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Nur-sultan Gourmet Tour To A Kazakh Family Of Traditional Jewelers
Nur-sultan Gourmet Tour To A Kazakh Family Of Traditional Jewelers
Nur-sultan Gourmet Tour To A Kazakh Family Of Traditional Jewelers
Nur-sultan Gourmet Tour To A Kazakh Family Of Traditional Jewelers
Nur-sultan Gourmet Tour To A Kazakh Family Of Traditional Jewelers

Nur-sultan Gourmet Tour To A Kazakh Family Of Traditional Jewellers

By Turan Asia
Free cancellation available
Price is S$301 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 1d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

This kind of home is rarely found in the north of Kazakhstan. Generations of artisans protect old traditions and knowledge.Each member of the family hones their own craft, whether it’s making silver jewellery or carpet weaving. The yard is a museum of antique dishes with a yurt as its crowning jewel.

Another craft that this family is proud of is cooking traditional meals like beshbarmak.The word translates to “five fingers” since Kazakh people used to eat the dish with their hands and not utensils.Another delicious treat of Kazakh cuisine is baursaks,a fried dough food anyone will get addicted to.

Take this unique opportunity to visit a traditional Kazakh family of craftsmen, where you will learn to cook traditional dishes and find out how dinnerware used to be crafted in the past.The father and the youngest son are jewellery masters.The daughter is a master of applied arts,who creates felt carpets.If want you can also take other master classes of the family as jewellery or felt making.

Activity location

  • Astana
    • Astana, Astana, Kazakhstan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Astana
    • Astana, Astana, Kazakhstan

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Nur-sultan Gourmet Tour To A Kazakh Family Of Traditional Jewellers in Multilingual
  • Activity duration is 1 day1d1d
  • Opening hours: Sun 11:00-15:00
  • English

This kind of home is rarely found in the north of Kazakhstan. Generations of artisans protect old traditions and knowledge.Each member of the family hones their own craft, whether it’s making silver jewellery or carpet weaving. The yard is a museum of antique dishes with a yurt as its crowning jewel.

Another craft that this family is proud of is cooking traditional meals like beshbarmak.The word translates to “five fingers” since Kazakh people used to eat the dish with their hands and not utensils.Another delicious treat of Kazakh cuisine is baursaks,a fried dough food anyone will get addicted to.

Take this unique opportunity to visit a traditional Kazakh family of craftsmen, where you will learn to cook traditional dishes and find out how dinnerware used to be crafted in the past.The father and the youngest son are jewellery masters.The daughter is a master of applied arts,who creates felt carpets.If want you can also take other master classes of the family as jewellery or felt making.

Price details
S$300.98 x 1 AdultS$300.98

Total
Price is S$300.98
Until Sat, 25 May

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedthe matriarch of the family takes you through the process of preparing the dough for beshbarmak explaining all the steps before and after: boiling the meat; kneading, rolling out and cutting the dough
  • What's includedWhat's includedAir-conditioned vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's includedguide

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

Activity itinerary

Guests are will be met by the family in traditional costumes. After viewing the extensive collection of antiques, they enter a yurt, a traditional Kazakh dwelling, and get familiar with the kitchen items of the past. They see how and in what kumys, a national drink, was stored. What women used to cook their feasts and how people spent their meals among beautifully embroidered carpets and pillows. Next a masterclass of cooking traditional Kazakh dishes starts. The matriarch of the family takes you through the process of preparing the dough for beshbarmak explaining all the steps before and after: boiling the meat; kneading, rolling out and cutting the dough; serving everything on a big round dish.You learn to make your own baursaks, puffy golden balls of dough fried and hot.Baursak is not just pastry, it has symbolised the sun and happiness since ancient times.And that’s why they are served only to the most dear and loved guests.As you spend a few hours watching and learning by practice, a glance into food traditions of Kazakhs opens up to you. After you cooked Kazakh dishes you will enjoy eating with warm Kazakh family

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESAstana
    • Astana, Astana, Kazakhstan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEAstana
    • Astana, Astana, Kazakhstan

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