The 4 Street Food Tours in Beijing Locals Send You To

1.Beijing Private Hutong Food Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 299 reviews · from $82Our pick

Spend four hours walking Beijing’s Dongsi Hutong and LongFuSi Jie with a private food guide such as Allen, Miko, Lucy, Jay, or Anson. Taste more than 20 local dishes at markets, bakeries, shops, and restaurants while learning how food, old courtyards, and daily life fit together.

“Anson made our food tour an amazing experience! We got to try a variety of delicious dishes at each stop, all unique and full of flavor. It’s a fun and tasty way to explore the city!”

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2.Beijing: Dumpling Making Workshop with Meal and Tea

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 69 reviews · 3 hours · from $35

Meet your English-speaking guide at 16:30, learn dumpling dough, fillings, and folding techniques, then eat your handmade dumplings with tea, beer, and other Chinese dishes. Hosts such as Eric, Jenny, Janine, and Heyang are praised for patient teaching. Check the meeting point carefully, as hotel pickup is not included.

“instructor had good English and easy to understand. Lots of food and delicious”

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3.Online Cooking Class Beijing Dumplings and Cuisine by Sunflowerli Renowned Chef

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 65 reviews · from $20Best value

Join Chef Miss Li, also known as Sunflower Li, live from Beijing for a private 60 to 90 minute Chinese cooking class. Choose dumplings, hand-pulled noodles, dim sum, mapo tofu, kung pao chicken, and more. You shop for the ingredients, then cook from scratch with guidance suited to your level.

“It has been a fantastic experience to cook with Sunflower. She had sent the ingredient list the a few days before with some comments about substitution for in the case I wouldn't have found all the ingredients I needed for the three meals Read more”

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4.Half-Day Private Beijing Hutong Walking Tour with Dim Sum

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 48 reviews · from $148

Walk Beijing’s old hutongs with a private English-speaking guide, visiting Nanluoguxiang, the Bell and Drum Towers, Yandai Xie Street, and Houhai. Sample bubble tea, red bean dessert, and mantou buns, then enjoy dim sum if your selected option includes lunch. Maggie and Kris are among the guides who have led this tour.

“I had the most wonderful tour with Maggie! She personalized my tour to my interests and was so knowledgeable about every single question I asked! Before this tour, I had only seen the larger shopping areas in Beijing (I was only there for 24 Read more”

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