Thai Cooking With Sunshine

Sunshine was amazing! Great energy, kindness, fun, and a wonderful unique space to learn and work in. We had a great time and really enjoyed the food. Having been to Thailand several times — she definitely brings great memories back of the food and culture. It’s a vibrant, happy, smiling, jovial country, and so is Sunshine! Hence her name, duh! We chose to leave our tip in cash personally versus do it via the system online.

Amazing teacher who is energetic and knowledgable! She makes Thai cooking easy and accessible. Once you take her class you will cook differently forever! Also, you will know the names and be able to identity lots of strange ingredients that may have been intimidating in the past. Highly recommended!

We had a great time cooking with Sunshine! We had a birthday celebration for my Dad, he loves Yum sauce! Sunshine customized a menu for us and gave us some great tips on how we could improve our Thai cooking. I highly recommend for personal or corporate events!

Okay, so I agree to update my original review, but not delete it, because my experience was genuine and, I think, legitimate to make note of. But I give both Sunshine and Verlocal (the 3^rd party marketer) stars for reaching out to me to explain that this business did not agree to the Groupon marketing ad.
Despite that, this was not the first time Sunshine was aware of the issue and I believe strongly that as the business owner she had an obligation to offer something to prospective customers. That is how a business builds goodwill.

A lovely way to spend an evening, especially with a group of friends or family, in an unexpected, unique space on Guerrero. Sunshine is fun, outgoing, and personable, right from the moment she invites you in. There were 6 of us within a bigger party of 17, and it was a good mix — while I think I’d prefer a slightly smaller group or a private party, this amount of people, mingling together, made it lively. We made shrimp tom yum soup, pad see ew chicken, and tapioca-​covered water chestnuts in coconut milk. The evening moves pretty swiftly — you’ve got about three hours to prep, cook, and eat, but also socialize a bit. It’s not rushed at all, though the time goes by fast — and Sunshine keeps things moving at a good pace. (I didn’t catch everything she was saying — she talks so fast! — but I think it’d be hard to ruin your meal, given that everyone helps each other/​watches each other while prepping/​cooking.)
Be sure to bring your own wine — our chardonnay and gewürztraminer went perfectly.
I’d recommend this for groups — a small birthday gathering, an activity with coworkers, a private event for a special occasion, etc.
Thanks, also, to Sunshine for not only being a great host, but for honoring our gift certificates that were just a bit over one-​year-​old. Much appreciated.

Sunshine is an incredible personal chef and hostess! I went to a friend’s birthday party where we all signed up for the class. Sunshine was instantly gracious and warm to our entire group (even though several were a bit late). She made sure to show us how to make each dish correctly but had an incredible personality and sense of humor the entire time :) Remember Bang-​Bang and Ding-​Ding Ding ;)
We all left super happy and delighted!
I’ll recommend her for any Thai style cooking classes!
Michelle

This is the one of the best cooking class i ever had so far, Sunshine is a sweet girl and she cares about her customers. I have been going back to her class few times since all the dishes came out so great. And the church where the cooking classes held at is so beautiful especially the roof, i can pretty much sit at her roof for the whole night by myself enjoying the view of SF =)
During the class she will explain how the ingredient affect the taste of the dish and she let everyone try the thai cooking sauces one by one.
Also she is very easy going and we chit chat about Thailand a lot, I will definitely ask her more next time i plan my trip to Thailand!

If you’re looking to learn Thai cooking this is it! Sunshine is the best! She agreed to do a private cooking class (last minute!) because it was my 14^th year anniversary with my wife. We learned to make 2 of our favorite dishes. Pork pad see ew and eggplant w/​shrimp. For dessert, we made mango and sticky rice. The whole experience was so fun. Thank you Sunshine for making it one of our best anniversary celebrations! We will be back soon.

This my my first (but not last) Unilocal review! I’m giving 5 stars to Sunshine’s Thai cooking class because my husband and I had an amazing experience. For our 14^th year anniversary, my husband wanted us to do something memorable, so he found sunshine on Unilocal and set up a private cooking class. We’ve never done a cooking class together so we didn’t know what to expect!
Sunshine was absolutely fantastic. She made you feel like an old friend you haven’t seen in a long time. Before we started the class we chatted and shared why we love Thai food and why we picked the dishes we wanted to learn. Then we started cooking– who would have thought it was so easy? Pot pad see ewe, spicy garlic eggplant and mango and sticky rice was on our menu. Sunshine made cooking so simple and fun, especially for two people who eat out – A LOT.
We ate and then she took us on a tour of her home, which was a converted church. Whoa, right?! We already started thinking of when we can get a group of our friends together for a cooking class. Did you know she can teach ballroom dancing too? Thai food and learning how to salsa, here we come!
We were so excited, we went to clement street afterwards to buy all the supplies and ingredients for our dishes!
Sunshine, thank you for such a memorable and great experience. Like I told you, this is my favorite anniversary gift yet!

My team went to Sunshine’s awesome pad and taught is to cook Thai food. What a spectacular experience. I’ll definitely be back with my friends and family.

we had a wonderful time — our group of 4 melded well w/​11 other people who were especially fun-​loving and nice folks. Sunshine really gave us a primer on thai cooking w/​some knife-​work and wok-​work, all of it easy and fun as we shared the experience with new and old friends. her space is a converted church that’s comfortable and airy. there’s a fantastic rooftop staircase and deck where we viewed the city w/​in a 360 degrees vantage point. the food was wonderful — fresh spring rolls w/​nice shrimp and tofu for the vegetarians, pad thai, and mango w/​sticky rice. we had taken a thai cooking class in bangkok and of course it’s more authentic there. this comes a close second. You will definitely enjoy Sunshine and her instruction and her humor.

Sunshine is the best! Lots of fun! Great venue. Fun fun fun! Let it cook! Let it cook! Awesome times!

We had a fantastic time learning how to cook Thai food with Sunshine. This was the very first cooking class that I’ve ever taken, and I learned enough to be able to reproduce the food in my own kitchen a week after the class! Sunshine is a very gracious host and and is excellent teacher, and I highly recommend her class.
We learned how to make Thai fish cake, Pad Kee Meow, and Fried Bananas for dessert. Sunshine already bought the ingredients, but we had to chop, mix, prep, and cook them. Sunshine described all of the ingredients, explained how to prep them, and coached us through the entire process. The end result was literally the best Thai food I’ve ever tasted!

AWESOME TIME! Super nice and cheerful and really enjoyable experience.

Sunshine was a delightful and down to earth teacher, who made the cooking experience unforgettable and positive for my friends and me. We had a wonderful time learning how to make a three course Thai dinner. The setting is cozy, allowing us to feel at home in her kitchen and dining area. The Thai food was especially delicious! Plenty of food and it was so good that there were hardly any leftovers. Thanks to Sunshine, we can proudly say we can cook some yummy Thai dishes!

Omfg! *Ding Ding Ding* The food was unbelievably good! Sunshine is such a great person and teacher. You really learn how to make authentic Thai food. I have never had food better than this. The group of people we were with was amazing! I highly recommend this cooking class to anyone. SUNSHINE you ROCK! :)

Incredibly fun and delicious!
A group of colleagues and I went to one of Sunshine’s classes for a fun afternoon, and were definitely not disappointed. Sunshine is exuberant and an excellent teacher. We made tom kha kai (coconut chicken soup) and pad kea mao shrimp followed by a delicious dessert.
The venue is extremely beautiful as it is a renovated church in the Mission District. Gorgeous windows, original wood work and chef kitchens throughout make it a pretty neat shop. If it’s good weather make sure to check out the rooftop view!
We left sated and laughing — definitely a great adventure for groups or couples.

Came here today for a team outing. Sunshine was patient, hospitable, and fun to work with. We made three dishes (a soup, noodle dish, and fried bananas with ice cream). What I really enjoyed was how easily she broke down the steps for us so that cooking Thai for the first time wasn’t difficult. The building itself is gorgeous and she gave us a tour of the rooftop.
For dessert, I was assigned the task of drizzling the honey on the plates in an artistic form. I drizzled a heart on my boss’ plate. Inappropriate? Probably. Delicious? Oh yea.
My tummy gives Thai Cooking With Sunshine…5 Stars!

We do monthly staff events with my company, and this was the first one we’ve repeated because people loved it so much!
What’s not to love about:
— delicious, simple to learn Thai recipes made with super fresh ingredients
— a fun and energetic host who lets us have fun (ie goof off, drink too much) while learning
— all in a beautiful and unique space centrally located in the mission
Can’t recommend this class enough! Looking forward to our third time :)

I would recommend Thai Cooking with sunshine to EVERYONE. It was such a fantastic experience. Sunshine was so nice, funny, and a fast talker! Everything was ready for us when we arrived as well as a welcome glass of wine or Thai iced tea.
The space was plenty big for everyone and she even gave us a tour of the renovated church she calls home. The place is incredible.
We started off making shrimp spring rolls with Thai Peanut Sauce and a plethora of amazing ingredients to choose from. I’m so happy to finally have an unbelievable peanut sauce recipe. Then had a contest to see who could make the best looking roll (I won, no big deal ;)
The main dish was Pad Kea Mao… yum yum yum. It was great being able to try everyones dish… as they were all just a tad different.
Then for dessert… Fire Banana With Ice Cream.
Everything was terrific, and now I’m craving Thai…