Dive Into Cartagena`S Flavors: Explore Bazurto Market & Join Our Cooking Class
Highlights
* Explore the bustling Bazurto Market and discover the secret ingredients of Cartagena's cuisine with a local guide.
* Taste exotic fruits, learn to bargain like a true Cartagena native and live an authentic experience from the heart of the Caribbean.
* Become a chef for a day with an expert-guided cooking class: from market to table, preparing traditional Colombian recipes.
* Afro-Caribbean flavors, ancestral techniques and the spice of Cartagena in a gastronomic tour that will connect you with the local culture.
* Choose your favorite menu and learn to cook delicacies such as seafood casserole, encocado snapper or tropical ceviches, all
included with
* Professional bilingual chef ESP/ENG
* Roundtrip transfer to Bazurto Market from the meeting point
* Guided tour of the market, with tasting of fruits, drinks and some typical preparations of the Colombian Caribbean.
* 3-hour cooking class
* Preparation of a 3-course menu glass of wine
excluded by
* Round trip transfer to hotels
* Additional drinks
* Extras not mentioned
* Tips
Essential
Information
* Avoid carrying valuables and large backpacks during the tour of the Bazurto Market
Detailed Description
The tour will begin with a warm welcome at our meeting point in Getsemaní, where you will meet your guide and local chef. From there, you will head to the vibrant Bazurto Market, the soul of Cartagena`s gastronomy. As you stroll through its colorful, bustling aisles, you will discover an amazing variety of local and exotic ingredients.
The guide will introduce you to the vendors, who will share with you the stories behind their products. You`ll be able to taste fresh fruits such as soursop, lulo, and mamey, as well as try typical snacks, from stuffed arepas to fried empanadas. In addition, you`ll learn to select the best ingredients and perfect the art of haggling like a true Cartagena native, enjoying the famous “ñapa,” that little extra sample that vendors always offer.
After the tour, you`ll return to the cooking studio, where the cooking demonstration will begin. Under the expert guidance of the chef, you will learn key techniques of Colombian cuisine and be guided step by step in the preparation of traditional dishes.
Together with the other participants, you will cook as a team, following the chef`s instructions and receiving personalized advice. The experience will be relaxed and collaborative, allowing you to learn and experiment as you create your own versions of the dishes.
Finally, everyone will sit down together to enjoy the food they have prepared. It will be a time of sharing and discovery, where conversations about flavors, textures, and culinary secrets will be intertwined with anecdotes and learnings about Cartagena`s rich gastronomic history.
You can choose from the following menus and preparation days:
1) Posta Menu Cartagenera >> Available: Monday from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm.
* Mote de queso
* Posta cartagenera, rice with coconut, plantains in temptation accompanied by avocado chili
* Sweet tree tomato
2) Seafood Casserole Menu >> Available: Wednesday from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm
* Kibbeh and Baba Ganoush (Lebanese heritage in Colombia).
* Seafood casserole with coconut rice
* Curuba mousse
3) Ceviche Menu >> Available: Fridays from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm
* Sea bass ceviche with plantain and lemongrass emulsion
* Shrimp and snail cocktail
* Vegetarian coconut, mango and flower ceviche
* Crispy squid and green mango ceviche with corozo fruit and hibiscus.
4) Red Snapper in Coconut Sauce >> Available: Saturday 10:30 am to 1:30 pm
* Three types of Carimañolas (crab, cheese and ground beef).
* Red snapper with coconut sauce, accompanied by coconut rice and patacones.
* Yucado
