Hong Kong: Family Cooking Class with Market Tour

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ID: GYG1182333-1812676
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Country: China

Duration: 03:00 hours


Description

Join a local family in Hong Kong for a cooking class and market tour. Learn to make traditional dishes, hear family stories, and enjoy a shared meal.
Begin your experience by meeting your host at a local market. Embark on a wet market adventure, where your host will introduce you to vendors, explain ingredients, and do the shopping.

Next, head to a local apartment in a traditional neighborhood like Sheung Wan, Kennedy Town, or Kowloon City. Be welcomed by your host, a passionate parent or grandparent, who will share recipes passed down through generations.

Get hands-on as you prep, chop, stir-fry, and steam under gentle guidance. As you cook, hear family stories, learn about food customs, and get genuine insights into daily life in Hong Kong.

Menus vary by season and host, but they focus on comfort food and classics rather than high-end restaurant fare. Think of what a Hong Kong family would eat on a weekday or for a special home-cooked dinner.

Dishes you might learn include sweet and sour pork, steamed fish, stir-fried greens with garlic, clay pot rice, tomato egg stir-fry, braised pork belly, soy sauce chicken wings, wontons or siu mai, turnip cake, Cantonese "Lao Huo" soup, and sweet red bean soup or mango sago pomelo.

Finally, sit down together to enjoy the meal you've helped prepare, often with tea or a casual chat. Receive the recipes, say your goodbyes, and head off with a full belly and new knowledge.

Highlights

  • Discover the secrets of Hong Kong cuisine with a local family
  • Visit a wet market to learn about fresh ingredients and their uses
  • Cook traditional dishes like sweet and sour pork and steamed fish
  • Enjoy a shared meal with your host and learn about local customs
  • Get hands-on experience making dumplings and other snacks

Guiding languages

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Inform your host in advance about allergies or dietary restrictions
Cantonese cooking is flexible
The kitchen might be compact, reflecting authentic Hong Kong living
Exit A of the Ngau Tau Kok MTR station
INCLUDED
  • Visit to a local apartment in a traditional neighborhood
  • Hosted by a home cook
  • Market visit to a wet market
  • Cultural storytelling
  • Shared meal with tea or casual chat
  • Recipes provided
NOT INCLUDED
  • High-end restaurant fare
  • transfer

When should I book?

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.


Cancellations

This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.