One Day Beijing Hutong Cuisine Tour

You will be picked up at 08:00am at your hotel lobby and start your one day Beijing hutong cuisine tour. Beijing's original Hutong cooking school, Hutong Cuisine remains the best value and offers the most hands-on practice. Chunyi Zhou, a Guangzhou native, who speaks perfect English, studied in Chinese culinary schools in Guangdong and Sichuan, and conveys a rich understanding of local ingredients and seasonings to students through lots of hands-on practice.

08:30-10:00 Market Tour

Visit local market, explain ingredients and spices, buy food for cooking.

10:00-10:30 Condiments lesson

Explain the difference of light soy sauce and dark soy sauce, white vinegar and dark vinegar, cooking wine and shaoxin wine; the different quality grade and good brands. This is important for Chinese cooking.

10:30am-2:00pm Cooking Class

Professional Cook Chunyi Zhou will demonstrate five dishes, and you practice making two or three of them. Each day's menu is structured around dishes that share a specific cooking technique, such as steaming or dry-frying, so that you also learn a cooking method. Classes are held in a small open courtyard space (covered and heated in winter) and end with a shared meal.

2:30pm-4:00pm Hutong Tour

visit Hutong area and have a family visit. Dotted around the hutong are the Drum and Bell Towers, Kindergarten, Tea House, and local people's houses.

After the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel.