4 Dumpling and Dim Sum Tours in the USA Worth Going Hungry For

1.SF’s Chinatown: Tea & Dim Sum Food Tour – Includes full meal, 3hr

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 153 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $99Our pick

Spend three hours eating your way through San Francisco Chinatown with a small group of up to 10. Expect dim sum, Peking duck, a pastry, bubble tea, fortune cookies, and a lively tea tasting. Guides such as Robert, Jacob, Robin, and Marcy add local stories, though the exact guide and food stops can vary.

“Tour was overall enjoyable and food was good, even our kids (10-14yo) found new things that they loved out of the Dim Sum, Peking duck, Szechuan green beans, and the Chinese tea store. Fortune cookie factory was fun, but very brief, since there's a line out the door. Boba tea was good, and egg tarts were novel but not universally loved. Our primary disappointment was that the tour guide had limited stories to share about the area & stores we visited. She tended to repeat information or defer questions until later and then not come back to them. Much of the info centered around the early gold rush period, which…”

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2.Bagels Dumplings Pizza & Tacos: A Downtown Food Crawl

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 63 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $99

Join Morgan for a flexible, three-hour food walk through the Lower East Side, Chinatown, and nearby neighborhoods. Expect generous tastings at four to six local stops, from bialys and tacos to dumplings and pizza, plus street art, immigrant history, and a group capped at 10 people.

“Not only was our guide knowledgable about the food that we tasted, he had an incedible knowledge of the NYC neighborhoods that we traversed throughout the tour. It was an enriching, fun and delicious experience! I highly recommend this tour!”

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3.Homemade Dumplings 101 in NYC

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 16 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $120

At this three-hour NYC class, Chef Danny and his staff guide you through pork, chicken, shrimp, mushroom, and vegetable dumplings. You will learn traditional Chinese ingredients, utensils, folding, steaming, and frying, then sit down for lunch. The class starts at 1 p.m. in Midtown Manhattan.

“Chef Danny and his staff were engaging and fun! He made the class entertaining and educational. And everyone had the opportunity to be part of the entire process of dim sum. And of course it was delicious! Fresh and delicious. Would definitely do another class with chef Danny! Five star, can’t recommend it enough!”

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4.Authentic Delicious Chinese Dumplings

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 13 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $89Best value

Join Jinni in her spacious Pennsylvania home for a private, hands-on Chinese dumpling class. Over about 2.5 hours, you’ll prepare filling, learn cutting and folding techniques, enjoy an appetizer and coffee, eat your dumplings, and take home leftovers.

“This is a fun and informative experience right in Pa. Jinni was welcoming, warm and engaging. She even made us appetizers which were very tasty. Her teaching style was encouraging and gave us confidence. We're very happy we took this class and look forward to making authentic dumplings at home for friends and family. We hope she provides more classes in the future with additional dishes from her culture so that we can come back and learn even more!”

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