Private Dumpling Cooking Class in Xi'an

Immerse yourself in the daily life of a local Xi’an family with this traditional home-cooking experience. Learn to make dumplings or hot pot and other traditional dishes, visit local food markets, and enjoy a special meal and conversation with the host family.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Xi’An - Your friendly private guide will meet you in your hotel lobby in the morning or afternoon based on your booking request. Prior to visiting the local family, your guide will show you around the local wet markets nearby.
    Upon arrival to the local family home, you will start preparing your own dumpling plus 2 local dishes (scrambled egg with…
What's Included
  • Private English speaking guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Cooking class and Dining meal in local family
  • Lunch or Dinner
  • Spanish/French/Italian/German guide available for extra 400RMB, notify 3 days before tour
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Meal Options
  • Soursweet fried tomato with egg
  • Dumpling making
  • Quickly fried meat with green bean
  • Green vegerables dishes
Additional Information

Visit a local Xi’an family and experience their daily life.You will learn how to make traditional, home-made style dumplings plus two or more other traditional dishes with the family members and share the special meal and conversation with host family. You will visit  local food markets to see fresh vegetables, food and meats, this visit will show…

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Doloresfisherman
Oct 3, 2018
Private family cooking class - What a treat! So much better than we had hoped. Our guide, SunPing, picked us up and promptly at our hostel and drove us to the wonderful market to purchase all of the freshest foods. She was very accommodating to our wishes in the food choices.. We visited a local supermarket to see the contrasts. We then went to the home of the local family where we met our hostess who had done some of the preparation already. The lesson in making dumplings began. Sun ping is wonderful! She is a very good teacher full of energy and encouragement. Her English is excellent and she is a natural teacher. Not only did we get a lesson in food preparation we also got a great lesson in Chinese culture and history and customs around food. The meal was so good and full of variety. I can not recommend it highly enough.
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Travelmama76
Aug 31, 2018
So much fun!! - My son and I enjoyed a fabulous cooking class, with our amazing guide, Sunday, and a local mother-daughter pair. We started with a shopping trip to the local markets, then made three dishes, plus a huge pile of dumplings! We loved the chance to visit in a local home, and of course, the food was phenomenal. It felt like a visit with friends, not a "tour." This was definitely one of the highlights of our trip!
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Stela
Aug 14, 2018
The Highlight of Our Trip to China (Yes, Even Better Than The Great Wall!) - When we returned from China (Beijing and Xi'an) and our friends asked us what the highlight of our trip was, we told them the four-to-five hours we spent with the local family learning to make dumplings, cooking a few traditional dishes, sharing a (large) meal, and discussing life in China. This was by far the most interesting and memorable portion of our nine days in China and we highly recommend you ask for Cindy to take you on this tour and introduce you to one of the local families she knows in Xi'an. Cindy made both our family and the host family feel at ease and in no time we were sharing food, drinks, and conversation as if we were old friends. Not only did we get a hands-on lesson from the family in making traditional Chinese dumplings but we were able to talk to them -- via Cindy and the family's daughter who spoke English -- about their life in China. We could have stayed at their apartment all evening but eventually left with full stomachs and happy hearts. The portion of the tour prior to our time with the family was spent at a local market where Cindy provided great insight into the local culinary tradition and what each of the products in the market were used for. In all, it was an exceptional tour, for both the wonderful food and the great insights into local Chinese culture. Ensure you ask for Cindy to take you on this tour.
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