, friendly and open about her life and upbringing on KoYao Island. She felt like an old friend. Anyone who goes to KoYao should DEFINITELY take a class with Mina. You will not regret it - and you’ll eat better forever. Teach a man to fish….THANK YOU for a wonderful afternoon we will never forget Mina!!
Written January 3, 2023
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Aanksu
17 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 • Friends
Everyone should go to this cooking class! If you are planning to go cooking class, go to Koh yao noi and Mina's cooking class 🧡
Mina is a lovely person and she speaks good english. She teatches us how to cook thailand food and tell us about the dishes. Everything went so well and the food was amazing.
We got cookerybook and slice knife with us 🧡 we loved it and you will not be dissapointed if you go there! 😍 Thank you Mina 🧡
Greetings for carrot girls from finland🥰
Written December 29, 2023
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Alexandra
Rosmalen, The Netherlands13 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2023 • Family
A warm gentle inspiring beautiful woman in her large, cosy clean authentic kitchen with views of the rice fields! Mina has a infinite knowlodge of Thai food and its preparations of which she tells about in perfect English. For adults, teenagers, younger children; i believe she is just a perfect host to everyone one. And the fooooood.. olala…
Written July 29, 2023
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Grace B
7 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2023 • Couples
Mina was so knowledgeable, welcoming and friendly!
She was patient with us and answered all of our questions about Thai cooking.
Her home is in a great location and easy to get to.

We made a green curry, fish cakes, pad Thai and a banana coconut milk dessert, all of which was delicious, and easily the best Thai food we had had!
Mina also showed us how to make red, yellow and panang curry, and presented us with recipes at the end.

Mina showed us how to cook Thai food with heart, and I would recommend this course to anyone visiting Koh Yao Noi!
Written November 2, 2023
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DJane Denise L
Hamburg, Germany28 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2023 • Couples
What a great experience to cook Thai food by Mina's Cooking Classes on Koh Yao Noi … it was very Yammy, good to understand and now i know, I have to wait - when I cooking!!! Because good meal takes time and I give the ingredients time to unfold … it was soooooo good! Thank you
Written February 2, 2023
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Barbora K
4 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2023 • Couples
Minas Cooking class is a must on the island! We spend our vacation on Koh Yao Yai, but I am very glad we visited this classon the neighbour island! Mina is very sympatic, kind and funny person, who passionate explain the chemistry of thai cuisine! Thanks for that experience❤️
Written November 26, 2023
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