Beijing Cooking Learning Day Tour

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Tour Code:	BJPD-6
Location:	Beijing
Departure:	Daily
Attractions:	Hutongs, Beijing Cuisine School, Local Vegetable Market
Highlights:	Learn how to cook your favorite Chinese dishes in a traditional Chinese Cooking Class in Beijing. Your skilled chef will lead you through each step, and you’ll practice cooking two to three dishes of your own. You’ll then dine on the finished products and finish your day by visiting Beijing’s most famous pastry shop and the Hutong area.

Today's Activities

Estimated Itinerary:

After being picked up from your hotel around 8am, you will visit a local Chinese market with your culinary guide. Experience the lively Chinese market atmosphere and watch native Chinese people bargain for groceries. Learn about and shop for the different ingredients used in Chinese cooking, including vegetables, meats, sauces and spices.
Arrive at the hutong to get started with your Cooking Lesson. Your local Chinese cooking guide will explain the different uses of light and dark soy sauces, white and dark vinegar, and cooking wine and shaoxin wine. Gain insight into distinguishing between different qualities of sauces and wines.
Learn the proper technique of using a cleaver and stir-frying vegetables and meats in a wok. Your culinary expert will cook five classic Chinese dishes, and explain each step along the way. Then, you will cook two of the dishes yourself under the instruction of your Chinese chef. After you finish your cooking lesson, you’ll be rewarded with the scrumptious dishes you and your master chef have prepared.
After lunch, your guide will transport you by a private car to the century-old Daoxiangcun Foodstuffs Store, Beijing’s most famous snack and cake shop, to continue your gastronomic adventure. During the Qing Dynasty, the store baked sweet snacks for the royal family and government officials. Now, the store is a favorite of locals. You will find hundreds of snacks and cakes, from green tea cakes to rose cakes. The beautifully baked sweets will delight your taste buds!
You will continue to a visit to Hutong by rickshaw. Through the hutongs' teeming maze of alleys, you will see the old courtyard houses and learn about the daily life of ordinary Beijing citizens. Enjoy a tea ceremony in a traditional tea house and visit a local family.
End the tour and transfer you to the hotel around 5pm.

Note:: The approximate day tour itinerary & schedule above is for reference only, and may vary according to your travel date and group size. The Itinerary & schedule is subject to change at the time of booking order is confirmed.

Tour Price per person

Tour Class & Your Group Size	1 Person	2 Persons	3-5 Persons	6-9 Persons
Price	from US$338	from US$235	from US$195	from US$168

Note:: Prices are quoted in US dollar per adult. Price for child is 80% of adult price. Prices are for references only and may vary according to your travel date and group size.

Price Includes

Private car/coach for transfers service and sightseeing program as indicated in the itinerary. Meals as specified in the itinerary (B=Breakfast L=Lunch D=Dinner). Local English-speaking tour guide for transfers and sightseeing program as indicated in each city. Entrance fees to scenic spots as indicated in the itinerary. Service charge and government Taxes.

Price Excludes

Hotel accommodation. Entry or exit China international airfare or train tickets. Personal expenses such as laundry, drinks, fax, telephone call, optional activities, etc. Gratuities to the tour guide, driver and hotel bellboy. Fees for entry visa to China. Traveler insurance. Services not mentioned in the itinerary.

Cancellation and refund policy for Activities reservation

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To cover the cost of processing your cancellation and to compensate us for the risk that we may not be able to resell your travel arrangements, we make a cancellation charge on the scale shown below. The person who made the booking is responsible for paying this charge. The size of the charge depends on when we receive your cancellation notice or letter or how you would like us to deal with your payment providing that we have received your full payment for the tours.
No Cancellation Fees if written cancellation notice is received more than 30 days prior to tour departure!

Cancellation in advance	Cancellation penalty
More than 30 days	No Cancellation Fee
30-10 days	50% of the full payment
9-0 days or no show	100% of the full payment