Casa Crespo

Oaxaca is known for its Mole and salsas! A trip to Oaxaca is incomplete without a cooking class. In this video. I’d like you to see how we really experienced authentic cuisine with Chef Oscar. It was a 3 1/2 hour class led by chef Oscar - a small group of 5 to 10 people. It catered to vegetarians! First, we visited a small market or Mercado, picked up some ingredients and then went back to the kitchen and we prepared the dishes there. Whether it was tortillas and salsa soup, mole, or dessert - we learned how to re-create some of these flavors. It was fun just hanging out at the table and eating lunch with people who love food! Four stars because everything went too fast… and we were watching Oscar more than actually cooking. Not complaining because it was still fun but know what to expect when you sign up for a class like this :)

Once in a lifetime experience for me. There were 8 others on the day I took the class. Oscar, the host speaks English well. He explained everything properly and was funny as well. We went to the market, bought local organic ingredients. Spent about 4.5 hours in total and the cost might keep changing but I would say it is totally worth it. Oscar can also accommodate the recipes if you are vegetarian/vegan. We made 4 types of salsas,3 types of tortillas, Tamales, Mole with Chicken, Soup, Ice cream and Al Pastor.

We had a private cooking class here and it was excellent. Oscar has a lot of knowledge and is very generous in sharing it. We enjoyed the fruits of our labour immensely - highly recommend this class. Can't wait to receive the recipes so I can attempt to recreate these tastes at home!

Complete fail from start to finish! I had high hopes for the 7 course tasting menu after seeing the high google reviews rating but it was awful! Not sure how this place managed to swing 4 stars but don’t believe it. Extremely bland food with every bite and very poor service. The only time we had contact with our server was when he was rushing us with the food item. Never asked us how the food was or whether we needed anything else. We have had incredible meals here in Oaxaca but this was terrible.

My wife and I are so happy that we went to Oscar’s cooking class at Casa Crespo! It was are favorite experience in Oaxaca. It was a class of about 12 people. It started with all of us sitting around a table and discussing the possible menu and voting on what we wanted to eat and drink. Oscar was sure to ask if anyone had any food allergies and restrictions. He knows how to make dishes without cheese or fish or meat for those who can’t eat those things, and then still not affect the same dishes for those who do want to eat those items. After we made our decision, he led us on a walking tour to the market, stopping at 2 historic spots along the way to tell us the story of them. When we got to the market, I was so happy that Oscar told us we could not enter without a mask. I learned from a local doctor the day before that Oaxaca was absolutely decimated by COVID brought from tourists who continued to travel Willy Nilly throughout the height of the pandemic without precautions or care for the local community. You have to remember this is a community with a lot of indigenous roots so they have already been basically wiped out before by outsiders, we have to make sure we don’t do that again to these wonderful people. So yes of course we were more than glad to wear a mask inside the market because that’s the only sensible thing to do. While inside, Oscar described fruits and vegetables and meat at the various stands and the history of them in the region. He has very extensive knowledge of all of these things and we learned a lot. Then we walked back to Casa Crespo and started the cooking. He explained that he usually has class inside the kitchen but since there were so many of us we were going to do it outside. This was great for us since outdoors is safer for COVID purposes anyway and it was a beautiful weather day. Oscar was fantastic about getting everyone involved in the chopping, cutting, grinding, blending, heating, cooking, stirring, pouring, etc. It was a lot of fun. And when it was all complete, it was time to eat. Oscar had some wonderful people working with him that played and served the food we made. Everything was, of course, fantastic! After we left, we were happy and surprised to see that Oscar had emailed us the recipes for everything we cooked that day. How great! We recommend this experience to anyone traveling through Oaxaca!

Amazing experience with chef Oscar and his assistant . The day started off with a simple breakfast of bread and coffee or chocolate . Then off to the market to buy the ingredients for the special lunch. Oscar took his time explaining every detail and was very patient with us. After we went back to the kitchen and started cooking. Oscar and his assistant were absolutely wonderful . Every step was explained in detail to us which we truly appreciated. After all the food was cooked . We were sat a table in the patio , the table was very elegant and beautiful! The meal was absolutely delicious. Honestly could not have asked for a better afternoon. Worth every cent! Would certainly consider Casa Crespo a must do when in Oaxaca!

Superb cooking class. We love cooking with Oscar at Casa Crespo. What a wonderful event and delicious too. We will use much of what we were taught. Thank you Oscar.

Absolutely fantastic experience. Oscar was a great teacher. I got very lucky there was only five people in my group. Learned so much.

Oaxaca is known for its Mole and salsas! A trip to Oaxaca is incomplete without a cooking class. In this video. I’d like you to see how we really experienced authentic cuisine with Chef Oscar. It was a 3 1/2 hour class led by chef Oscar - a small group of 5 to 10 people. It catered to vegetarians! First, we visited a small market or Mercado, picked up some ingredients and then went back to the kitchen and we prepared the dishes there. Whether it was tortillas and salsa soup, mole, or dessert - we learned how to re-create some of these flavors. It was fun just hanging out at the table and eating lunch with people who love food! Four stars because everything went too fast… and we were watching Oscar more than actually cooking. Not complaining because it was still fun but know what to expect when you sign up for a class like this :)

Once in a lifetime experience for me. There were 8 others on the day I took the class. Oscar, the host speaks English well. He explained everything properly and was funny as well. We went to the market, bought local organic ingredients. Spent about 4.5 hours in total and the cost might keep changing but I would say it is totally worth it. Oscar can also accommodate the recipes if you are vegetarian/vegan. We made 4 types of salsas,3 types of tortillas, Tamales, Mole with Chicken, Soup, Ice cream and Al Pastor.

We had a private cooking class here and it was excellent. Oscar has a lot of knowledge and is very generous in sharing it. We enjoyed the fruits of our labour immensely - highly recommend this class. Can't wait to receive the recipes so I can attempt to recreate these tastes at home!

Complete fail from start to finish! I had high hopes for the 7 course tasting menu after seeing the high google reviews rating but it was awful! Not sure how this place managed to swing 4 stars but don’t believe it. Extremely bland food with every bite and very poor service. The only time we had contact with our server was when he was rushing us with the food item. Never asked us how the food was or whether we needed anything else. We have had incredible meals here in Oaxaca but this was terrible.

My wife and I are so happy that we went to Oscar’s cooking class at Casa Crespo! It was are favorite experience in Oaxaca. It was a class of about 12 people. It started with all of us sitting around a table and discussing the possible menu and voting on what we wanted to eat and drink. Oscar was sure to ask if anyone had any food allergies and restrictions. He knows how to make dishes without cheese or fish or meat for those who can’t eat those things, and then still not affect the same dishes for those who do want to eat those items. After we made our decision, he led us on a walking tour to the market, stopping at 2 historic spots along the way to tell us the story of them. When we got to the market, I was so happy that Oscar told us we could not enter without a mask. I learned from a local doctor the day before that Oaxaca was absolutely decimated by COVID brought from tourists who continued to travel Willy Nilly throughout the height of the pandemic without precautions or care for the local community. You have to remember this is a community with a lot of indigenous roots so they have already been basically wiped out before by outsiders, we have to make sure we don’t do that again to these wonderful people. So yes of course we were more than glad to wear a mask inside the market because that’s the only sensible thing to do. While inside, Oscar described fruits and vegetables and meat at the various stands and the history of them in the region. He has very extensive knowledge of all of these things and we learned a lot. Then we walked back to Casa Crespo and started the cooking. He explained that he usually has class inside the kitchen but since there were so many of us we were going to do it outside. This was great for us since outdoors is safer for COVID purposes anyway and it was a beautiful weather day. Oscar was fantastic about getting everyone involved in the chopping, cutting, grinding, blending, heating, cooking, stirring, pouring, etc. It was a lot of fun. And when it was all complete, it was time to eat. Oscar had some wonderful people working with him that played and served the food we made. Everything was, of course, fantastic! After we left, we were happy and surprised to see that Oscar had emailed us the recipes for everything we cooked that day. How great! We recommend this experience to anyone traveling through Oaxaca!

Amazing experience with chef Oscar and his assistant . The day started off with a simple breakfast of bread and coffee or chocolate . Then off to the market to buy the ingredients for the special lunch. Oscar took his time explaining every detail and was very patient with us. After we went back to the kitchen and started cooking. Oscar and his assistant were absolutely wonderful . Every step was explained in detail to us which we truly appreciated. After all the food was cooked . We were sat a table in the patio , the table was very elegant and beautiful! The meal was absolutely delicious. Honestly could not have asked for a better afternoon. Worth every cent! Would certainly consider Casa Crespo a must do when in Oaxaca!

Superb cooking class. We love cooking with Oscar at Casa Crespo. What a wonderful event and delicious too. We will use much of what we were taught. Thank you Oscar.

Absolutely fantastic experience. Oscar was a great teacher. I got very lucky there was only five people in my group. Learned so much.