Private Food Tour of Shanghai

Highlights

  • Sample a selection of dumplings - Xiao long bao and Sheng jian bao

  • Try stir fried bullfrog - Shanghai's four-legged answer to the buffalo wing

  • Taste the regional specialty: Xie ke huang (yellow crab)

  • Try delicious handmade Shanghai wheat noodles

  • Savour a selection of desserts for a finale - washed down with huangjiu (yellow wine)

Summary

Enjoy authentic Shanghainese cuisine in this tantalising journey of the senses

Tour info

Duration
4 hours
Group Size
10
Pricing (From)
Commentary
English
Meeting Point

Shanghai Museum, 201 Renmin Ave, Ren Min Guang Chang, Shanghai, 200003, CN

123 Main St, Main St, Kings County, New York, 11217, United States

Dropoff location

Why take this tour?

Discover an array of fantastic tastes and flavours in Shanghai’s buzzing food scene in a truly scrumptious journey around the city’s mouth-watering culinary map

 - Sample a selection of dumplings - Xiao long bao and Sheng jian bao
 - Try stir fried bullfrog - Shanghai's four-legged answer to the buffalo wing
 - Taste the regional specialty: Xie ke huang (yellow crab)
 - Try delicious handmade Shanghai wheat noodles
 - Savour a selection of desserts for a finale - washed down with huangjiu (yellow wine)

Food is powerful, enhancing the intensity of the memories we build. It introduces cultures, defines memories and provides a window on a new destination. Tasting the food of a city provides a fascinating insight into its ethnic diversity, history, character and gastronomic trends. In Shanghai, food is at the heart of everything as an integral part of its identity for 3,000 years. Many of the city’s most beloved traditional dishes trace the city’s storied history. Your Private Shanghai Food Tour takes you on a culinary voyage around authentic Shanghainese flavours: a delicious journey through a rich and evolving food scene and influenced by the East China Sea

Shanghai’s most iconic dishes like braised eggplant, soft grilled oysters, juicy scallops, delicate mandarin fish, famous xiao long bao soup dumplings, hairy crab nian gao and Di Shui Dong ribs that fall off the bone are all celebrated on the Private Shanghai Food Tour. Learn the secret ingredients behind the most popular recipes and hear the fascinating backstories to exciting taste combinations. A ready supply of Western ingredients have yet to infiltrate Shanghai’s most popular dishes. Our sensory taste-led experience involves plenty of interaction with Shanghainese ingredients and fresh produce. Visit buzzing kitchens, bustling food markets and taste speciality dishes such as Xiao long bao (steamed pork dumplings), Sheng jian bao (pan-fried dumplings), stir fried bullfrog, Xie ke huang (crab-stuffed pastry), Chang shou mian (wheat noodles), deep fried wonton and bread cooked in the Xinjiang stone accompanied by a glass of traditional yellow wine 

Your gastronomic journey will come to an oh-so-sweet end with a sample range of Shanghainese desserts recommended by your expert guide. The Private Shanghai Food Tour is an authentic immersion in the character and history of Shanghai’s exquisite food so be sure to arrive hungry!

What’s included?

  • Transport costs between locations

  • One standard portion at each food outlet

  • A friendly, professional private tour guide

  • Plenty of time to take photos at your favourite places

  • Cost of hotel pick up/drop off. Your guide will accompany you in a taxi or by public transport

  • Extra food and drink outside of the inclusions

  • Gratuities (optional)

Things to know

Before you book

  • Cost of hotel pick up/drop off is not included on this tour. Your guide will accompany you in a taxi or by public transport

Before you go

  • Please bring comfortable walking shoes

  • Please bring any medical requirements you need throughout the day

  • In summer, please remember to bring a hat, sunscreen and plenty of water

Covid Policy

  • Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
  • Social distancing enforced throughout experience
  • Gear/equipment sanitized between use
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands

Cancellation Policy

    Up to 24 hours before the beginning of the activity: full refund Less than 24 hours before the beginning of the activity or no-show: no refund

About operator:

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