アーチャーナで高知の家庭料理教室

We as family of spouse and I were joined by our children and grandchildren were welcomed like a family on arrival. We felt comfortable at home even meeting for the first time. Beautiful and neat middle class family home with lots of family values. Her son had just come home from college yet stayed with us to talk and make us at home. Archana, our host spoke fluent English and answered everyone’s questions including our little grandchildren. We learnt new cooking and gathered lots of new Konkani cooking ideas. Even our grand son got chance to spread Rava dosa on iron skillet. Food was very tasty and home cooked with love and passion. It was a great experience for all ages and all levels of expertise since we do cook Indian food even living in USA. Greatly recommended for a family cooking and getting to know host well. Thanks for the hospitality.

Was excellent!! So interesting seeing how authentic Indian vegetarian food without onion or garlic and can be so flavourful when cooked with so much love. Was delicious and learned a lot. Definitely one of the best things we have done while travelling. We spent a long time there and really felt welcomed into their home. Would highly recommend to anyone. A great evening.

The first thing you need to know about Archana is that she's doing this because she's passionate about it. This is no side hustle, as will become immediately clear when you talk to her. She lectures at colleges and hotels. She started taking her cooking "on the road" after her friend (neighbor? I forgot the story exactly) staged an intervention saying that her family should not be the only people to benefit from it. The second thing to know is that, while this is definitely a cooking class, it has more a feeling of a home stay than anything else. We were comfortable the whole time. Her home is lovely (there's a mural in her dining room? but it's definitely just the family's private dining room), you're eating at her dining room table and cooking in her personal kitchen, she's very friendly. We chatted with her sons, who were around for vacation (it was late December). They were very helpful (one of them picked us up) and looked mildly amused at the whole thing. We met the pets. She's a veteran of the financial and film industries (not as a cook) and it shows: there was zero chaos in the kitchen. The whole thing was very efficiently run. The food was delicious and fun. Multiple types of dosas (note: not fast food dosas) were fun to put on the skillet, the how-to about the chutneys was useful. It wasn't a showcase, but I think it was the best sambar I had in Kerala. Some of it I'm going to immediately use at home - fried fresh figs are going to be a showstopper the next time I have guests. Notes on prepping mustard seed and curry leaves are also things I'll take away. Freshness is no joke: "oh I picked these in the backyard this morning" style. Apparently Konkani cuisine just cannot be stored overnight. Highly recommended.

Archana is a warm and welcoming host. The food was delicious and we make dosas and coconut chutney, plus we learned about the many other dishes she had prepared for us. She made us feel like we were part of her family for an evening. We had a wonderful time. If you book this, I recommend you discuss which dishes you would like to cook and ask her lots of questions - Archana is so sweet and will tell you everything.

I had a really nice evening with Archana, sampling several dishes served on a banana leaf and eaten in traditional style with right hand. Had fun making the dosa. Everything was delicious, but particularly the prawn curry. I would definitely recommend this cooking class.

Spent a fantastic afternoon with Arcana Pai learning Konkani cooking. It was a great experience and Archana went out of her way to tell us all about the ingredients she used in her recipes. She also gave us valuable tips on how to bring out the flavors and taste of the dishes she treated us to, Overall a worthwhile chance to learn traditional Konkani cooking