Overview
Kunming's largest wet market shopping + 1.5h cooking class. Choose from dumplings, pineapple rice, sour fish, or Kung Pao chicken.
Itinerary
Kunming Cooking Class with Wet Market Tour
Kunming's largest wet market (Zhuanxin Old Street Market 篆新农贸市场) is a sprawling traditional market featuring Yunnan-specific ingredients you won't find elsewhere: fresh mushrooms, edible flowers, mountain herbs, ethnic minority specialty produce, and live freshwater fish.
This 4-hour experience starts at the wet market — you'll shop ingredients under guidance from a local foodie, then walk to a local culinary school for a 1.5-hour hands-on cooking class. Choose from 4 dishes: Crossing-Bridge Noodles (Yunnan signature), Pineapple Rice, Spicy and Sour Fish, or Kung Pao chicken. You eat what you cook at the end.
Kunming's largest wet market shopping + 1.5h cooking class. Choose from dumplings, pineapple rice, sour fish, or Kung Pao chicken.
Meeting & Pickup
What's Included
✓ Included
✕ Not included
Cancellation Policy
Free cancellation is available on most tours up to 24 hours before the start time. The exact cancellation terms for this tour are shown during booking.
Traveler Reviews
One detail from the day: the dish we made in Lijiang was not restaurant-perfect, which made me like it more. We had made it ourselves and understood what went into it.
The meeting instructions were clear and we knew what came next without being herded around. In Lijiang, that saved a surprising amount of energy.
A practical note: the busiest place on the route was genuinely busy. Starting earlier would be my only change. For 4 hours around Lijiang, the pace felt about right.

