Half-Day Small Group Sichuan Cuisine Museum Tour with Cooking Class
Overview
Sichuan Cuisine Museum lies in an ancient town of Pixian county in Chengdu, covering about 27, 000 square meters. As a National AAA level Scenic Spot, it is the only dynamic museum in the world displaying the Sichuan Culinary Culture. It displays the important parts of Sichuan local culture like Sichuan cuisine, Sichuan wine, Sichuan opera, Sichuan tea, Sichuan architecture, Sichuan gardens. They all makes the museum unique and distinctive from others. There are about 6000 collections on Sichuan culinary culture. This museum is built in western Sichuan architecture style, including Classic Collection hall, Kitchen God Ancestral Hall, Raw Material and Processing Tools Display Areas and Interactive Demonstration hall. This tour also includes a professional guide, food tasting, the afternoon tea and unlimited beer, wine and soft drinks to let you enjoy.
Inclusions
- Afternoon tea
- Food tasting
- Glass of Champagne
- Unlimited beer, wine and soft drinks
- Professional guide/chef
What to expect
As visitors arrive at the Sichuan Cuisine Museum they are greeted by a bilingual guide who introduces the museum's Tourist Center and hands out informational materials, and museum visitor survey cards. Visitors will then be invited to start their Sichuan dish jouney by first tasting a famous, and very popular local snack of fresh pancake made with eggs, and fermented flours in a variety of flavors to delight a variety of taste buds.
After tasting the snack, your bilingual guide will take you to visit the following scenic spots:
1. Classic Collection Hall: Appreciate thousands of antiques, ancient books, pictures and records on Sichuan culinary culture, have a close look at the kitchen wares over 3000 years ago and get to know the evolution of Sichuan cuisine culture from the period of ancient states of Ba and Shu till up to now.
2. Raw material display area: have a look at the organic vegetable garden and poultry and enjoy yourself picking the organic vegetables; experience the traditional manufacturing techniques of flipping, sun-burning and dewing to make Pixian chilly bean paste; taste Xuanzi pea jelly and experience the delicacy of the chilly bean paste.
3. Kithchen God Ancesteral Hall learn of Chuancai's banquet culture, and Kitchen God, a most revered deity in traditional Sichuan folk culture. You may feel lucky, and draw from lots for a chance to win a prized Sichuan menu.
4. Sichuan Resaurant Alley catch a glimpse into the past, and the dinning experiences of a much older Chengdu. The very popular combined Western-Sichuan Architectural styles of the early 1900's period restaurants are displayed through paintings and pictures.
5. Raw Materials Processing time to be adventurous, crush chilies into powder using a Qing Dynasty pestle & mortar, make, and taste sweat or spicy bean curd puddings, and practice the art of grinding beans with an ancient grinding machine.
After visiting around the museum, it's now time to cook some authentic Chinese dishes with an experienced chef, at the end, you will be rewarded by receiving a "Sichuan Master certificate".
Choose one of the below two options and make sure to write your choice under "Special requirement" upon booking.
A) Panda Steamed Dumplings - Kung Pao Chicken - Mapo Tofu
B) Pumpkin Steamed Dumplings - Daqian Dry-Braised Fish - Boiled Beef in Chili Sauce
There is no better things to do after booking than enjoying the meal made by your own, it's time to taste the food!
After your meal, feel free to walk around the museum, enjoy the unlimited beer, some champagne and afternoon tea desserts.
After tasting the snack, your bilingual guide will take you to visit the following scenic spots:
1. Classic Collection Hall: Appreciate thousands of antiques, ancient books, pictures and records on Sichuan culinary culture, have a close look at the kitchen wares over 3000 years ago and get to know the evolution of Sichuan cuisine culture from the period of ancient states of Ba and Shu till up to now.
2. Raw material display area: have a look at the organic vegetable garden and poultry and enjoy yourself picking the organic vegetables; experience the traditional manufacturing techniques of flipping, sun-burning and dewing to make Pixian chilly bean paste; taste Xuanzi pea jelly and experience the delicacy of the chilly bean paste.
3. Kithchen God Ancesteral Hall learn of Chuancai's banquet culture, and Kitchen God, a most revered deity in traditional Sichuan folk culture. You may feel lucky, and draw from lots for a chance to win a prized Sichuan menu.
4. Sichuan Resaurant Alley catch a glimpse into the past, and the dinning experiences of a much older Chengdu. The very popular combined Western-Sichuan Architectural styles of the early 1900's period restaurants are displayed through paintings and pictures.
5. Raw Materials Processing time to be adventurous, crush chilies into powder using a Qing Dynasty pestle & mortar, make, and taste sweat or spicy bean curd puddings, and practice the art of grinding beans with an ancient grinding machine.
After visiting around the museum, it's now time to cook some authentic Chinese dishes with an experienced chef, at the end, you will be rewarded by receiving a "Sichuan Master certificate".
Choose one of the below two options and make sure to write your choice under "Special requirement" upon booking.
A) Panda Steamed Dumplings - Kung Pao Chicken - Mapo Tofu
B) Pumpkin Steamed Dumplings - Daqian Dry-Braised Fish - Boiled Beef in Chili Sauce
There is no better things to do after booking than enjoying the meal made by your own, it's time to taste the food!
After your meal, feel free to walk around the museum, enjoy the unlimited beer, some champagne and afternoon tea desserts.
Additional information
- Minimum age is 12 years
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Ticket delivery
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
Cristinaontherun
December 2019
I went back myself on this tour, which was apparently quite unusual as this is typically part of larger group tours. I took a subway and taxi, and it was a bit frightening being so far from Chengdu, in a more commercial/suburban area, but it worked out fine in the end to find the place. My tour g...
I went back myself on this tour, which was apparently quite unusual as this is typically part of larger group tours. I took a subway and taxi, and it was a bit frightening being so far from Chengdu, in a more commercial/suburban area, but it worked out fine in the end to find the place. My tour guide was generous, and his English was great. The best part is the outside pavilion, where you can sample many traditional dishes. The only thing is that you can get too full to eat the food you cook yourself. Don’t expect to learn too much about how to cook Sichuan foods as this part was quick. You’ll get a few useful recipes to use back home, however. The facility was great, and everyone worked to make me feel welcome even though I was on my own. My tour guides even used his own phone app to get me a taxi back to the subway station.Kieran C
September 2019
A great experience, once you finally get there. We gave ourselves over an hour to get there, and ended up being nearly half an hour late. For people going by metro/bus and not taxi from Chengdu center, it takes 45mins by metro to Xipilu, and nearly 1hr for the P22 bus - and the P22 stop is metro ...
A great experience, once you finally get there. We gave ourselves over an hour to get there, and ended up being nearly half an hour late. For people going by metro/bus and not taxi from Chengdu center, it takes 45mins by metro to Xipilu, and nearly 1hr for the P22 bus - and the P22 stop is metro exit B, OPPOSITE side of the road, and no there aren't any signs when you exit the train station, we were walking around for 10mins before we saw one on the opposite end of the station. Once we got there, we discovered we were the only ones on the tour that day, so our tour guide had waited for us! To make up the time before the place closed for the day, we had the cooking experience first instead of last, then an abbreviated tour though the museum. The guide was very knowledgeable and made the whole experience great fun. And the food, oh god, the food! Even though we cooked it ourselves it was fantastic, our guide was amazed that we finished it all!Vacation810658
November 2019
「四川料理博物館」と聞くだけでも期待が増してましたが、料理教室も解りやすくて親切な指導で満足。敷地内のフードコートでの食事も「食べ放題」！で大満足！！ ただ、市内からは少し時間が掛かり過ぎてしまいここが残念です。
「四川料理博物館」と聞くだけでも期待が増してましたが、料理教室も解りやすくて親切な指導で満足。敷地内のフードコートでの食事も「食べ放題」！で大満足！！ ただ、市内からは少し時間が掛かり過ぎてしまいここが残念です。cristinagatti1980
August 2020
Being a big fan of cooking, I thought I could not miss a cooking class while visiting Sichuan. Talking to Wonder at China Discovery, he suggested the experience of the Chuançais Museum: cooking class and visit of the museum. It was a wonderful idea! Even if a little far from Chengdu city centre,...
Being a big fan of cooking, I thought I could not miss a cooking class while visiting Sichuan. Talking to Wonder at China Discovery, he suggested the experience of the Chuançais Museum: cooking class and visit of the museum. It was a wonderful idea! Even if a little far from Chengdu city centre, the museum is set in a beautiful location and it is worth a visit with a peaceful garden and lily pond and traditional Chinese buildings. It is also very interesting to learning the long history of Sichuan cuisine while visiting the museum. But the cooking class was the best! The kitchen itself was amazing; I learnt to prepare Sweet Panda Steamed Dumplings, Mapu Toufu and Kungpao Chicken with Evelyn as a great teacher. The explanation, all in English, was easy and clear and the result incredibly tasteful. This is an experience I would recommend to any food lover!Emma B
June 2017
I loved this tour! I ended up being the only one on the tour - so it was private, which was great for me. My guide was lovely, very friendly and excited to show me around the museum and answer all my questions. I arrived a little late but that didn't affect anything which was great.
I loved this tour! I ended up being the only one on the tour - so it was private, which was great for me. My guide was lovely, very friendly and excited to show me around the museum and answer all my questions. I arrived a little late but that didn't affect anything which was great.