General Information

Duration:

1 Days

Location Start:

Donghuamen Night Market, Beijing

Location Finish:

Ghost Street, Beijing

Phone:

+86 10 6400 9199

Payment Types:

Cash, Cheque, Travellers Cheque, Payment Transfer

We Speak:

Chinese, English

Itinerary

Day 1

Hias Gourmet’s {bold}3.5 hour night market walking tour{-bold} provides the opportunity for visitors to learn about and experience one of Beijing’s most fascinating street food market, Donghuamen Night Market and Ghost Street.

This tour spends the first one hour in {bold}Donghuamen Night Market{-bold}, a street market that formally opened in 1984. This market, now a magnet for tourists from all around China as well as the world, offers over 100 different delicacies from candied strawberry-on-a-stick to barbequed lamb skewers. For the more adventurous eaters, this market offers exotic bites, including scorpions, silk worms, beetles, starfish and much more!

The second half of the tour takes us 15 minutes away to one of Beijing’s favourite eat street, {bold}Guijie{-bold} or {bold}Ghost Street{-bold}, as it is known in English. More a feeling than a place, we will be dining at one most the most alive places in the city. Extending over one kilometer, this is the only road in Beijing that actually truly never sleeps. Ghost Street is a 24-hour bustling carnival of Chinese cuisine, with hungry Beijingers arriving anytime from noon to 3am to eat on the street where some of Beijing’s best loved specialties were created.



Our food stops will include:
{bold} Donghuamen Night Market{-bold}

• Donghuamen's favourite fruit-on-a-stick stall serving candied haw fruit, strawberries, kiwis, and more

• The West end stalls serving exotic snakcs, from deep fried grasshoppers to scorpions!
{bold} Ghost Street{-bold}
• Food in Novel ({bold}Yunnan rice noodles{-bold})
• The House of Light and Flame (gold medal winning {bold}chicken on bamboo{-bold})
• Xiao Shan Cheng (Ghost Street’s tastiest {bold}spicy crawfish{-bold} and {bold}Sichuan hot pot{-bold})


{bold}Excursion Type :{-bold} Small group join-in tour
{bold}Maximum / Minimum Size : {-bold}12 / 2

{bold}Location : {-bold}Donghuamen Night Market and Ghost Street

{bold}Dates : {-bold}Every Tuesday and Sunday
{bold}Time : {-bold}7.00 pm – 10.30 pm
{bold}Duration :{-bold} 3.5 hours

{bold}Meeting Place :{-bold} Donghuamen Night Market (map to be provided upon tour confirmation)
{bold}Price (Chinese RMB):{-bold} Y 450 per person or Y 550 per person with a Sichuan hot pot dinner at the end of the tour

{bold}What's Included {-bold}
• 3.5-hour guided tour of Beijing’s Donghuamen Night Market and Ghost Street
• Tastings of China’s regional foods including grilled lamb skewers and bean curd sticks

• Tips on food selection and preparation
• Insights on local restaurant and culinary scene
• Complimentary tote bag containing everything … from bottled water & handi-wipes to recipes

Email {bold}info@hiasgourmet.com{-bold} or visit our website at {bold}hiasgourmet.com{-bold} to purchase a ticket for this tour.
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BEIJING GASTRO WALKING TOURS
Beijing Night Market Tour
Hias Gourmet
Culinary Excursions and Events
Beijing, China {-bold}