Cooking Class: Handmade Chinese Dumplings

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In this guided cooking class with Chef Li, you'll learn how to make Chinese soup dumpling from scratch as well as several complementary dishes. The dumplings you will prepare are called Xiao long bao, a steamed bun typically filled with pork. First, you'll knead together your dough and then shape it into wrappers, which you'll fill with pork. Chef Li will teach you how to form perfect pleats to seal the dumpling. Then, you'll learn how to steam the dumplings and enjoy them alongside hot and sour soup and a crunchy cucumber salad. Wrap up with sweet poached pears.

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Hot and Sour Soup

With chicken stock, mushrooms, tofu and vinegar

Smashed Cucumber Salad

With chili, cilantro, vinegar, soy sauce, leeks, bay leaves and cinnamon

Xiao Long Bao

With ground pork, soy sauce, sesame oil and Chinkiang vinegar

Poached Pears and Rock Sugar

With Chinese cooking wine

Minimum Guests 2
Maximum Guests 12
Event Duration 3 hours
Activity Level
Activity Level
LabelsCouples, Group, Fun, Chinese, Asian
This is a BYOB venue and alcoholic beverages are not available for sale. You are welcome to bring beer and wine to enjoy during class.

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James

19 May 2023

This was so much fun and dumplings are so easy to make. I can’t wait to make more at home and freeze a big batch of them.

Kimberly

19 May 2023

Enjoyed this class so much! Chef Li was so kind and knowledgeable. I can’t wait to attend another class taught by her!

Jeffrey

21 Apr 2023

Chef Li was very knowledgeable, friendly, and accommodating. My partner is vegetarian and chef Li personally made a recipe just for her. She goes above and beyond for her students. The dumplings were delectable. My partner and I had a wonderful time, thanks chef Li!

Yaret

30 Mar 2023

We had so much fun and she was a great teacher!

Michelle

25 Mar 2023

Chef Li was very knowledgeable and pleasant!

Elizabeth

23 Mar 2023

Had a great time learning to make dumplings with Chef Li! She makes it very approachable for a beginner chef like me.

Elizabeth

11 Mar 2023

Chef Li did an amazing job of breaking down the lesson into something we could do. I’ve never done dumplings before or used a steamer and she made everything very approachable. We ended up with a delicious meal. 10/10 recommend. She’s fantastic.

Roxanne

25 Feb 2023

Great teacher. Hopefully I can master with dumpling making soon!

Brandy

10 Dec 2022

She goes a little fast when we go over the ingredients but still a great experience!

Betty

12 Sep 2022

Our team had a wonderful time with Chef Li.

Emma

18 Jun 2022

Great class

Jennifer

09 Feb 2022

Although I made a mistake with the time, it was because I received a text saying 3pm. I did not see the ET portion. This was my first class. Yes that is my mistake, however good customer service would have allowed a credit or reschedule. They were nice enough to just send a copy of the cancellation policy when they said too bad we won’t work with our customers.?Another site that a friend uses and recommends will take into account a honest mistake and allow a credit. So someone got $40 dollars for a class I did not attend, but will not get any further money. The other company will.

Maureen

22 Jan 2022

Fun! Food was great and I learned.

Steven

20 Jan 2022

Thank you so much.

Megan

18 Jan 2022

The class was awesome, the recipe turned out great! Only reason I took off a star is because it was pretty fast paced, and the recipe was half in metric system (grams) and half imperial (cups, ounces) which made it tough to measure quickly. My husband and I did this together and it was necessary to have an “assistant” to get these things together while he was doing the main cooking.

Emily

11 Jul 2021

This class was great! Really enjoyed learning from Chef Li. We enjoyed learning about the cultural and linguistic significance of the xiao long bao. Great flavours and new techniques to learn. Thank you!

cindy

21 May 2021

Really enjoyed this class. Chef Li really knows her stuff!

Jenny

21 Feb 2021

This class was awesome and so were the recipes!

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Chef Li

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Chef Li is an experienced chef who has cooked and studied all around the world. She was formerly based in Singapore, where she offered private cooking classes as well as corporate cooking events. Now Chef Li offers cooking classes in the US, although her style is influenced by her international background. Although Chef Li specializes in traditional Chinese and Southeast Asian cuisine, she welcomes students of all culinary backgrounds and loves the chance to open their minds to new cooking styles.

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