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Xi'an Cooking Class: Half-Day Experience with Biang Biang Noodles and Spice Market Tour
4.9
20 Ratings
Xi'An
Embark on a half-day cooking class in Xi’an, where you’ll explore a local spice market, learn about Chinese spices, and cook traditional dishes in a cozy kitchen. An unforgettable culinary experience awaits!
Embark on a half-day cooking class in Xi’an, where you’ll explore a local spice market, learn about Chinese spices, and cook traditional dishes in a cozy kitchen. An unforgettable culinary experience awaits!
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Xi’An - During this 3-4 hours unique cooking workshop, you’ll be taken into an authentic local spice market to explore it with fun challenges to complete and learn different species of Chinese spices and ingredients that will be used in the following cooking class. The class will be carried out in a traditional Chinese Chef’s home. You’ll be…
- Xi’An - During this 3-4 hours unique cooking workshop, you’ll be taken into an authentic local spice market to explore it with fun challenges to complete and learn different species of Chinese spices and ingredients that will be used in the following cooking class. The class will be carried out in a traditional Chinese Chef’s home. You’ll be treated with local tea as it’s local’s custom to treat friends and visitors. After that, you then will be guided to start the cooking process by a professional chef. Finally, you can enjoy the dishes made by yourself along with some beers or beverages. For it’s really informative, interesting and fun, this class will be an unforgettable experience in your lifetime.
What's Included
- Lunch or dinner based on your class schedule
- Recipes
- Beverages (beer, tea, water)
- Food ingredients
- Food tasting
- Lunch or dinner based on your class schedule
- Recipes
- Beverages (beer, tea, water)
- Food ingredients
- Food tasting
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Meal Options
- biangbiang noodles
- biangbiang noodles
Additional Information
During this 3-4 hour unique cooking workshop, you’ll be taken into an authentic local spice market to explore it with fun challenges to complete and learn different species of Chinese spices and ingredients that will be used in the following cooking class. The class will be carried out in a traditional Chinese Chef’s home. You’ll be treated with local…
During this 3-4 hour unique cooking workshop, you’ll be taken into an authentic local spice market to explore it with fun challenges to complete and learn different species of Chinese spices and ingredients that will be used in the following cooking class. The class will be carried out in a traditional Chinese Chef’s home. You’ll be treated with local tea as it’s local’s custom to treat friends and visitors. After that, you then will be guided to start the cooking process by a professional chef. Finally, you can enjoy the dishes made by yourself along with some beers or beverages. For it’s really informative, interesting and fun, this class will be an unforgettable experience in your lifetime.
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- Please wear comfortable walking shoes
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Location
Xi'An
Sajinqiao Metro Stop Exit B(Metro Line 1 )
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(20 Ratings)
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Glendap2021
Jan 13, 2025
Incredible! - Really, really, beautiful experience! We were in three (my wife, my 10 years old daughter and me) and Bruce brought us to a spice market close to their house to buy the vegetables, the meat, etc... Then we went to their house: they offered us fruits, cakes and tea. Then we started to cook with Lily: we did the dough, we cut the vegetables, we cooked them and then we prepared the "biang biang" with our dough and with the Lily's dough. Then we cooked this noodles and we ate with their family: we had the noodles that we did and some other cold dished prepared by Lily.
Really, really suggested and really, really beautiful experience and atmosphere.
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Jaij697
Jan 9, 2025
Such a great day! - We had the best time learning to make biang biang noodles with Bruce and Lily! The market visit was also a really interesting insight into the average Xi’an locals shopping experience. Bruce was so knowledgeable and we had so many interesting chats with him. They also very kindly adapted the class to be vegetarian for us. We had such a lovely day and of course the noodles were delicious! Highly recommend!!
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Callie_m
Jan 6, 2025
Wonderful! - Had a great time making WAY too many noodles and learning the history of noodles in China. I will definitely be able to recreate them when I go home!
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Tj-and-mt
Jan 2, 2025
Xi'an Biang Biang Noodles - A fun experience! - This was such a fun experience. Our guide Bruce met us at our Hotel and we travelled to a local market for ingredients to use in our cooking class. We then rode in a Tuktuk to Bruce's home where we met Lily his wife. After enjoying some tea and fresh fruit, Lily taught us how to make the dough for our Biang Biang Noodles and prepare the ingredients for the sauce. We then had fun learning how to stretch the dough to make our noodles and cooking the sauce to mix with them. The finished dish was absolutely delicious and it was lovely to talk with Bruce, Lily and their son while enjoying our food. I would recommend this tour if you are a foodie and interested in learning how to make Xi'an Biang Biang Noodles the traditional way. Visiting the market was very interesting and a great way to start the tour. Thank you to Bruce and family for a really enjoyable experience.
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Stephen_b
Jul 23, 2024
Oodles of Noodles - Great market and cooking with Michael and Bruce! Biang Biang noodles were fun and delicious. Thanks for a great day guys!
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Sophie_y
Jul 13, 2024
Unique experience - We visited the local market and made handmade noodles at home. Everything start from scratch. It was a Great experience, highly recommend!
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Carey2
Jul 8, 2024
Great guide in Xi 'An - We did this tour with Bruce and his wife Lilly. It was one of the most enjoyable experiences we had in China. Bruce is incredibly informed, chatty and good fun, and Lilly likewise as well as being an excellent cook. From the time we met them outside the tube station, they could not have been more hospitable or helpful and gave us a great insight into life in China. I could not recommend them highly enough. Bruce has his own transport and also does his own private tours which I imagine would be great. His email address is [email protected].
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Gabriel_o
Jun 18, 2024
Amazing Experience Cooking and Getting a Taste of Life in Xi'an - This was a really special and amazing tour for us. I booked it because I was mainly interested in learning the technique of how to make hand pulled noodles (all my attempts at home ended in failure), but the actual experience was so much more. Michael was a friendly and knowledgeable guide who communicated well with us before the tour and was flexible as far as start time. We began with a trip through streets with local vendors, with Michael explaining about the produce we were getting. We then went to start cooking at a typical apartment, which gave us the opportunity to see life for local people. I don't want to spoil the surprise, but we were shown amazing hospitality. The cooking class itself was very laid back and helpful, and Michael carefully explained each step. He guided us through cooking the sauce for the noodles (we were able to cook this ourselves) and also through making the dough and pulling the noodles (we were able to pull our own noodles, and I even had some successful ones!). But the main highlight was sitting down for the meal once the work was done - it felt like sitting down for a family meal with home cooked food and a very good atmosphere.
If you are looking to experience what it might be like to prepare a dish at home as a Xi'an local and get some more insight into local life (this is not just strictly a cooking class in a kitchen with a rigid curriculum), this class is for you. It was one of the best things we did while in Xi'an and I would highly recommend.
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Rachel_m
Jun 11, 2024
Excellent Biang Biang Class - This class was exactly what we were looking for. Michael was an excellent teacher and we had so much fun making Biang Biang Noodles. Before the class we got to visit a Chinese market which was an experience in its self. I would definitely book this class if you are looking to learn how to make excellent Biang Biang Noodles
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Robertjf6937gh
May 20, 2024
Great local market experience and shopping, learn how to make your own hand-pulled biang biang noodles 🤲🍜 Would recomm - We had a lot of fun during the cooking class. We especially liked the local market with all the variety of vegetables, spices and tofu. It was definitely off the beaten tourist track and a great experience.
Biang biang noodles are great, so the cooking was fun too.
Note: the course description and pictures should be updated though. The first pictures show a bigger traditional chef‘s kitchen. Whereas, the cooking was done in a modern flat with smaller kitchen. There are some photos of this, but the current state could be clarified better.
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