Dine with the LocalsAuthentic Food Experiences with Local Families.
How it works
The Dine with the Locals platform has been created to connect travelers with local hosts and families through daily life and authentic dining experiences in South East Asia. We find and train local hosts and help them to prepare to welcome international guests into their homes.
You can learn about each one of our hosts on our Destinations page, choose a host you wish to book with, and then request a booking. We will check with the host and confirm your booking within 24 hours.

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Learn with the Locals
The Dine with the Locals platform has been created to connect travelers with local hosts and families throughout South East Asia. Travellers can experience and learn about daily activities and customs, and also learn to prepare and share an authentic meal with their host in a safe and responsible manner. Dine with locals and Local authentic Cambodian experiences. From home-cooked meals to making pottery or jewelry
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EXCELLENT Based on 50 reviews Posted on Gerard vVerified Heerlijk gekookt bij de locals Het was een prachtige ervaring. Het is echt bij een familie thuis. Eerst bezoek je de moestuin met uitleg over de diverse groenten en kruiden en daarna de workshop bij hun in de keuken. We hebben de lekkerste gerechten gemaakt. Samen met 3 vrouwen hebben we gekookt en daarna heerlijk gegeten. TOPPosted on ADRIANVerified Lovely people! We had a great time at Nue Thai - she lives together with her husband (Tuk-tuk driver who picked us from the hotel) and their two daughters (15 and 9yo) - lovely people. We had a great time, the food was very good, everything cooked fresh, in front of us. When the way back to the hotel I asked him to stop in order to taste the local insects (fried grasshoppers, crickets etc) - interesting experience! Worth every penny, highly recommended!Posted on Luuk RVerified Truly connect, with delicious food! Dary is the sweetest hostess! She makes it so easy to connect and feel right at home. She helped us make vegetarian dishes which were delicious!! Definitely would recommend!Posted on Sport-Lodge KlostersVerified Most enjoyable & memorable evening One of our most enjoyable and memorable time with our host Ms Dary & her husband in Siem Reap. Perfectly organizied, very kind and incredible nice food. We enjoyed it a lot and do recomend it highly.Posted on Frank KVerified Fabulous lunch with a local family Even being on my own, I had a wonderful lunch cooking with Ms. Sokvy and her husband. Being part of their family, exchanging about any topic was great. I also learned how to prepare a Mango salad, prepare a Chicken Pho and fried Pok Choy. It was a wonderful experience with a wonderful host.Posted on Peggy FVerified Wonderfull experience Thanks for everything, it was quite an experience. I would recommend this to my Friends and family. Peggy and Ellen from the ANWB tripPosted on Bertie BVerified A must do! The cooking was incredible! Mrs. Dary abd her family were so kind! So good! Thank you very much! Kindest regards Jeroen and Bertie, the NetherlandsPosted on karin_thomas6Verified Wonderful local home-cooked meal and experience in a Khmer home This was a highlight of our time in Cambodia. Not only is it a nice way to help prepare and then eat a meal with a family in their home, but it also supports Khmer women with their financial needs. We paid Ms Dary directly, so we know where our money went. Ms Dary was as gracious and friendly as we could hope. We were able to pick some greens from her garden before chopping and cooking together. Then we feasted on the delicious meal on their floor mat, Khmer style. There was a table with stools if needed, but we preferred the floor. I’ve learned that it’s worth confirming the end time of tours and experiences here. We had to be somewhere else that evening so didn’t end up having time to make the palm leaf toys. I was sad about that. I highly recommend this experience. It’s meaningful on many levels.Posted on Corianton HVerified A really meaningful, special experience! Dara and his pal Kee-May picked us up in individual tuk tuks, rode east on the main road til we turned down a long dirt road and pulled into a modest but very comfortable wooden home where Neu Thai greeted us with cold jasmine tea, then we gathered on the livingroom floor mat and began our chopping and vegetable prep. Learned about a small leafy plant grown from a tree called "mah-rom" which we picked and chopped for the sweet omelette. Dara and his daughter were happy to show me all the edible plants on their property, including a small tree growing little sour fruits called talungtung, which were crunchy and puckery and absolutely amazing! We cooked a simple but delicious fish soup called Somlar Proha, and fried fish with ginger and fermented soybeans, and an omelette made with the plant from her yard. We all ate too much because it was so damn wonderful, then we talked quite a while with Dara about life and his memories of the Khmer Rouge. Nue Thai gave us all our own scarfs ("kroh-mah") and we set back off for home. This was a really meaningful, intimate experience and I cannot recommend it more highly. If you believe that travel is about broadening your perspective and meeting special people, this is the ticket.Posted on Heleen VVerified Amazing cooking class with local host Dary Today we went to Dary’s home to cook. What an amazing experience! Not only was the food delicious, but Dary and her family made us feel at home. Thank you so much. Highly recommend this cooking and culture experience!




