1 Day Best Chengdu Food Tour with City Sightseeing

Summary:

Sichuan Cuisine, is one of the famous Eight Great Cuisines of China. There are hundreds of flavors in Sichuan cuisine and each dish has own unique taste and flavor. Most of the Chinese cooking methods are used in Sichuan cuisine and other thing that make Sichuan cuisine special is the seasoning used, like Pixian Doubanjiang (Pixian Chilly Bean Paste), Sichuan Peppercorn, Baoning vinegar, Dou-chi, etc.
 
Transfer to Sichuan Cuisine Museum to learn profound Sichuan Cuisine culture in a dynamic way as well as do cooking class to make typical Sichuan dishes, like Kung Pao Chicken, Mapo Tofu, panda steamed dumplings, etc.
 
Let’s eat, taste and experience in the Land of Abundance for an amazing gourmet journey!

Highlights:


1,Catch the rare chance to head to Sichuan Cuisine Museum, the only “eatable museum” showing Sichuan cuisine culture in dynamic way;
 
2,Take special-arranged cooking class under the guidance of professional chef to learn to cook famous Sichuan cuisine dishes, such as Kung Pao Chicken, Mapo Tofu…
 
3,Leisurely wander on Jinli Old Street which is a good place to hunt for local snacks and experience local folk culture.

基本的旅行信息

Basic Trip Information

Price:$90

Travel Route:Chengdu / Wolong / Chengdu

Travel Length:6-8H

Tour Code:CD-PTWL-07

Group Size:You, your family and friends

Experience:Architecture,Photograph

Departure:Any day you want

Trip Itinerary

This morning you will go to Sichuan Cuisine Museum in Pixian County, the only eatable museum in China with new way to experience Sichuan cuisine culture. Appreciate 6000 pieces of antiques, artifacts and books and hear many Sichuan food facts, know how Pixian chilly bean paste is made, experience making bean curd pudding, taste different kinds of Sichuan snacks, worship Kitchen God in the biggest Kitchen God Ancestral Hall in the world, partake in the cooking class to personally make three typical Sichuan dishes, like Kung Pao chicken, Mapo Tofu, Panda steamed dumpling, etc. Under the guidance of professional Chuancais chef, learn how to cut, control fire, complete cooking process and accomplish your dish. Share and enjoy your dishes with your families or partners and be awarded with official certificate of “Master of Chuancais”.
 
After the cooking experience, drive back to Chengdu downtown to Renmin Park.Chengdu is famous for its relaxing and leisure pace throughout China, which will be proved after a stay in Renmin Park. Sit down, order a pot of Chinese tea, make a casual chat with your friends and watching locals indulging themselves in different kinds of folk entertainment - napping in a lively teahouse, playing mahjong, disco dancing, neck massage, ear cleaning...
 
Next is an impressive trip to the famous Jinli Old Street.
 In December 2019, CNN Travel released a list of the world's 21 most beautiful streets. They included a bustling street in New York City, an exotic ancient alley in North Africa, a lane covered in graffiti in Melbourne and a flower-scattered avenue in South Africa. Jinli Street from Chengdu is the only Chinese street selected and is placed No.1 by CNN.
 
As a part of the Chengdu Wuhou Shrine Museum, Jinli Street stretches for 550 meters, features dwellings commonly seen in Western Sichuan between the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty (1600-1644), and accommodates tourism, shopping and entertainment。 In fact, Jinli Street is a must-go attraction in Chengdu whether or not itwas awarded the "World's Most Beautiful Street."
 
At the end, your guide will escort you to your hotel.

Price Details

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Price Included:

1. Food tasting
2. English speaking guide
3. Local tea
4. beers or beverages
5. Souvenir
6. Recipes
7. Hotel pick up and drop off (in the second ring road)

Trip Notes

Sichuan Cuisine Museum Cooking Class
 
Activities are well designed to experience all the essence of Sichuan cuisine culture. The highlighted part should be the Cooking Class to make your favorite Sichuan dishes on your own. Check the below schedules with detailed activities to inspire yourselves now!
 
 
Activity One (09:50 ): Begin your gourmet journey
Begin your gourmet journey to taste different kind of Sichuan snacks including Sichuan style stuffed pancake, northern Sichuan style jelly, Tofu pudding, Zhong dumplings, Sichuan pickles, golden thread like noodles, etc. All are the old Chengdu flavor.
 
Activity Two (10:00 ): Visit Sichuan style garden
Visit this Sichuan Style Garden by viewing Han-dynasty brick made by 2000 years ago, the most expensive Sichuan style rosewood folding screen, a beautiful Shu embroidery piece from Qing Dynasty, and the hand-carved wooden door from 600 years ago. Enjoy some peaceful moment in the beautiful classical Sichuan style garden of 27000 square meters.
 
Activity Three (10:10 ): Appreciate Sichuan cuisine cultural relics
Learn about the development of Sichuan cuisine history and traditional culture and appreciate more than 6000 pieces of cultural relics and view the treasure of museum – the most expensive pickle jar which worth 4 million RMB.
 
Activity Four (10:40 ): Know the raw ingredients for Sichuan cuisine
Get to Know the raw ingredients for Sichuan cuisine by having a look at the organic vegetable garden and the roaming poultry. Experience the brewing process of making Pixian chili bean paste in the traditional techniques – flipping, sun-burning and dewing. Taste Xuanzi pea jelly and experience the delicacy of the chilly bean paste.
 
 
Activity Five (10:55 ): Worship Kitchen God
The Kitchen God, respected as the master of all Chinese chef, is one of the most important parts of Sichuan traditional folk culture. Sichuan Cuisine Museum has the biggest Kitchen God Ancestral Hall in the world. Worship in the Kitchen God Ancestral Hall, learn about the culture of sacrifice in ancient Sichuan, try your luck to win a precious secret recipe and watch a local drama performance – Nuo Drama.
 
Activity Six (11:10 ): Wander through Street of Old Sichuan Cuisine Restaurants
Walk through the Street of Old Sichuan Cuisine Restaurants which have a panoramic representation of Sichuan cuisines. You can find famous Chuancai restaurants, like ChangShengYuan, ZuiXiaYuan, ZhenJiangLou, ZuiTaoCun and so on.
 
Activity Seven (11:15 ): Know Traditional Tools
Get to know all kinds of Sichuan food processing tools and experience how the bean curd pudding made with the grinding machine and taste delicious spicy or sweet bean curd pudding.
 
Activity Eight (11:30 ): Attend Cooking Class
In the VIP cooking class, put on special chef uniform and cook three typical Sichuan cuisine under the guidance of Chuancai specialist and experience the excitement of cooking with the firsthand experience from cutting skills, controlling of heat, cooking process and finally accomplish your dish. The nationally-renowned top chef will try and make a comment on your cooking and after which you will be awarded with official certificate of “Master of Chuancais”.
 
Menu : includes Panda steamed dumpling, Kung Pao chicken, Mapo Tofu
 
(Please Note: If you go with kids, please tell us beforehand and we will arrange special dish for him/her to cook; and if you want to order your favorite dish which are not on the above list, please tell us your list in advance of 15 days and we will tell the staff at Sichuan Cuisine Museum to make some preparation.)
 
Activity Nine (12:40 ): Share and enjoy dishes
Share and enjoy the delicious dishes cooked by yourselves with your friends on the thousand-year-old Brazilian rosewood table. To enrich your meal, you will also be served with free fruits, red wine, alcohol with special pharmacological function brewed with traditional Chinese herbs, beverage, fruit and vegetable juice and covered tea, just to name a few.
 
 
Let’s experience all the fun for playing with Chuancai!

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