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Cook Fast, Eat Well and Master Asian Flavours
Looking for simple, flavour-packed meals you can recreate at home without spending hours in the kitchen? 🍳
Our Discover Asia Through Cooking class is designed for busy food lovers who want practical, everyday kitchen skills. In just two hours, you will learn how to prepare a selection of fresh, healthy and delicious Asian dishes using time-saving techniques that never compromise on flavour.
Whether you are cooking for yourself, your family or hosting friends, this hands-on experience will build your kitchen confidence while revealing the secrets behind Asia’s most popular dishes.
Enjoy a relaxed, social atmosphere guided by our professional chefs before sitting down to feast on your amazing creations. 🍜
Experience Highlights
- Learn quick, healthy and flavourful Asian recipes
- Discover practical cooking techniques you can easily use at home
- Cook with fresh ingredients, vibrant herbs and authentic seasonings
- Enjoy a hands-on experience in a fun, social environment
- Benefit from small group sizes with personalised guidance from our chefs
- Sit down and enjoy the delicious dishes you have prepared
- Includes a complimentary glass of wine, beer or soft drink 🥂
What to Expect on the Day
Your culinary journey begins with a welcome drink and an introduction to the menu. Our expert chefs will guide you through essential Asian cooking techniques, showing you how to create impressive dishes quickly and confidently.
Working in pairs, you will prepare a range of dishes while learning valuable tips, shortcuts and flavour-building secrets. Afterwards, gather around the table to enjoy the meal together, sharing stories, laughs and great food.
Explore Our Rotating Menus
Our menus rotate throughout the year, offering a fresh taste of Asia’s finest cuisines:
A Taste of China (March, July & November)
Discover the bold flavours and rich traditions of Chinese cuisine. Explore the techniques behind a traditional Chinese hot pot feast, learning how to prepare, balance and cook fresh ingredients in flavourful broths.
A Taste of Thailand (April, August & December)
Master the perfect harmony of sweet, sour, salty and spicy. Learn how to whip up classic Thai stir-fries using fresh herbs and high-heat cooking techniques that pack a punch in minutes.
A Taste of Vietnam (January, May & September)
Celebrate freshness with light, balanced and fragrant Vietnamese dishes. Learn how to combine fresh herbs and carefully crafted sauces to recreate Southeast Asian favourites at home.
A Taste of Korea (February, June & October)
Dive into the bold, savoury and fermented flavours of Korean cuisine. Learn the foundations of Korean cooking, from building deep flavours to preparing classic accompaniments.
Who Is This Class For?
This experience is perfect for beginner cooks, busy professionals, couples, friends, and anyone wanting to bring healthier, more vibrant meals to their weekly routine. No prior cooking experience is required!
Why Guests Love This Experience
It is practical, achievable and highly interactive. You will leave not just with full stomachs, but with the recipes, skills and confidence to recreate these delicious meals at home again and again. 🌟
Important Information
- There are four menus to choose from. You can book a single class or experience them all monthly. Price shown is per class, per person.
- This weekday class is perfect for corporate team building, birthdays, hens or bucks parties, and private celebrations for 10 to 80 people. Dietary restrictions can be catered for with advanced notice.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Booking Terms – Public Classes
This is a summary of our Terms & Conditions. By booking, you accept them for everyone in your booking.
- Payment: Your place is confirmed on full payment at the time of booking.
- More than 14 days before your class: One free transfer to another date, or a credit valid for 12 months.
- 7 to 14 days before: Transfer to another date on payment of the $49 per person change fee, subject to availability.
- Less than 7 days, or non-attendance: No refund, credit or transfer of date. You may send someone in your place at no charge – just provide their name and any dietary requirements before the class starts.
- Changes and Cancellations: All changes and cancellations must be requested in writing and are effective only once confirmed.
- Illness, bereavement or other exceptional circumstances: We may waive these conditions at our discretion and may ask for supporting evidence. Please do not attend if you have symptoms of an infectious illness – we will do what we reasonably can to move your booking.
- If we cancel or reschedule (e.g. minimum numbers not met): You may choose a full refund, a credit or a transfer to another date.
- Arrival: Please arrive 10 minutes before the start time. Classes start on time; late arrivals may join, but we cannot repeat content already covered and no refund or credit applies.
- Dietary Requirements: Must be advised at least 10 days before the class. Our kitchen is not allergen-free.
- Footwear & Age Limits: Closed-toe, flat, non-slip shoes are required. Participants under 16 must be accompanied by a supervising adult, unless the class is advertised as a children’s or family programme.
- Third-Party Bookings: Bookings made through a third-party platform are also subject to that platform’s terms; refunds and changes must be arranged with them.
Nothing in these terms affects your rights under the Australian Consumer Law. Full Terms & Conditions apply.
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They also provide takeaway containers, which was a nice touch. It’s a fantastic activity for couples, friends, or even doing solo. There’s a great variety of other classes too, although starting with the dumplings was definitely the right choice for us. Drinks were included per person, and the staff were incredibly friendly throughout the whole experience. Highly recommended!
We made sushi, miso soup, okonomiyaki, and soba with tempura. Each dish was hands-on, and I loved that Dylan taught tips and techniques you wouldn’t normally get from a recipe. My favourite part was learning how to roll sushi properly — it was surprisingly beginner-friendly with his guidance.
The class also included free drinks, and I really enjoyed the wine.
Overall, it was a great experience and I’d definitely recommend Chef Dylan’s class to anyone wanting to learn Japanese cooking in a fun, relaxed, and welcoming environment.
Dillian was a great teacher who was engaging and didnt overwhelmed the class with too many directions at one time.
Even when our ramen noodle dough went a bit south he swooped in to help us out and encouraged us until we saved it.
Thanks again. Will be back!
The only constructive feedback / improvements worth to look at is that every student should have their own dedicated board when hand made their own pasta or pasties. At the moment all these are done on the cooking/dining table and we see it with possible hygiene issues. Hope to see this new change in our next classes, thanks
The only constructive feedback for improvement - All students should have dedicated board to hand make their own pasta and pastries instead of on the cooking table as it will be more hygiene
Large, well stocked kitchen, plenty of time to cook 4 different dishes.
Fun, interactive, well paced, Cooking demonstrator and assistant friendly and suportive.
very enjoyable evening
Highly recommend this cooking experience.
Had a great night learning to cook Japanese meals, the set up was fantastic and the class ran amazingly well, a lovely way to spend a friday night.
Anan was a great teacher and fun person to learn to cook from!
We'll be back for another type of cuisine soon I'm sure.
I could not fault it.
No one in our group had ever prepared dumplings the only experience we had was eating them in restaurants.
The chef was so thorough in his explanations, patient answering questions and helping novices correct technique.
We enjoyed the process and we were rewarded with a delicious lunch, washed down with our choice of wine or soft drink. Plus we were provide with containers to take home the remainder of the dumplings.
Excellent morning - thanks chef.
Anan was super generous with his time, you end up with a great amount of food to eat and take home as well
The facilities were clean and well set out. We had all the equipment needed to carry out the preparation and cooking of the meals. The drinks provided certainly helped to create a very relaxed and inclusive atmosphere. And, to finish things off, we were able to enjoy a very tasty dinner.
I can not recommend this experience highly enough. We would be more than happy to partake in another one of these courses.
Thanks again to Anan and the team at Otao.
Cheers,
Michael and Tatiana
I felt it was rushed and because I was paired up with someone that they did the majority of the cooking.
For what I was looking for, I felt like the $200 price was not worth it.
This review is in no way a reflection of the chef that demonstrated the class, but only my experience.
Throughout it all Dylan attentively makes sure we are all across the assembly and cooking steps. I thoroughly recommend this for all, from new to seasoned cooking enthusiasts!!
We would use this company again
The OTAO chopping knife is a handy souvenir I recommend you take home :-p
The preparation beforehand was excellent and we’ll be back again for sure
We wish it had been longer and our daughter's aged 14&12 loved the experience as well
Attention to detail and the help working through the courses was great.
We are confident that we can now make dumplings at home from scratch.
We bought the experience for our daughter as a birthday present we had a fantastic time and can't wait to return to Otao Kitchen with the whole family for another class.
Great fun, high energy, inclusive, an the food that resulted was delicious.
The kitchen class room was well laid out, the large screen for additional viewing was a good assist instead of having a recipe on the bench or looking at a mobile screen.
The instruction came at a good pace so there was no boredom time and yet there was no rush either. It didn't make a difference whether one was proficient in the kitchen or not it just seem to be at your pace. Thank you to Ang for his guidance and instructions.
Definitely looking to come back and try something else.
The kitchen class room was well laid out, the large screen for additional viewing was a good assist instead of having a recipe on the bench or looking at a mobile screen.
The instruction came at a good pace so there was no boredom time and yet there was no rush either. It didn't make a difference whether one was proficient in the kitchen or not it just seem to be at your pace. Thank you to Ang for his guidance and instructions.
Definitely looking to come back and try something else.


















