Oberoi Hotel Delhi Cooking Class

British

I highly recommend the Cooking class at this hotel. A personal demonstration with a chef, history of India cooking, recipes, a box of spice and of course a dinner that you just saw cooked afterwards plus two desserts. The class is two hours long and ours began at 4-30 pm so we were eating about 6-30pm. A great way to spend an evening before the start of your Tauck tour.

bobgailw

What type of cooking - very spicy?

British

The chef suits the spice to your taste. We are not lovers of big amounts of spice and it was perfect

scottol

Completely agree on taking this cooking class! We took this tour in October and booked the class when we checked in at the Oberoi New Delhi, as we arrived a few days early. It was wonderful and worth the expense.

We also did the Tea Tasting excursion through the Oberoi New Delhi which was nice and got to sample a number of teas.

In Jaipur we did the Elephant Safari excursion (also through the Oberoi hotel). After a 45 minute elephant ride they drive you to Fort Naila at the top of the mountain (also Mr Oberoi's private residence in Jaipur) and had a nice boxed meal of finger sandwiches and desserts, and drinks prepared by the Oberoi staff. Our tour director helped us to book this one in advance of our arrival in Jaipur.

British

Hi, the schedule we had on our trip did not give us time to do the elephant excursion, we arrived back too late from our scheduled itinerary. Although we did get the feeling our particular guide was not in favor of rides. We did tend to understand after hearing more about the elephants too.. Anyone else, check with final timing on the day you have in Jaipur to avoid disappointment

scottol

If you do the Elephant excursion, let your Tauck director know about it, so they can arrange to get you back to the hotel on time or arrange to get you there earlier than the bus would. With us, the bus got back about 20 minutes late and he called the hotel to let them know we would be a little late, and it was not an issue.