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Host: Diego and Yarol

Bucaramanga, Colombia

USD
$34 per person

Market tour, cooking class and creative lunch with food-loving friends

Host offerings
  • Apartment
  • Home cook
  • Pets
  • Vegetarian
  • Alcohol
  • Transportation
  • Cooking class
  • Market visit
  • Food tour

Meet Diego and Yarol

Diego and Yarol are from Bucaramanga and have been friends for over eight years. By profession, Diego is an industrial designer and Yarol is a journalist but they share a taste for gastronomy.

When Diego cooks, he is influenced by his passion for design, cooking up creative dishes that are based on traditional recipes. He always includes an original touch in his creations. Yarol is best with desserts and cakes, and he alternates his work as a journalist with his taste for baking.

Join Diego and Yarol for a culinary experience focused on the traditional food of Santander, the department where Bucaramanga is located. They will teach you about the traditional ingredients from this corner of Colombia and its gastronomic history.

What to expect

Please note menu might vary. If there are particular dishes you are interested in trying, please include your request in the booking form.

In-home meal: (2-4 guests) Diego and Yarol look forward to introducing you to traditional foods from Santander. This region of Colombia has its own special gastronomy, including dishes like pepitoria with cabro, traditional drinks like refajo, a dessert called bocadillo veleño, and, for the adventurous, hormigas culonas (large ants which are toasted and eaten as a snack food).

Your meal will start with an appetizer, followed by a main dish, such as garlic trout, chicken with rice, or a Colombian stew. You’ll also taste side dishes like potatoes with hogao (Colombian sofrito sauce made of slow cooked tomatoes, onions, garlic, cilantro, and spices), plantain chips, or avocado salad. To wash it down you will taste one of Diego’s creative drinks, made with fruit juice and unusual Colombian ingredients. The meal will end with dessert and a hot cup of aromática (hot herbal tea made of herbs) or Colombian coffee.

Cooking experience: (2-4 guests) Once back at Yarol’s apartment, you will enter the kitchen to prepare lunch. All of the ingredients in today’s menu are purchased at Plaza Guarín, the closest market to the apartment, to ensure that they are as fresh as possible. Diego and Yarol will teach you how to make the main dish and as you cook together you’ll snack on appetizers and sip on a drink.

You will cook together for about 1 to 2 hour before sitting down to lunch.

Market visit: (2-4 guests) Explore Plaza Guarín with Diego and Yarol. Plaza Guarín is located on one of Bucaramanga’s main streets and so it is frequented by local cooks, restaurants and home-cooks alike. Like all good markets in Colombia, Plaza Guarín offers products that are fresh and delicious, like exotic fruits and verdant vegetables.

The area around the market is home to many traditional restaurants that Diego and Yarol will tell you about as you explore the neighborhood.

Notes: Occasionally either Diego or Yarol might be unavailable to host you. In that case one, of them will host you on their own.

Languages spoken: English, Spanish

Sample menu

This is just a sample menu to give you an idea of the types of dishes the host cooks. Your menu will vary according to seasonal availability.
  • Plantain chips served with hogao and suero costeño sauces
  • Baked trout with spices
  • Baked potatoes
  • Colombian salad with avocado
  • Santander-style red lemonade
  • Melao con cuajada
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Diego and Yarol

$34 USD

per person
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  • Private experience
Pricing (per person)*
1 person 2-4 ppl 5+ ppl
Market Tour+ Cooking Experience + Meal
 Not offered $34 Not offered
Alcohol
 $10 per person
*Does not include 3% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
1 person 2-4 people 5+ people
Market Tour+ Cooking Experience + Meal
 Not offered $34 Not offered
Alcohol
 $10 per person
*Does not include 3% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
Experience Timings
 Lunch Dinner
Market Tour+ Cooking Experience + Meal
 9:00am-1:00pm

Meet Diego and Yarol

Diego and Yarol are from Bucaramanga and have been friends for over eight years. By profession, Diego is an industrial designer and Yarol is a journalist but they share a taste for gastronomy.

When Diego cooks, he is influenced by his passion for design, cooking up creative dishes that are based on traditional recipes. He always includes an original touch in his creations. Yarol is best with desserts and cakes, and he alternates his work as a journalist with his taste for baking.

Join Diego and Yarol for a culinary experience focused on the traditional food of Santander, the department where Bucaramanga is located. They will teach you about the traditional ingredients from this corner of Colombia and its gastronomic history.

What to expect

Please note menu might vary. If there are particular dishes you are interested in trying, please include your request in the booking form.

In-home meal: (2-4 guests) Diego and Yarol look forward to introducing you to traditional foods from Santander. This region of Colombia has its own special gastronomy, including dishes like pepitoria with cabro, traditional drinks like refajo, a dessert called bocadillo veleño, and, for the adventurous, hormigas culonas (large ants which are toasted and eaten as a snack food).

Your meal will start with an appetizer, followed by a main dish, such as garlic trout, chicken with rice, or a Colombian stew. You’ll also taste side dishes like potatoes with hogao (Colombian sofrito sauce made of slow cooked tomatoes, onions, garlic, cilantro, and spices), plantain chips, or avocado salad. To wash it down you will taste one of Diego’s creative drinks, made with fruit juice and unusual Colombian ingredients. The meal will end with dessert and a hot cup of aromática (hot herbal tea made of herbs) or Colombian coffee.

Cooking experience: (2-4 guests) Once back at Yarol’s apartment, you will enter the kitchen to prepare lunch. All of the ingredients in today’s menu are purchased at Plaza Guarín, the closest market to the apartment, to ensure that they are as fresh as possible. Diego and Yarol will teach you how to make the main dish and as you cook together you’ll snack on appetizers and sip on a drink.

You will cook together for about 1 to 2 hour before sitting down to lunch.

Market visit: (2-4 guests) Explore Plaza Guarín with Diego and Yarol. Plaza Guarín is located on one of Bucaramanga’s main streets and so it is frequented by local cooks, restaurants and home-cooks alike. Like all good markets in Colombia, Plaza Guarín offers products that are fresh and delicious, like exotic fruits and verdant vegetables.

The area around the market is home to many traditional restaurants that Diego and Yarol will tell you about as you explore the neighborhood.

Notes: Occasionally either Diego or Yarol might be unavailable to host you. In that case one, of them will host you on their own.

Languages spoken: English, Spanish

Sample menu

This is just a sample menu to give you an idea of the types of dishes the host cooks. Your menu will vary according to seasonal availability.
  • Plantain chips served with hogao and suero costeño sauces
  • Baked trout with spices
  • Baked potatoes
  • Colombian salad with avocado
  • Santander-style red lemonade
  • Melao con cuajada
Pricing (per person)*
1 person 2-4 ppl 5+ ppl
Market Tour+ Cooking Experience + Meal
 Not offered $34 Not offered
Alcohol
 $10 per person
*Does not include 3% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
1 person 2-4 people 5+ people
Market Tour+ Cooking Experience + Meal
 Not offered $34 Not offered
Alcohol
 $10 per person
*Does not include 3% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
Experience Timings
 Lunch Dinner
Market Tour+ Cooking Experience + Meal
 9:00am-1:00pm
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