The Viking Store

While I loved the staff and classes here, due to a lease issue with Legacy Village, this store closed very quickly and all of our future classes were cancelled.
The staff handled the 6 weeks from notice to close very professionally, refunding payments for all classes and managing a ‘closing the doors’ sale with grace.
I hope that Viking is able to re-​open somewhere else in the area. The classes were always full, the menus were delicious and the skills learned will be treasured.

This kitchen store in Legacy offers hands-​on cooking classes that last three hours each (you can sign up on their website). Each cooking class has twelve slots, and you create dishes in teams of four.
My girlfriend and I recently attended the «Dim Sum Party» cooking class. Our instructor was very friendly and they really treat the students well. They guide you through the more difficult techniques like making the batter for the bbq pork buns, and spare you the menial tasks like chopping scallions. They offer coffee, tea, cheese and crackers as you enter and offer white wine (chardonnay or riesling) as you chow down on the meal that you create.
The one downside was the recipes that they taught. While I enjoyed learning how to make the batter for the buns and the filling for the egg tarts, the «dim sum» that they taught was overall not very authentic. They told us to wrap the shrimp dumplings (har gao) like empanadas, which are. not correct. Also, the shrimp dumpling filling had water chestnuts and other ingredients in it that made it taste like a different type of dumpling altogether. And the bbq pork bun filling had nutmeg in it or something that made it distinctly non-​Asian and. weird.
Overall the classes are worth checking out, but I would stick with your traditional American fare rather than ethnic cuisine.

Fun with food! Love this place. Food was fantastic, chefs were knowledgeable and entertaining.