Top Busan Cooking Classes

Don’t just eat traditional food in Korea, learn to make it too during this private, customizable Bujeon market tour and home cooking class. Benefit from the personalized attention of your local host, as you pick up techniques and skills which will last longer than any souvenir, including recipes for several lesser-known Korean dishes. It’s a hands-on experience that few travelers get to enjoy.

This is a unique opportunity to learn about and make your own makgeolli! This is the only English-speaking makgeolli making class in Busan. The class is perfect for anyone interested in Korean food and alcohol, history and culture, and fermentation. No previous brewing experience is required – we provide you with everything you need to make your own makgeolli! The host is a professional brewer who worked in food and beverage in the US and studied traditional alcohol under Korean master brewers. At our makgeolli brewery close to Gwangalli Beach, we will introduce different types of Korean alcohol as well as what makes them different from other rice-based alcohols. We also provide a tasting of various types so you can try them for yourself! We will then make makgeolli, from the processing of rice to incorporating enzymes unique to Korean alcohol. After making your own batch, you will have the option to take home a container to keep brewing or a bottle of makgeolli made in our brewery!

Learn to make radish kimchi in a workshop that includes hands-on lessons, a meal, and homemade kimchi to take home with you. A simple recipe and step-by-step guidance from the instructor makes the class accessible to first-timers. Plus, unlike complicated cooking classes, this workshop keeps things simple so you can easily recreate the kimchi in your home kitchen.

With a native English speaking host, you will discover the wide variety of Korean traditional alcohols that go so far beyond what you can find in convenience stores! Learn about the history and culture of alcohol as well as the science of fermentation and what makes Korean sool different from sake. You will also have the opportunity to try a variety of Korean alcohol, from the cloudy makgeolli to clear yakju and traditionally distilled soju. You won't go back to the green bottles again!

This is a group class conducted in English and you are going to taste 4 different dishes. You will also enjoy the Korean tea ceremony and receive a recipe and certificate. After the cooking class, you are going to tour the 100-year-old Bupyeong Food Market with the chef to learn about Busan's ingredients and food culture. Also, you can get help with buying food products i.e Korean sauce if you want.

You will understand Korean Onggi culture while looking around Korean folk town and feel the atmosphere of the Korean countryside while walking along the countryside. See around regular countryside market and enjoy Korean local food (If the regular market in the countryside is not open, a market tour will be held at Bujeon Market in Busan).

The native host will lead a Tea Ceremony in an authentic Chado (The Way of Tea) tradition. You will experience a ceremonial grade thin matcha tea served in a Chawan (Tea Bowl) created in Korea's traditional wood burning kiln by some of the best pottery artisans

We only harvest and use vegetables from March to October at the rooftop garden. This is because the weather is cold from November to February. We have a class while watching the chef's demonstration. We learn 2 dishes. We make tofu stew with soft tofu and Korean pancakes with vegetables. We also make dipping sauce. We eat after we make it.

Guest will visit a farm in Korea and have a chance to make kimchi, a traditional Korean food, and taste homemade kimchi. There will be an opportunity to understand the kimchi-making culture that several people enjoy together , that are recorded as UNESCO's intangible heritage of humanity.