Busaba Eathai – Thai cooking masterclass
Traverse Events put on conferences aimed mainly at travel
bloggers. The recent Traverse15 was held
over the weekend of 27-29 March and the venue was Kingston-upon-Thames,
Surrey. The only impression I had of
Kingston was a huge one way system and a department called Bentalls.
conference hoping to get an insight into the travel blogger world and to find a
way to cross the bridge and take our food blogs further afield. I write a food blog and want to write it from
somewhere else!
cooking master class at Busaba Eathai restaurant on the riverside and on a cold,
wet and blustery morning myself and fellow food blogger Nayna were the first to
arrive. Slowly other participants arrived and we were off to a good start with
a briefing from Hesh, one of Busaba’s executive chefs and our personal tutor
for the morning.
Thai cuisine as he took us through the first recipe which we prepared
alongside. We put our creation into a
serving dish and realised that we had prepared a Som Tam in an easy and
straightforward way.
the kitchen and prepare the Thai fish cakes the restaurant is so well known
for, a literally all hands on deck moment!
( I wondered what people passing by
the restaurant would think if they were to peer inside and see a group of
individuals holding their cameras high and taking photos of someone with their
hands in a bowl of coral coloured mixture.)
the main part of the kitchen, got acquainted with gas cookers that were more
like jet engines, roaring with the flames and taking it in two groups of three
we prepared our Pad Thai dish that would be our main course.
and allowed us to get straight to the cooking.
more like something out of MasterChef than a group of food and travel bloggers!
(and Hesh decided we also had to try Busaba signature fried squid).
There was so much food that the
only solution was to take some home to eat for lunch the following day!
cooking, a cuisine I have already learned to love and with the recipes we were
sent home with I plan on making a Pad Thai very soon.
I was a guest of Busaba Eathai and this session was
arranged for us by Kingston First. Thank
you both for a fun and educational morning.
I was not required to write a positive review and as always all photos
and opinions are my own.
What a shame I missed that one, it looked like a great event. I love Busaba Eatthai food, they have a restaurant near Selfridges which is a favourite of mine. GG
We did have a great time and sitting down to eat what we made was a bonus!!
I so should have been quicker off the mark about booking the Traverse events. Good to have seen you. And great taste in handbags!
I was lucky to get a place on this one, really enjoyed it. The handbag comes out again for a trip to Grenada next month!
Ah, this sounds wonderful Heidi. Rather wish I'd gone along with you now 🙂
Four people didn't turn up so there would have been loads of places, too bad we didn't know.