Sichuan Cuisine-Themed Museum Cooking Experience
Our main objective is to give Sichuan cuisine lovers an opportunity to experience in Sichuan cuisine researching and making. Thus, we have prepared the following curriculum for those who are interested in joining this activity. Note: All the prices are valid the whole year except for the public holidays or big events in China, such as the National Day holiday from Oct.1 to Oct.7, the spring festival, May day .
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Sichuan Cuisine-Themed Museum Cooking Experience
Pickup included
What's included in Sichuan Cuisine-Themed Museum Cooking Experience
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Sichuan Cuisine Museum
The driver will come to pick you up from your hotel/hostel about 7:30am or 11:30am, then drive about 1.5 hours to Sichuan cuisine museum located at Gucheng village Pixian county of Chengdu. Activity 1- 9:50am(13:50pm) Embark on a Journey of Sichuan Snacks Entering the museum, taste the Sichuan style stuffed pancake, northern Sichuan style jelly, Toufu pudding, Zhong's dumpling, Sichuan pickle, Golden thread like noodles, etc. Activity 2- 10:00am(14:00pm) Appreciate Cultural Relics and Tour a Sichuan Style Garden With the company of our professional Chuancai guide, learn about the development of Sichuan cuisine history and traditional culture by appreciating more than 6000 pieces of cultural relics, relax yourself in a beautiful classical Sichuan style garden of 27000 square meters.
Sichuan Cuisine Museum
Activity 3- 10:40am(14:40pm) Get to know the Raw Ingredients for Chuancais Visit the organic vegetable garden and the roaming poultry, feel free to pick some organic vegetables; then, experience the traditional manufacturing techniques of flipping, sunburning and dewing to make Pixian chilly bean paste; taste Xuanzi pea jelly and experience the delicacy of the chilly bean paste. Activity 4- 10:55am(14:55pm) Worship the Kitchen God Respected as the master of all Chinese chefs, the Kitchen God 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. Worshiping him will remind us to cherish food and to establish harmonious coexistence with the nature.
Sichuan Cuisine Museum
Activity 5- 11:10am(15:20pm)Walk through the Street of Old Sichuan Cuisine Restaurants The Street of Old Sichuan Cuisine Restaurants has the reputation of being the panoramic representation of Sichuan cuisines. You can find famous Chuancais restaurants like ChangShengYuan, ZuiXiaXuan, ZhenJiangLou, ZuiTaoCun and so on here in western Sichuan folk house style. Activity 6- 11:15am(15:15pm) Process Chuancais Ingredients with Traditional Tools First you'll get to identify all kinds of food processing tools. Make chili powder with pestle from the Qing Dynasty; experience making bean curd pudding with the grinding machine and taste delicious spicy or sweet bean curd pudding. Involve yourself in the original food processing techniques Savor the delicacy made by yourself
Inclusions
- Travel insurance
- All the cooking experience
- Private car or minivan depending on the number of tourists
- Lunch
- Certified private English-speaking guide
- The main entrance tickets
- Hotel
- Your personal expenses such as shopping,entertainment
- Tips to the guide and driver
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Pickup and Dropoff
Choose to be picked up from a list of locations
Please arrive at the pick up point 30 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
Free Pick-up is offered for visitors staying in the hotels/hostels inside the 2nd Ring Road of Chengdu city, 50-150RMB/pax will be charged for pick-up service for those who stay outside the 2nd Ring Road, so please SPECIFY the hotel name and address when you enroll this tour.
