Private Cooking Experience with local in Salvador

4.2
(6 reviews)

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5 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: Portuguese and 2 more

Experience the special flavor of Salvador. Enjoy and participate in a special cooking experience with local Brazilian residents. The city of São Salvador da Bahia emanates the heritage left by African, Portuguese and indigenous legacies. You will visit a local seafood market to learn about fish used in traditional recipes.  You will also stop at local produce vendors choosing the best vegetables and fruit to use in the traditional dish.  You will proceed to a local family residence, an Afro-Brazilian family savors the flavors of the African Diaspora, or as our ancestors would say it, the ajeum - eating is sacred).

Learn and watch the local way of cooking and colorful traditional food while enjoying a great informal conversation about local city life and the history of the area.

Example Menu

Starter

Caipirinha

Delicious drink made whit tropical fruits, shugar and shugarcane cachaça.

Main

Fish Moqueca

Fish Moqueca cooked with vegetables, various seasonings and palm oil. A typical Bahia dish left as an African heritage.

Main

Pirão de Farinha

Delicious delicacy made with moqueca broth and manioc flour.

Main

Rice

White rice with spices.

Main

Farofa

Manioc Flour toasted with palm oil and onions

Dessert

coconut candy

coconuts candy made with sugar cane and cloves

What's Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Professional guide
Lunch
Air-conditioned vehicle
Drinks
Gratuities

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

We need the name of the hotel independently if it's not on the area selected, we pick up all clients in all hotel around Salvador City or in Airbnb address.

What to expect

Learn to cook traditional Brazilian dishes during this 5-hour experience in Salvador. With your local guide and a host family, visit the local seafood market learn about the best type of fish to use for traditional recipes such as 'moqueca', or fish stew. Stop by a local produce vendor to choose vegetables for the stew and fruit to use in 'capirinhas', a traditional Brazilian drink made with sugar cane liquor. Back at the host family's house, engage in friendly, informal conversation about the history and culture of Salvador. Learn the secrets behind making a perfect fish stew, then sit down to eat.

Additional info

  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Dress code is smart casual
  • Minimum of two adults per booking
Supplied by Your Tour Brazil

Tags

Cooking Classes
Food & Drink
Short term availability

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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