Experience the ancient culinary art of dim sum during this Beijing cooking class, taught by an expert chef. Take a market walking tour to learn about the area’s food culture and pick out fresh ingredients. Then, head down a ‘hutong’ (alleyway) to a local family’s home, where you’ll discover the basics of Chinese cuisine and learn how to make these traditional small dishes. At the end, sit down to enjoy your home-made creation!
Highlights
- 5-hour dim sum-making class in a local family’s home in Beijing
- Be a part of a Chinese culinary tradition that’s been around for centuries
- Explore a local market and pick out fresh ingredients for your cooking class
- Learn how to cook dumplings, wontons, noodles or pork buns, depending on the day's menu
- Class taught by an expert local chef
- Sit down and enjoy your delicious home-made meal!
Recent Photos of this Tour
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Experience Beijing: Chinese Dim Sum-Making Class with Market Tour
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Dim sum making classTime to eat!Photo by: Anonymous09 2012 -
Dim sum making classLearning from the teacher and the groupPhoto by: Anonymous09 2012 -
Dim sum making classGroup learning how to fold dim sum wrappersPhoto by: Anonymous09 2012 -
Dim sum making classDeng cao hutong courtyard where we had the class and then dined afterwardsPhoto by: Anonymous09 2012 -
Dim sum making classWitnessing how to make cutted noodle from scratchPhoto by: Anonymous09 2012 -
Dim sum making classMarket tour; learning how to pick the freshest ingredientPhoto by: Anonymous09 2012 -
Dim sum making classMarket tourPhoto by: Anonymous09 2012 -
Dim sum making classDeng Cao HutongPhoto by: Anonymous09 2012 -
Dim sum making classShanxi cutted noodlePhoto by: Anonymous09 2012 -
Useful Information
Dining on Dim Sum in a Hutong Courtyard
In the afternoon, meet your instructor at Li Shi Hutong and head to a nearby market, where you’ll spend 1.5 hours exploring, learning about the region’s food culture and picking up fresh ingredients for your cooking class.
Next, walk down a hutong and arrive at a local family’s home. Your instructor, an expert chef, will teach you various kitchen skills and tips and techniques on how to create perfect dim sum.
Depending on the daily menu, you’ll make two yummy dishes, some of which may include soup dumplings, wontons, egg tarts, barbequed pork buns, sweet sesame rolls, dandan noodles or stir-fried noodles.
When you’re finished, find a spot in the 150-year-old Qing dynasty-era courtyard to enjoy the meal you’ve just made!
To see the map of your tour, click on the View Additional Info button below.
Next, walk down a hutong and arrive at a local family’s home. Your instructor, an expert chef, will teach you various kitchen skills and tips and techniques on how to create perfect dim sum.
Depending on the daily menu, you’ll make two yummy dishes, some of which may include soup dumplings, wontons, egg tarts, barbequed pork buns, sweet sesame rolls, dandan noodles or stir-fried noodles.
When you’re finished, find a spot in the 150-year-old Qing dynasty-era courtyard to enjoy the meal you’ve just made!
To see the map of your tour, click on the View Additional Info button below.
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