Top Chengdu Food & Drink

Spend a day expanding your food knowledge and tasting delicious Chengdu cuisine on this exciting foodie experience. You’ll explore a local spice market with a guide to navigate, so you won’t have to worry about getting lost. Learn about local ingredients, and then visit a Sichuan courtyard restaurant for a cooking class. A professional chef will teach you how to make multiple dishes, and at the end of your class, you can eat the dishes you’ve prepared with beverages included too.

Set out in the evening with an expert guide and your own tuk-tuk driver to find the best dinner dishes in Chengdu on this tour. Explore pedestrian alleyways, hidden parks, and small temples where you visit favorite local eateries. Experience Chengdu's cuisine and culture by eating at the same places that local people do.

Enrich your knowledge and pleasure your palate on a private full-day tour of a tea plantation from Chengdu. Venture to the verdant splendor of Mt Mengding (Mengdingshan) and greet a local farmer to begin learning about the entire tea-making process. Listen as your knowledgeable guide translates ancient tea-making techniques and absorb the tranquil ambience and enticing aromas of the plantation. Feast upon a traditional Chinese lunch at a rustic restaurant and take home some fresh tealeaves to make your own beautiful brews. 

Sichuan food is one of China’s great cuisines. Experience it in depth on a small-group tour with a guide at the Sichuan Cuisine Museum, complete with free-flow beer, wine, and soft drinks and a glass of champagne. First, tour the museum, including hands-on displays, tastings, a raffle, and a garden. Next, learn to cook three different Sichuan dishes alongside an experienced chef, then feast on the fruits of your labors.

During this 4-5 hours unique Chinese bun (Bao Zi) making workshop, you’ll be taken into an authentic local spice market to explore it with fun challenges to complete and learn different species of Sichuan spices and ingredients that will be used in the following cooking class. The class will be carried out in a traditional Sichuan style courtyard. You’ll be treated with Sichuan local tea as it’s local’s custom to treat friends and visitors. After that, you then will be guide to start the cooking process by a professional chef in a cozy kitchen. Finally, you can enjoy the Bao Zi, a kind of famous traditional steamed bun with filling, 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.

Spicy and satisfying, Sichuan cooking is one of China’s eight great cuisines. Discover its secrets with the help of a professional chef in this hands-on, small-group cooking class. Start with a tour of an authentic wet market, including a taste of rice wine. Then learn the art of the chef’s knife and the wok as you prepare four separate dishes and savor them. Leave with recipes to take home.

Enjoy an alternative sightseeing experience on a half-day bike tour of Chengdu, led by a knowledgeable local guide. Immerse yourself in the traditional culture of the city as you visit the favorite haunts of locals to see how they pursue daily leisure activities. Visit legendary landmarks like the Wenshu Temple and the Qingyang Palace and cycle between impressive monuments at a leisurely pace tailored to your ability. Gain fascinating insight into the rich heritage of Chengdu as you absorb its unique ambience on this energizing and enriching excursion.

Learn how to make Sichuan-style mapo tofu, a popular Chinese dish, during a cooking class in Chengdu. You’ll start with a visit to a spice market to see all the different ingredients that can be used in Chinese cuisine, and then head to the cooking location for tea and your lesson with a professional chef. Finally, sit down to enjoy your mapo tofu along with beer or other beverage. Booking in advance ensures you won’t risk a sold-out activity.

• A friendly, knowledgeable and passionate English-speaking tour guide • Stroll through hidden alleyways and away from visitors • Eat like a local, with a guide for added insight and to avoid getting lost • Learn more about Chengdu unique food culture

Prepare Dan Dan noodles like a pro with this half-day cooking workshop. After a convenient hotel pickup, travel with a guide to shop for spices at a local market. Then, head to a professional kitchen, where you’ll sip Jasmine tea and learn the secret sauce of Dan Dan noodles from an experienced chef. Savor your expertly-prepared meal and enjoy a complimentary beer before being returned to your hotel.

Immerse yourself in Chengdu’s laid-back lifestyle on this 6-hour walking tour and get an insight into local traditions and pastimes, from Chinese calligraphy to Tai Chi. Admire city landmarks like the Sichuan Art Gallery and Tianfu Square; browse the shops along Kuan-Zhai Lane and take a stroll through tranquil People’s Park. Join locals for tea at a typical Chengdu teahouse, relax with a massage (optional), and tuck into traditional street foods like wontons or dumplings.

Traditionally, Chengdu has been a city of active, culturally involved people who are fond of music, art and theatre (specifically Sichuan Opera). But, the Sichuanese also have a long tradition of dining out, visiting tea houses and shopping at large, open-air markets. This nightlife tour gives insight into Sichuanese nightlife culture.

This activity is a combination of the lifestyle between traditions and fashions about Chengdu. As Wenshu Monastery is a place where you can not only learn about the Buddhism religion, but also a living quarter for the locals. You will see the buildings with traditional style, elegant tea houses, local snack restaurants, etc. While Taiguli area is the center of Chendu, a newly fashionable business center, the landmark of Chengdu.

The city, Chengdu is known for its mouthwatering hot and spicy cuisine. In the “City of Gastronomy”, the food here is absolutely not to be missed. Unnecessarily going to a restaurant and feel confused by the Chinese menu, you can also have a private wonderful dining experience with Chilli Cool. This private dining experience offers you an opportunity to enjoy authentic Sichuan cuisine at Chilli Cool House. Instead of going to a restaurant, you can enjoy a more interesting and immersive experience -Optional participatory cooking and dining activities. It will be a great way to socialize with a group of friends or families, learn new cooking techniques, and try a variety of dishes. You can set up your own lunch/dinner based on more than 50 dishes. This is a completely personal experience within a private dining room, private kitchen, unlimited beers, and other drinks. We can also help prepare surprises in advance, like Birthday surprise or Anniversary surprise.

Focus on Sichuan cooking during this culinary tour in Chengdu. With a guide in the lead, you’ll visit some of the city’s back alleys to find the best street food in places you might not find on your own. Then meet a local chef for a cooking class where you’ll learn some traditional Sichuan dishes. Sit down with your small group of 15 to feast on the dishes, chatting to the chef about China’s culinary culture.

Let's meet at the People's Park Metro Stop(Line 1), we will go to a great coffee to have coffee or tea, and learn the commonly used Tourism Chinese. It doesn't matter that you can't speak Chinese at all. After an hour's class, everyone will have the confidence to speak Chinese. First of all, we practice introducing ourselves in Chinese. Then I introduce some Chinese greetings, such as " 不好意思(excuse me)" "谢谢(thank you)".Then we practice more about how to order food or how to take a taxi and more. After about 1 hour to 1.5 hours of Chinese class, we will go out and eat a small Gourmet Tour! Let's go to the nearby Local wet market first, and then take a look at the scenic spots near the park. For example, People's park, 'Heming' Tea House, Dating corners, etc. At last, we will go to a great local dinner restaurant, you will have a real test here to order the food with all the Chinese you learned (You don't need to pay, it is included)

TravelDeep focuses on private and customized cultural tours based on Chengdu. For each of our product, we only serve one small group (less than 6 persons) per day to make sure that all our guests fully enjoy themselves. To better help our guests grasp the spirit and enjoy the true essence of the city, we have young history scholar with PhD degree in ancient Chinese history as the guide. Experienced in popularizing history and culture issues, our funny and knowledgeable scholar would make your tour interesting and memorable. Together with the guides, our assistant with ten years of work experience using English would ensure the smooth communication. We also provide customized tours tailored to the time schedule and personal interests. Grown up in Chengdu, we know its past and present, its merits and faults, and its unique characteristics. We hope that we can show our guests around the city like old friends do, helping every guest enjoy their tours at the pace they like.

Itinerary： We pick you up from your hotel and brings you to the adorable pandas, and more! Pandas are more then good-looking and cute, they are special! Join us to find out a full story of how do they live, why are they here and even funny things about these precious neighbour and treasure of human being! After lunch we start the cooking class. In preparation of the cooking class, a drive takes us to a local market for ingredients and general understanding of Chinese cuisines when our lovely chef will join. Once back to the beautiful private garden restaurant, it will be your show time! There’s great learning about Chinese cuisine culture and hands-on experience to prepare delicious dishes. Enjoying and sharing with each other what you have prepared for dinner is a perfect ending for the day!

Chengdu is not only a birth place of brilliant culture but also a food paradise. In this city you can not only see lovely pandas but also delicious food, in so many delicious food I think hot pot can be a typical one. We will arrange Spicy and Non spicy soup with beautiful colours in the soup. Today guide will help you to order some meat, vegetables, noodles which is a set Menu from us, the spicy food can make your mouth burning but so excited, of course the Non spicy soup is also a good choice for the people who don't like spicy, pls come and join us by using chopsticks like locals, so funny experience and Yummy Yummy.

Save hours researching things to do in Chengdu by going on this comprehensive 2-day tour. You won’t have to worry about how to get between sites as hotel pickup, drop-off, and transfers are included. The tour takes you to a shortlist of Chengdu’s most loved attractions, including Leshan Giant Buddha, Chengdu Panda Base, and Huanglongxi Old Town. As well as seeing top landmarks, you’ll also try amazing food, as two Sichuan lunches and a hotpot dinner are included.

Highlights:  Perfect combination of the classic panda tour, the authentic Sichuan flavors and the personal experience of China life within 24 hours.  Most traditional and fascinating Chinese culture experience and the only one traditional Chinese painting experience now in Chengdu.  Considerate tour guide who speaks fluent English.  Safe, clean and comfortable car and professional and experienced driver. Itinerary: We will pick you up 7:30 am at your hotel. First stop is the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Center, where will spend 2.5 to 3 hours. Ticket fee has been NOT included. Second stop is one of the most popular Sichuan restaurants, where we will have both the original Sichuan cuisine and exquisite desserts. All food costs have been included. Third stop is the Kuanzhai Alley, where we will tour about 2 hours. Fourth stop is an undisturbed place near the Alley, where we will have an about one-hour-long experience of the traditional Chinese painting.

This tour combines two amazing experiences—visiting Chengdu’s Panda Base, and learning authentic Sichuan cooking skills. You’ll save time organizing transport by having hotel pickup, drop-off, and transfers between sites included. Avoid long lines at Chengdu Panda Base by having entry tickets provided. A delicious local lunch is included, and you’ll also enjoy a Sichuan cooking class with a chance to eat the dishes you create.

Explore Chengdu’s rich, historic culture on a guided excursion. After a convenient hotel pickup, immerse yourself in Chengdu customs and enjoy experiences that include learning Taichi from martial arts instructor, calligraphy, Taoism, and Fengshui instruction, a visit to a traditional teahouse, and the chance to play China’s ancient tile game, Majhong.

TravelDeep focuses on private and customized cultural tours based on Chengdu. For each of our product, we only serve one small group (less than 6 persons) per day to make sure that all our guests fully enjoy themselves. To better help our guests grasp the spirit and enjoy the true essence of the city, we have young history scholar with PhD degree in ancient Chinese history as the guide. Experienced in popularizing history and culture issues, our funny and knowledgeable scholar would make your tour interesting and memorable. Together with the guides, our assistant with ten years of work experience using English would ensure the smooth communication. We also provide customized tours tailored to the time schedule and personal interests. Grown up in Chengdu, we know its past and present, its merits and faults, and its unique characteristics. We hope that we can show our guests around the city like old friends do, helping every guest enjoy their tours at the pace they like.