Chengdu Spice Market Tour and Farm Cooking Class: A Half-Day Experience in Sichuan Cuisine
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250 Ratings
Chengdu
Immerse yourself in the vibrant flavors of Sichuan cuisine with a half-day tour of Chengdu's spice market and a farm cooking class. Discover the secrets of Sichuan spices and ingredients, learn from a professional chef, and indulge in a delicious meal made by yourself. Unforgettable and fun!
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Chongzhou - Immerse yourself in a 4-5 hour culinary adventure where you’ll venture into a genuine local spice bazaar. Engage in entertaining challenges to discover and learn about the various types of Sichuan spices and ingredients that you will later use in your cooking lesson. This lesson takes place in a quintessential Sichuanese farm setting. As per local tradition, you’ll be welcomed with regional tea, a sign of hospitality towards friends and guests. Subsequently, a professional chef will lead you through the cooking experience in a welcoming kitchen environment. To top off the experience, savor the dishes you’ve crafted complemented by a selection of beers or other drinks. This educational, captivating, and enjoyable class promises to be a memorable highlight of your life.
What's Included
- Light refreshments
- Lunch or dinner based on your class schedule
- Afternoon tea
- English speaking guide
- Recipes
- Beverages/beer
- Food ingredients
- Food tasting
- Market tour
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
Meal Options
- Mapo Tofu
- Kungpao Chicken
- Twice cooked Pork
- Vegan Friendly
Additional Information
In this unique 4-5 hour cooking workshop, you’ll get a chance to explore a traditional local spice market. With engaging tasks and the opportunity to learn about various kinds of Sichuan spices and ingredients which you will use later in the cooking class. This cooking class takes place in a traditional Sichuan Farm, where you’ll be greeted with local Sichuan tea as it’s their culture to serve friends and visitors. Following this, you will be guided through the cooking procedures by a professional chef in a warm and friendly kitchen environment. Lastly, you’ll get to savor your own culinary creations, accompanied by beers or other beverages. As it’s quite insightful, fascinating, and enjoyable, this cooking class will be a memorable one in your lifetime.
- Minimum age is 5 years
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Please wear comfortable walking shoes
Location
梁家巷
Your guide will meet you at the starting point：Liang Jia Xiang(梁家巷) metro station exit D(梁家巷地铁站D口)，Metro Line 6. The meeting time for morning class is 8:50am and afternoon class is 1:50pm.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Wings415
Mar 21, 2024
Cooking in Chengdu!! - Not only has the city of Chengdu been the highlight of our trip, but meeting Jerry our guide for the cooking class was the ultimate best! From the moment he said hello in the lobby, to the walking tour of the markets and all his knowledge, we were having so much fun. We asked so many questions and he kept up with us. He took pictures for us, and we stopped and talked to many local people (with Jerry’s help!). Then we went to the cooking class and met Chef Liang. He helped us create three dishes that turned out so good! He understands English well and Jerry helps translate everything. At the end of the class, we ate our freshly-cooked meal. It was so nice of the chef to invite us into his home for this experience. It was so interesting! I can’t say enough good things about how much fun we had. And they even gave us a bunch of recipes: not only what we cooked, but more to try on our own with the techniques and ingredients we learned.
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Nichols63
Mar 21, 2024
Great tour with Jerry as our guide - We had a wonderful time with Jerry as our guide- you need to ask for him if you go on this tour. He was full of energy and a lot of fun. Our chef was Leon and he was knowledgeable and hosted us in his home.
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Conrad_l
Dec 3, 2023
It was a lot of fun. We... - It was a lot of fun. We went to a market we otherwise would not have found, saw a number of interesting things. And it was a blast to learn first-hand how to cook some Sichuanese dishes. It was explained to us in an understandable way, and they made sure to give us some criticism and room for improvement, as well.
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Joseph_c
Nov 26, 2023
Experiential tour of local market and insight into Si Chuan cuisine - Guide Dong Chen was extremely hospitable. A detailed insight into local ingredients was given at the markets. We were also introduced to his quaint farm on the city outskirts where we cooked many sichuan dishes in an outdoor setting. Would highly recommend!
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Margheritamp312dh
Nov 20, 2023
I recommend this class! - We enjoyed the class very much and learned a lot of new information, even in details. We first went to a market and saw and tasted fruits and veggies we hadn‘t used before. Arriving at the kitchen, the chef first showed the preparation of the dishes step-by-step. Afterwards, we reproduced the cooking by ourselves, supported by both cooking teachers. We then tasted the dishes we had made and compared them to each other to better understand which details in preparation resulted in which tastes. I now feel much more informed about Sichuan kitchen and capable of reproducing the dishes we learned also at home. There was lots of possibility for hands-on-experience and we could also taste exotic food, as for example Chinese fermented duck eggs. Winter invested a lot of time to answer all our questions and cared for an easy-going and fun experience for us. He even took care of taking photos so we could focus on cooking. Thank you for the great time we had!
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Injink2023
Nov 11, 2023
Amazing experience! - Winter picked up us at the hotel and took us to a local market which was very exotic experience. After we bought some of spices or local fruit, we moved to the farm for the cooking class. Although it was 1h drive, driving was comfortable. Once we arrived at the farm, we had a tea time with some snacks and started the cooking class. We made mapo tofu, twice cooked pork, and chinese lettuce. The chef was very kind to teach every detail and took care of us, while winter took good pictures and videos of us. We had dinner there after cooking (which was amazing) and winter sent us back to the hotel. Overall the experience was very good and definitely recommended.
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Darujack
Oct 6, 2020
Cheng-Do This Cooking Class! - My friend David and I decided to take this class on the recommendation of a friend, and we were not disappointed.
Our tour started with a jaunt through the local market. The knowledgeable and lovely Ocean the low-down on all the local ingredients and how they are used in Sichuan cuisine. My favorite part was learning about the “pigs-anus” vegetable, that despite the name, actually tastes good.
For the second part of the tour we went and cooked three dishes guided by a real chef. This was my favorite part of the afternoon, as we cut, roasted, and mixed, I really felt like I learned how to make a few of my favorite Sichuan dishes.
This experience is highly recommended for anyone who is heading to Chengdu, and wants to learn how the amazing cuisine here gets made.
- David and David.
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Emilykluge
Jan 31, 2020
Lots of fun, delicious food and friendly faces! - I had a great experience cooking at Chilli Cool. Lance is fantastic at hosting cooking classes at the Chilli Cool Kitchen. He multitasked as a spice market tour guide, translator and photographer. Not only did I learn how to cook delicious Sichuan style food with a wok, but I got plenty of great photos of the experience. He also had spice market challenges for us that helped us interact with local people - very memorable!
I highly recommend this experience. (One tip: many buildings in Sichuan don't have central heating, so make sure you dress warmly enough.)
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Dominiques317
Jan 21, 2020
An amazing afternoon exploring & cooking - My partner and I booked this tour due to the great reviews on trip advisor. We were not disappointed. Lance picked us up at our hotel and we meet the other people on our tour. We drove to the local market where Lance taught us about all of the different produce in Chengdu. We saw interesting animals and vegetables that I had never heard of. We had the opportunity to try samples of different traditional snacks and even made wontons. We went back to the tea house, enjoyed tea and some local snacks and met the chef we were cooking with. We cooked 3 amazing tasting dishes. It was a great afternoon learning about traditional Sichuan cuisine and learning more about the culture through Lance. We will definitely be cooking these meals back home if we can find all of the ingredients!! I would do this experience over again! Thank you Lance for a wonderful tour!
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Lucywindall
Jan 13, 2020
Had a great afternoon with Lance!! - Had a really nice afternoon chatting and cooking with Lance. Really enjoyed the tour - he was very informative, and told me loads about Chinese culture! Would 100% recommend!
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