Our Cooking Classes at a glimpse
Our Classes
Black topside beef menu
USD 70.-
Monday and Thursday 10.30am-1.30pm
Tuesday 5pm - 8pm
You will prepare:
Mote de queso (White soup made of yam and local cheese)
Posta negra cartagenera (Black Topside beef), accompanied with coconut rice, plantains in temptation sauce and avocado ají
Tree tomato in syrup.
Red snapper Encocado menú
USD 70.-
Tuesday and Saturday 10.30am-1.30pm
You will prepare:
Three types of Carimañola (crab, cheese and ground beef)
Red snapper in coconut sauce, accompanied with coconut rice and patacones
Enyucado (Cassava and coconut cake)
Seafood Stew menu
Wednesday 10.30am - 1.30pm
Friday 5pm - 8pm
USD 70.-
You will prepare:
Kibbeh & Baba ganoush (Lebanese heritage in Colombia)
Seafood stew garnish with coconut rice
Curuba mousse
Fish wrapped in bijao leaves & arepa e’ huevo
USD 70.-
Tuesday and Saturday 5pm- 8pm
You will prepare:
Arepa e’ huevo
Fish wrapped in bijao leaves garnish with yuca gnocchi
Corn leave wrapped candy
Ceviches, part of the culinary culture of Cartagena
USD 70.-
Monday and Wednesday 5pm- 8pm and Friday 10.30am - 1.30pm
During the workshop you will learn some cooking tips that will impress friends and family. At the end, we will sit down together, have a glass of wine/beer and enjoy our delicious food together!
You will prepare:
-Seabass ceviche with banana emulsion and lemongrass.
-Shrimps and snails cocktail.
-Ceviche of fresh coconut, mango and flowers.
-Crunchy calamari and green mango ceviche with corozo fruit and hibiscus.
Colombian bakery
Tuesday, Friday and Saturday 9am-11am
USD 45.-
Discover the secrets of Colombian bakery in our unique class! You will learn to prepare five delicious traditional pastries: almojábana, pan de bono, roscones de bocadillo, piñitas, and mogolla chicharrona. Enjoy a unique experience as you mix, knead, and bake each one of them. Additionally, you can enjoy a cup of coffee or hot chocolate while tasting your creations. Join our class and discover the magic of Colombian bakery!
Optional: visit the vibrant Mercado de Bazurto.
At the market, explore the maze strolling around the different stands trying different fruits and drinks.
You will learn about the variety of exotic fruits and spices, as well as the important role they play in Caribbean cooking. Also understand the importance of selecting first class ingredients and basically be transformed into a cartagenero, choosing and bargaining like one, asking for the ñapa (the extra bit).
Finally, when we finish the tour, we will take our mercado to the kitchen.
Then, back in the cooking studio, the Cartagena Cuisine Cooking Experience will start.
Cooking workshop with Chef Maria and her team
In the workshop we will spend an amazing time where you will roll up your sleeves, put on an apron and unleash the Chef inside you!
I am María, executive chef and founder of Caffé Lunático, a renowned restaurant in the coolest neighbourhood of Cartagena, Getsemaní!
I have studied and developed my career in Spain. I have worked in several Michelin Star Restaurants in the Basque Country and Catalonia. Since my Grandma was Spanish my experience in that country made me recognize aromas and flavours which reminded me of my Grandma’s kitchen 🙂 .
After 10 years I decided to come back to Colombia and opened Caffé Lunático with the intention to mix flavours from both cuisines, Colombian and Spanish.
Now, I have embarked in a new adventure where myself, along with other chefs, deliver a variety of cooking workshops.
The studio
Located at Caffé Lunático Cooking Studio with amazing view of the San Felipe’s Castle you’ll also have to possibility to enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner at the restaurant.
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